?These little tips
> have made a big difference in most of the mom's I help. If I had a dime
for
> every time I have said, the nose and chin must touch the breast (with chin
in
> a little deeper) I'd be rich!!
I wonder if you have seen some of Jack Newman's information about the
"asymmetrical latch"? For most babies, when they are latched on this way,
the baby's nose does not touch the breast although the chin is quite deep
into the breast. I had told mothers for many years that the nose and chin
should both be touching, and that position is certainly workable for many
babies (and many breasts) but, in my experience, that asymmetrical latch
seems to be generally more effective. I've watched many a baby who was doing
respectable swallowing with the nose and chin touching, but when moved to an
asymmetrical latch we got wonderful gulps of milk with every suck.
I think that for many mothers it is anatomically difficult for them to have
the baby touching the breast with both nose and chin, and since it is easier
for them to see the nose, they end up with the nose in the breast but the
chin not really in close.
I also want to just give everyone a quick update on my grandson - who was
born prematurely and had some difficulties at first but has never had
anything but his mother's milk. At ten weeks, he has almost doubled his
birthweight (from 4 lbs. 8 oz. at birth to almost 9 pounds) and is filling
out beautifully. They spent the afternoon and evening with us yesterday and
it gave me such pleasure to see how they are caring for him. His mother is
completely relaxed about feeding him - she has no idea how often he feeds
because she doesn't even think in terms of feeding. It's more like: he wakes
up, seems to be rooting, so she offers him the breast. He nurses for a
while, then fills his diaper, so she changes it. Then he nurses a bit more,
and lets go to smile at her. She plays with him for a while, perhaps tucks
him in the sling or carrier while she does a few things, and then he gets
the hiccups. She nurses him to get rid of the hiccups. Changes his diaper
again (they use cloth) and then nurses him again. Finally he gets tired, and
she nurses him to sleep. He is always in someone's arms (or the sling or
BabyTrekker). His parents joked last night that this was one of the few
times they both got to eat dinner at the same time - because Uncle Dan held
the baby while they ate. He is such a happy, sociable baby, they enjoy him
so much and it's lovely to be around them!
Teresa Pitman
Guelph, Ontario
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