Jaye writes:

Any time mom  sits up and attempts to latch baby to breast - baby screams - 
even if mom just  places her on her side in a nursing position, baby  cries.


Jaye and all,
 
Yeah this is always frustrating for moms. Do you think it is an  aversion or 
frustration thing, where baby might be gentled out of it by  alternative 
feeding in nursing position, or is it more of a  neuromuscular/physiological thing, 
where the position is just painful or  difficult to coordinate in no matter 
how the baby feeds? A baby with  neck/shoulder girdle dysfunction might be 
experiencing more of a challenge in a  sidelying position/nursing position vs 
sitting up with neck/shoulder girdle  well-supported. Some of them, whether not 
able to latch and feed well at breast  or losing milk if 
bottlefeeding/alternative feeding sidelying, just  have trouble on their sides. Will baby attempt to 
latch with less problem if mom  is flat on her back or even leaning way back 
so baby is more towards belly than  true sidelying and therefore more 
inherently stable? Sometimes there are just so  many challenges a dyad is dealing with, 
it's hard to tease them all out!
 
Peace,
Judy



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