Well said, Susan!

Rachael


>
> Are the best neurosurgeons, car mechanics, grade
> school teachers, chefs, attorneys, house painters,
> landscape architects, and plumbers called fanatics
> in
> your area?  Bet not.  I’m guessing they’re simply
> called “the best.”
>
>
> Susan Johnson  MFA, IBCLC
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> ATTACHMENT part 12 message/rfc822
> Date:    Tue, 24 Jul 2001 10:28:18 EDT
> From:    "Jennifer Tow, IBCLC" <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: wt. loss
>
> Claudia wrote:
> "Now I have another mom having extreme weight loss
> ans hair loss since
>  BF started or since the baby was borned, I would
> like to know if there is
>  any conection and if there is anything that the mom
> can do to help, like
>  vitamins. "
>
> Claudia,
> While hair loss is normal (and most mothers think
> normal pp hair loss is extreme), and while some
> women experience rapid weight loss (I did w/ all of
> my babies), sometimes it is an indicator of
> imbalance, including hypothyroidism. I would suggest
> she see a naturopath or herbalist.
> Jennifer Tow, IBCLC, CT, USA
>

> ATTACHMENT part 13 message/rfc822
> Date:    Tue, 24 Jul 2001 09:32:17 -0500
> From:    Pat Thomas <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Tongue rolling
>
> I did search the archives and found one interesting
> post about this, but am
> wondering what to do to best help a mom and infant.
> I went out yesterday to see a mom who had assured me
> she could make it
> through the weekend, I should not have taken her
> word for this, but had a
> full schedule on Friday. She had trouble initially,
> has largish nipples, one
> larger than the other.  They gave her breast shells
> at the hospital and sent
> her home with infant feeding only on the left side
> and sore nipples.
> I got there yesterday to find her in tears and an
> infant who would not
> latch, pulling back and fussing.  She had been
> pumping and feeding him
> expressed milk, had six borrowed pumps in the living
> room.
> We worked with latch but the infant was pretty
> frustrated, would start and
> pull back, the milk was rolling out of the nipple,
> mom has a great supply,
> can pump six ounces.  I don't think that the issue
> was too much milk for the
> infant to handle, he wasn't on that long.
> We finally fed him with the bottle she had been
> using, trying to work on
> some lip flanging and mouth opening skills with him.
>  When we took the
> bottle out of his mouth, the shape of his mouth was
> pretty interesting.  He
> clearly had his tongue rolled and his lips folded
> in.
> When I looked at his mouth, the palate looked and
> felt okay, his tongue had
> an odd look to it, almost notched but no frenulum
> problem and he can extend
> it out fine, but when resting in his mouth, it
> notches visually.
> I reassured her that we would work on it and will be
> going back out several
> times, but am wondering how best to proceed.  The
> post I did find in the
> archives suggested that he may have some
> neurological difficulties.
> I feel like I am in a bit over my head on this one.
>
> Pat Thomas PHN IBCLC
> Winona County Community Health
> Winona, MN
>


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