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Nikki Lee wrote:

My 17-year old daughter attended one of the sections of this lovely full day. 
She was fascinated. I then learned that her palate is so high and narrow that 
a finger can sit in it tightly; Cathy pointed out a slight tongue tie. 
 
I had sore nipples with this baby for about 2 weeks, and ascribed it to the 
intubation/suctioning at birth. Once the initial swelling went down, my breasts 
are flexible and she was my second baby so nursing became comfortable after 
about 2 weeks.
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Hi Nikki
It's interesting how combinations of babies' oral anomalies and mother's types of breasts can interact to creat different experiences, the softer breast nicely accommodating a high, narrow palate, in your case.  My youngest (4th child) breastfed nicely from the start, with an ideal hospital environment, and never from a moment did I have any nipple tenderness.  Yet she had a high (but not narrow) palate that i never noticed - till she started solids.  I noticed that she would look for the next spoonful without swallowing, and counted 5 lots without a swallow.  When I looked I saw she'd pocketed them in her high palate.  I was amazed!  I mentioned it to the family doctor next time I saw him, but he considered her palate still within the normal range.  There wee no other oral anomalies.  Since it wasn't causing my baby or me any problem, it was no more than an interesting point.  The old motto:  "If it ain't broke, don't fix it."
Virginia
in Brisbane, Queensland.

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