> Then he let go, respirations, which were getting faster and faster during > the feed were now at 80 per minute (I counted the full minute, not just > counted for 10 seconds and multiply). No signs of flaring of the nostrils > or chest retractions, no signs of nose stuffiness. He would let go of the > breast, start mouth breathing for 15 minutes or so, then go to nose > breathing and the respirations would slow down to about 60. Never did I > see any signs of blueness to lips, fingers, mouth, etc. Intake was .3 oz. I think I would like this babies' nasal airways cheked for any kind of obstruction. It resembles IMO what we see in my family, a not-symmetrical dividing of the 2 nose-halfs (don't know how to describe this better in English), where the wall between nose-halfs is not like this: | but more like this: / . The result of this anatomical variation, that is not visible from the outside, the nose seems symmetrical by looking in the face, is that nose-breathing is possible, but more difficult and that children tend to mouth-breathing. Since infants are primairily nose-breathers it will confuse the infants's instincts. Gonneke van Veldhuizen, IBCLC, living in Maaseik, Belgium http://www.users.skynet.be/eurolac [log in to unmask] *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html