I agree with Linda, if baby is having trouble breastfeeding, he is
likely having trouble in general.  Breastfeeding is not seen as a
normal infant behaviour.  If a nurse or lactation consultant is
overly concerned about a baby's difficulty at the breast we are seen
as fanatics.  "It is only a feeding choice, what's the big deal?
Yes bf is better but it isn't that important" say some other HCP's.

I think they are missing the point - that baby is having trouble and
needs to be assessed and watched.  Same goes for ankylglossia, or
difficulty coordinating suck & swallow, or jaundice.  Breastfeeding
can be a barometer for how baby is doing in general. A happily
nursing baby is most often a thriving healthy baby.

How do we get other HCP's to "read" babies like we do?

--
Janet Vandenberg, RN, BScN,
(& still waiting for those exam results in Oct)
Newmarket, Ontario, Canada
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