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Date: | Fri, 19 Jan 1996 16:19:28 -0500 |
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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
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