Cathy: Not only do babies peck their way down or throw themselves down to the nipple, but I had one little guy just about cause both his mother and myself to have heart failure by throwing himself backward from the waist up from his prone position between her breasts, angle himself toward her left breast (his choice) and then launch himself forward with his mouth wide open. He landed on her nipple (good aim!), closed his mouth and immediately began vigorous sucking. We were left stunned and speechless. When the mom finally got over her surprise, her only comment was: "WOW!" I was still having visions of his little body flying backwards end over end and off the foot of the bed, so strong was his backward lunge. One reason some babies may be going thru "baby mad" is because mom (or helper) "decides" for the baby, which breast he is going to nurse at that particular feeding attempt. As an experiment once (with mom's permission), I moved a baby from the breast he was wiggling down towards to the opposite breast. He screamed until we moved him back to the original breast. I guess he was telling us he wanted the chocolate milk side that time, not the white! Pam Hirsch, BSN,RN,IBCLC Clinical Lead, Lactation Services Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital Barrington, IL USA *********************************************** Archives: http://community.lsoft.com/archives/LACTNET.html Mail all commands to [log in to unmask] To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or [log in to unmask]) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet or ([log in to unmask]) To reach list owners: [log in to unmask]