Dear Martha,

A quick response to part of your post (dinner awaits):

1.  Baby obviously has a lousy latch/suck which is leading to the long, inefficient feeds;  baby may be getting milk mainly through the MER; eventually, though, the milk supply will begin to dwindle and weight gains will taper off if the latch and suck are not improved;  work with positioning (I would not use the cradle hold for a baby with latch problems - at least start with cross-cradle or try football instead), deep asymetrical latch, maybe some suck training;  have you checked for tongue-tie? continue with craniosacral.

2.  You say that the mastitis was treated successfully, yet mom still has shooting pains (which are just as often seen with bacterial infections as with yeast); I'm thinking she needs a round of antibiotics.

3.  ???  Have to go eat.  Need to think about this one.


Warmly,
Sharon Knorr, BSMT, ASCP, IBCLC
Newark, NY (near Rochester on Lake Ontario)
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