Wise ones, help me understand the "nipple sandwich". I think I am just not getting it, or maybe it is being taught wrong around here. It seems my local hospital is teaching ALL mothers to use the nipple sandwich (C hold sandwich not U hold). The last two mothers I did home visits with because baby was not latching well, were doing this and told me that they were told to do so by the nurses in the hospital. BOTH of them were changing the shape of their nipples, and their fingers were ON the areola, making it very difficult for baby to get a deep latch. Both of these mothers achieved far better latches when they left well enough alone about the sandwich and instead focused on proper positioning. Now, I was given to understand that the nipple sandwich was a technique to be used IF something wasn't working right. Not as a standard practice. Here it seems to be taught as a standard practice and it seems to be messing things up, as least with the moms that I see. What think you? Blessings! Karyn-grace Clarke, IBCLC, LLLL Gulf Islands, BC, Canada www.breastfeedingwithkg.com *********************************************** Archives: http://community.lsoft.com/archives/LACTNET.html Mail all commands to [log in to unmask] To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or [log in to unmask]) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet or ([log in to unmask]) To reach list owners: [log in to unmask]