I agree with Linda, if baby is having trouble breastfeeding, he is likely having trouble in general. Breastfeeding is not seen as a normal infant behaviour. If a nurse or lactation consultant is overly concerned about a baby's difficulty at the breast we are seen as fanatics. "It is only a feeding choice, what's the big deal? Yes bf is better but it isn't that important" say some other HCP's. I think they are missing the point - that baby is having trouble and needs to be assessed and watched. Same goes for ankylglossia, or difficulty coordinating suck & swallow, or jaundice. Breastfeeding can be a barometer for how baby is doing in general. A happily nursing baby is most often a thriving healthy baby. How do we get other HCP's to "read" babies like we do? -- Janet Vandenberg, RN, BScN, (& still waiting for those exam results in Oct) Newmarket, Ontario, Canada [log in to unmask]