Dear Stacy, in my practice, the best position would be the football, or side hold. This way, the baby's chin can come forward with gravity helping .... And mom can visualize the baby better...and the baby's mouth, angle of opening, etc. The mother should be informed that the baby can only go so long with this technique, and that the milk supply will drop as the breast continues to not be emptied regularly. Babies who lick a plentiful supply often end up not gaining well due to a diminished supply that has down regulated as a result of bad latch. The mother will want to be very careful with latch, using breast compression to get the baby sucking and breastfeeding effectively in a rhythmic pattern of suck/swallow. Why did the mom wait until 11 weeks to ask for help? Kathleen Kathleen Bruce RN IBCLC Independent consultant: Lactation Resources of Vermont, Medela, Inc. Listowner Lactnet listserv [log in to unmask] Archives: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/lactnet.html *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [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(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html