Denise's slow gaining baby story raises a recurring questions for me. << Baby
has seen an OT who felt that her receding chin was the problem and was pretty
furious that the baby hadn't been sent to her sooner.  Within a day of her
initial evaluation, etc, the mother received a call from pediatrician and OT
that the baby needed to be weaned to a bottle immediately.>>>

My question is:  how likely is it that a *receding chin* would cause
breastfeeding problems?  I was always led to believe that babies have
receding chins on purpose, so they can get up close to the breast.  Now, I
HAVE heard one LC talk about jaws that don't line up, so to speak, so that
the jaws don't effectively compress the sinuses.  How much of a connection is
there between receding chins and jaw compression issues?  Does anyone have
anything to say about assessing jaw alignment?  This is unfamiliar territory
for me.  TIA Sue Jacoby, IBCLC & LLLL suejacoby@AOL