Can't take credit for this one, but it is a wonderful descriptor.

Take a look at a box of Kellogg's "Special K" brand cereal.  That big fat 
red "K" on the box looks like the baby's mouth, in profile, just as s/he is 
about to latch.

I'll have to add this to the "menu" I already use for my BF class.  Some of 
these I coined; others I gleaned from Lactnet!

I currently use: French's vs. Gulden's mustard (stool color), drops of honey 
(colostrum), Haagen Dazs ice cream (hindmilk), Big Mac vs. Pepsi (again, 
mouth appearance when latched.  Think about taking a bite from a Big Mac, 
vs. a sip of Pepsi through the straw), wet spaghetti (that floppy arm of the 
sated babe), Tootsie Roll Pop [or] small Reese's peanut butter cup 
(approximate size of baby's tummy)  and Pez head (that tilt of the head and 
the drop of the jaw when commencing latch).
Liz Brooks, JD, IBCLC
Wyndmoor, PA, USA

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