Jan writes:
If a baby is very resistent to feeding any other way, I may start him on
fingerfeeding to calm him a little, go to paced bottlefeeding to loosen the jaw
and suck reflex, then to cup to loosen some more and make him wish he could
suck again, then to breast with some good areolar compression and upper and
lower jaw support and voila! he often will latch. All in one feed , in pretty
quick succession and it will often work, kind of like magic.
Thanks for this idea. This baby may actually be ready for this now, after
the visits to the OT, for some bodywork, he seems a little "looser" than he was
for so many weeks.
Peace,
Judy
Judy LeVan Fram, PT, IBCLC, LLLL, Brooklyn, NY, USA
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