I saw a mom with a similar problem yesterday. Five week old baby, pulls
back frequently. Both nipples are bruised. I observed that mom had an
extremely active letdown...milk just poured out of both breasts. The baby
would pull back and "chomp" on the nipple to stop the flow. There were no
other problems...no tongue tie, no palate abnormality. Mom was an
experienced breastfeeder.

Does the mom you are speaking of have too much milk? Is her letdown
powerful? Is baby trying to cope with too much milk?

I told my client to use the overactive letdown stuff...pump a little off
before feeding, keep baby above the breast...only one side per feed. And to
be very firm about taking baby off the minute she starts to pull back.

Susan

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