My youngest child has a tendency to not open wide at breast, and has always had a somewhat "pinchy" latch, especially when she is tired. If I let her do her own thing, I can often see an indent of her teeth when she's done nursing (and she now has 16 of them!) I've found that she does much better if I open my mouth wide and say a big "Aaaahhh" while sticking my tongue over my bottom teeth. She has loved to imitate me since she was very small, and often latched with a better, wide latch when I'd do that. Now, at 18 mos, she still occasionally resorts to the less-wide latch, but all I have to do is say "aahh" softly, without the big face and she immediately corrects her latch. She was tongue-tied at birth, and was clipped at 6 weeks which made a big difference in her latch, but I think she learned to not open as wide so she could compensate for lack of tongue movement by compressing more with her upper gums. (No one's fault but my own that she was clipped so late. I kept thinking it would get better!) Jennifer Tieman Family Physician Mom to 4, including my toddler nursling Caroline Rose *********************************************** 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(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html