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Subject:	feeding tube for non-latcher
From:	Diane Wiessinger <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Lactation Information and Discussion <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Sun, 8 Apr 2001 19:56:10 -0400
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>using a tube (or SNS) at the breast was impossible because the baby would
>not latch.

I did have one baby who seemed unable to tell where, on the mother's rather
featureless breast, he was supposed to go.  At 5 weeks and as a last ditch
effort, we tried "weird stuff", including taping tubing to her breast.  The
baby said, in essence, "Oh!  You mean *here*!"... and latched on.

Diane Wiessinger, MS, IBCLC  Ithaca, NY
www.wiessinger.baka.com

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