".baby was making sucking motions,
but was sucking on the tounge...mom did not realize this."

Wow Lori, I wanted to write about a baby that I saw on Monday with exactly
the same problem .
This baby was born on Saturday (CS) and was tongue-sucking until I saw him
on Monday.  Mom thought this was breastfeeding!!
He sucked well on my finger, but not on the breast.  We expressed some
colostrum in a spoon and fed him as much as we could.  It was about 3
minutes before I was leaving the hospital, and I haven't been there the last
two days.  I will find out what happened to him tomorrow.  I talked to her
about continuing spoon feeding and pumping her milk.  I also taught her to
do some oral exercises with the baby to make him stick out his tongue.
I would be happy to hear any other suggestions.
Esther Grunis, IBCLC
Lis Maternity Hospital
Tel Aviv, Israel

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