Eithne writes:

"What am  I missing? The mother is lining the baby up well, but it's still 
not  happening."


~~~ Eithne, and all,
 
It seems as if you are not missing anything. You note how the baby's head  
was affected in shape, and how the baby may be showing some fatigue tremors 
due  to the work needed to feed with the anatomical shift you have seen. The 
hospital  may be right in saying this is not a major medical issue, but 
these kind of  subtle issues can have a very noticeable and real impact on how 
a baby moves,  opens their mouth(or not), uses their tongue, jaws, etc. Even 
when range of  motion (mobility) is not affected in the tongue, a lack of 
jaw/neck mobility  that may be present can lead to power and stamina issues. 
Baby perhaps cannot  open well enough or use tongue well enough to draw in 
adequate breast tissue and  therefore compensates by clamping, resulting in 
the pinching and fatigue tremors  you are seeing. Again I think you see it, 
just the medical staff doesn't think  it's important/related to feeding. If 
mom is open to seeing a good CST  practitioner, that can be a real help in 
baby's anatomical issues. 
 
Peace,
Judy



Judy LeVan  Fram, PT, IBCLC, LLLL
Brooklyn, NY, USA
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