Hi everyone!  Thank you for all of your help in the past and here I am
requesting it again.  It has been a busy week for me in our office.  I am
doing more and more breastfeeding consults for our doctors and even one from
my own pediatrician!!  Not to say I was very pleased to get that referral.
Anyway..

I have a mom with a very well fed 5 month old who is pulling away from the
breast and causing mom what she calls "torture"  with each feeding.  We
treated them both for yeast from the phone call I got but about 1- 1/2 weeks
later she was calling back saying the diflucan helped for about 3 days but now
the pain is back and that is when she described the torture as she calls it.
This baby definitely gets enough to eat and at 5 month weighs 17 pounds and is
26 inches long.  while observing a nursing session this baby latches on with
an apparently good latch but at any noise  or talking this baby pulls her
nipple from his mouth and stretches it until he lets go and then looks around.
Mom says he does this with every feeding even if she is by herself and there
is no stimulus around (even at night in bed).  The baby has a normal palate
and mom describes his suck as that related to a "vacuum cleaner".  In looking
through my resources from Linda Smith and Alison Hazelbaker I have determined
from these descriptions that he possibly has a dysfunctional suck.  Although I
don't know how to fix it or who to refer him to.  Mom is about ready to give
up nursing because it hurts so bad!!

I could use any help that I can get you are all so wonderful to share your
ideas and I love having this resource.

TIA

Toni