I don't find more boys with difficulties.

In personal experience I have 3 boys and two girls.  All 3 boys have done
great.  One of the girls was born with an incorrect suck quite a bit like
nipple confusion!  She had a blister on the meaty part of her hand at the
base of her thumb.  We think the little darling missed getting her thumb in
her mouth while still inside and sucked on the meaty part causing her tongue
to be very high in the back of her mouth and not stretched out at all over
the gums to cup the breast, she clicked when she nursed.  She did finally
start nursing properly with lots of suck training. But she never wanted to
nurse more than every three hours.  Very independent child!  My other
daughter did not have any problems but did not nurse as often as the boys did.

In practice I hear many moms stating that the girls don't have as strong of a
suck like their boys did.  Maybe this is a boys first and girls later type of
thing.  I have also heard the reverse that the boys were like a strong vacuum
and their girls weren't nearly as strong of suck.  (This is what I have found
in my own experience).

Now I am wondering if we*hear* and *remember* what we ourselves have
experienced?  Something to ponder.

Belinda Bohnert
Nursing Matters, Breastpump Sales & Rental, Information, Education, & Support.
Indianapolis Indiana, US

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