>So how do you get a non-latching baby on the breast, especially if mom will
not make the baby learn this new skill or use the supplementer device?<
Like Cathy Watson Genna, I have found it helpful for the mother to
gently offer her breast to the baby when he is almost asleep and
almost awake. I also encourage the mother to sleep with her baby, skin
to skin. Sometimes the mother will wake to find her baby snuggled up
close and latched on :)
It is important to emphasise that these are ONGOING activities less
they be abandoned after one or two attempts.
The LLLI website has a number of useful articles about relactation on
it's Emergency Breastfeeding Resources page:
http://www.lalecheleague.org/emergency.html
Relactation Tips: Strategies for rebuilding a milk supply--useful if
other foods are in short supply.
http://www.lalecheleague.org/FAQ/relactation.html
How Can I Increase My Milk Supply? These tips will also help a mother
who wishes to relactate.
http://www.lalecheleague.org/FAQ/increase.html
FAQ on Building Up Milk Supply: Orignially for mothers who pump milk
when away from their babies, this FAQ has some very helpful tips.
http://www.lalecheleague.org/FAQ/pumpwork.html
Hand Expression: an article with information on hand expressing milk,
if a pump is not available.
http://www.lalecheleague.org/NB/NBMarApr96p51.html
This article is about nursing strikes, but the problem is the same,
getting baby back to the breast:
When a Baby Won't Nurse - Lots of great suggestions here by Carol Brussel.
http://www.lalecheleague.org/NB/NBJulAug01p136.html
There is also a handout by Diane Weissinger about bottle feeding like
breastfeeding -I can't put my hands on it right now, but I am sure
somebody else her will chime in :)
HTH, norma
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