I am wondering if any of you experienced LACTNETters have suggestions for
when a baby is really clamping down with his jaw. I am looking for
information beyond the first measures of getting the positioning right,
baby's chin to chest, and putting pressure  on baby's jaw/chin with the
mother's finger. The baby that I am working with has the extremely strong
mouth suction and jaw action. When your finger is in his mouth and he is
sucking,
you feel like he is going to take off your whole finger. Mom's nipples are
very cracked and irritated. She is now pumping and giving her milk by
bottle because she is in too much pain to nurse. She has given up on
feeding from the breast.

I'd like to know what are some possible measures to  help baby relax it's
jaw when the clamping is extemely severe beyond the measures of latching on
and positioning. Is  physical therapy of some kind used? Special bottle
nipples or pacifiers?

Thank you, Kathy Eng, in far southeastern Houston, TX, USA

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