Hi all,
 
A Mum in our LLL group has a baby who now, after several months, can  finally 
breathe.  She has had severe allergies all this time and was unable  to nurse 
for more than a suck or two at a time.  Now they have finally  isolated the 
things that interfered with her breathing (causing severe nasal  congestion) 
and she can breathe normally through her nose.  So that is  wonderful news.
 
But this little girl has always nursed in a two-gulp, break to breathe, on  
and off pattern and now, even though she could nurse for a more extended amount 
 of time, she thinks this is normal and sticks with it.  Latching and  
relatching several times in a feeding is getting tiresome and takes longer than  it 
should.  She's also on the smaller size and could benefit from some  longer 
sessions and probably transferring more milk or increasing her mother's  supply.
 
So we were trying to think of ways to retrain the baby (about 9 months old  
now) to nurse in a more suck-swallow pattern without having to come off to  
breathe every few seconds.  Any ideas?  This mother is doing great,  nursing 
longer than she ever has before, and we would love to be able to  brainstorm and 
figure out how we might her them make this work.
 
Kerri Smith
LLL Leader, Chilliwack, BC, Canada
Adoptive Mama of 4

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