< Got mom in tub. Got Baby
undressed and laid her on mom's chest. Baby made a beeline for the left
breast, threw back her head, gaped wide and latched on like she had been
watching the Mandy and Mat video all her life!! Hallelujah! Mother
astounded.
"She wants it. She can do it."
    Baby took herself off; no pain during or after feed. Left nipple
normal
shape.
    Rested a bit. Then Baby took off for the right breast, where she
latched
(although more shallowly....>

Nikki, isn't it simply amazing to watch? And so remarkable and empowering
to the parents. The mom I used it on was also an attorney, though not a
sceptical one. She and her husband were willing to try it twice a day,
and before a week was up, there was real progress.

I noted that the bathtub wasn't deep enough for submersion of the baby
while nursing anyway, and most of the contact was from water Dad was
drizzling over them from a container. Of course, the mother still has to
take her clothes off to avoid getting them wet, but that is a sneaky way
of getting more skin to skin contact anyway!

I have since been thinking of ways to make this intervention "less
bothersome" and safe enough for mom to attempt without help if no one
else is at home so she can perhaps do it more often until the baby is
securely "bonded" to the breast.

I have been wondering about mom sitting on a comfy secure chair in the
shower with non-slip treads, with just a trickle of comfortably warm
water drizzling on the baby and mom's tummy, or from over the shoulder
opposite the side where mom is nursing. Or perhaps trickling from a
hand-held shower head draped over her shoulder? Good for MER as well.

If you, or anyone thinks this idea has merit and tries it, please report.
That flow of water over a wide area of skin seems to awaken and refresh
seemingly forgotten "preverbal body memories" buried (shallowly in the
early weeks) in the baby's unconscious.

Jean
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K. Jean Cotterman RNC, IBCLC
Dayton, Ohio USA

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