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From: "Pat Young" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2007 1:26 PM
Subject: Re: [LACTNET] checking a babies suck right after birth


>I don't "check their suck".  But I look carefully for palate problems or 
>tongue tie with my eyes :-)  Pat in SNJ

**Wouldn't that be the best solution by far...? Sticking a (gloved! try for 
yourself... bah!) finger in a newborn, to me would look like a very invasive 
thing to do.
Shouldn't mom's breast be the first thing a baby tastes, her soft, sweet 
skin offering soft, sweet nutrition and nurture...?
And apart from that... isn't it early enough to check these things AFTER the 
first feed, if any problem seems to arise?

Marianne Vanderveen,
VBN-volunteer and hoping to pass the IBCLC-exam in 2008

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