In a message dated 3/26/2005 7:12:48 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
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slips down the nipple after initial attachment and makes clicking  sounds, 
she's taking in so much air she is terribly windy and by the end of  the day 
blows up like a balloon >>>>>>>
 
this does sound like the baby is trying to manage the flow, ....or , is  the 
baby's nasal airway an issue?? ......nose stuffy? or nice and  clear?
 
<<Mum's breasts not overlly full, let-down not  fierce.>>
 
nevertheless, maybe baby finds the flow challenging? ...or  nasal airways 
stuffy?
 
 <<I assisted them to get an exagerated asymmetrical latch  which seemed to 
inprove things slightly but baby soon slipped down  again.......... The problem 
is the same whether she feeds upright  or lying down.>>.


maybe out of habit of managing flow or airway?  

....have seen some babies need a few days of slower  flow or better airway 
strategies, before the baby realizes that the  flow or airway is better and the 
techniques the baby was using to  manage the faster flow, or manage the less 
than optimal airway, those  strategies like slipping to the tip and/or stopping 
to breath through the  mouth, are no longer needed.






Debbie  Tobin
RN BSN IBCLC LCCE
LCAGW.org Co-VP 

Fairfax County, Virginia suburbs outside the Washington DC  beltway

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