I have always figured the asymetric latch works because babies'
mouths are asymetrical!!

A central lach means the baby's tongue gets in the way.

An asymetric latch allows the dome of the palate to be full of
breast, and for the tongue to scoop up more breast.

I get mothers to demo this for themselves when I am speaking to them
on the phone, or face to face.

They take their thumb and place it centrally in their open mouth
(with tongue forward) - they can feel their tongue acting as a
barrier. But putting the thumb in so it goes in the top of the mouth
means they can feel how much further it goes. Tipping the head back
very slightly as a baby should be able to do, makes the point even
more clearly.

Heather Welford Neil
NCT, UK

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