I do not do digital assessment. I look inside the baby's mouth, at the palate, etc, tongue, and tongue extension. Then, I look at the baby at the breast, the latch, the exact technique of latch in terms of mechanics of the baby on the breast, if I see the baby moving from flutter sucking to long draws of milk...I go by Jack Newman MD's piece on latch at www.breastfeedingonline.com. (Cindy's website). I meant that I do not do suck assessment per se, with my finger, or any suck training, etc, whatever that may be. I don't know anything about that, myself. Kathleen At 07:54 PM 12/9/2002 -0800, you wrote: >kathleen, could you elaborate on your statement below, please? do you >mean you don't do digital exams on baby, or do you mean you are assessing >for something other than suck when you do the exam? thanks! > > >>By the way, I never do suck assessment. Wouldn't know how. I do latch >>assessment.....very crucial. > >Lyla Wolfenstein, B.S., IBCLC, RLC >Early Attachments - Breastfeeding Preparation and Support Services >email: [log in to unmask] >web: http://home.attbi.com/~earlyattachments > > *********************************************** > >To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail >To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) >To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet >All commands go to [log in to unmask] > >The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned >LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) >mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: >http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html