Hello to All. I am an RN and IBCLC recently contacted by a mother for assistance with her 9-mo-old, who is "biting" mom's breast with swallowing. It is not a purposeful biting, but rather, one that occurs when baby closes down her mouth in order to swallow. Hx of Erb's Palsy; unremarkable delivery. Moderate "underbite" noted, but mom states that an older brother had the same and yet had no problems with nursing. No problems with excessive pressure before teeth came in. Her daughter currently weighs 23 lbs. An asymmetrical latch has helped only slightly. Not really knowing what else to do, we tried a nipple shield which, of course, baby did not accept readily. An esteemed colleague recommended looking into some kind of device to cover the top teeth to enable mom to continue nursing her daughter. It is my hope that someone has encountered such a case and may have other suggestions. Thank you in advance. Gunda Simpkins, MSN, RNC, IBCLC Southern NJ **************************************************************************** Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Hamilton is proud to be the recipient of Quality New Jersey's 2001 Governor's Award for Performance Excellence - The Gold Level *********************************************** 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