Jodine reports on an article:


> > Some speech pathologists worry about overindulgence. When children drink =
> from
> > a bottle or breast, they perform something speech therapists refer to as
> =
> a
> > suckle-swallow. The tongue lays flat and moves mostly in a back-and-forth
> > pattern.
> >=20
> > Drinking from a regular cup, however, requires a more complicated
> swallow=
> . The
> > cheeks and lips suck the liquid onto the tongue, then the tongue
> squeezes=
> ,
> > lifts and propels the water down the throat. That action helps build the
> > muscles required for proper speech =8B at least according to one school
> of
> > experts.
>
Ah, would that it were so.  Just think, we wouldn't have any problems with
latch because all we'd need is a flat tongue that moves back and forth.  No
muscles needed.  Fluid flows down the gullet.

Where DO they get these ideas about breast-and-bottle-feeding being all one
and the same?  YIKES!

I particularly liked the last bit:  "According to one school of experts..."
Those experts must really fulfill the definition -- Ex -- a has been; Spurt
-- a drip under pressure.

Sheesh!

Jan Barger, RN, MA, IBCLC -- Wheaton IL
Lactation Education Consultants
www.lactationeducationconsultants.com

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