Just to respond to Winnie's comment: When a baby has attached with the lips
too pursed because of inadequate gape, I like to tell the mother the side of
the mouth is spelling my initial ("V") and needs to be more like an "O", for
"orange".  If it happens again, I can do some education in a nice, light
ay  - "Look, s/he's spelling my name with her/his mouth!  What does that
mean?"
It works for me - I don't know if it works for others.  (It goes hand in
hand with some simple visual aids to demonstrate latch.)
Virginia
in Brisbane.
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> On Sat, 30 Apr 2005, Winnie Mading wrote:

> While the photos are lovely, I have seen better latch photos.  What is
shown
> may be working well for this mom, but it looked to me like the baby's chin
> wasn't in good contact with the breast.  The lips seemed too pursed and
> without a wide gape.  I don't think I would use it myself as a good
latching
> picture.
>
> Winnie
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