Jan writes:

If a baby is  very resistent to feeding any other way, I may start him on 
fingerfeeding to  calm him a little, go to paced bottlefeeding to loosen the jaw 
and suck  reflex, then to cup to loosen some more and make him wish he could 
suck again,  then to breast with some good areolar compression and upper and 
lower jaw  support and voila! he often will latch. All in one feed , in pretty 
quick  succession and it will often work, kind of like  magic.



Thanks for this idea. This baby may actually be ready for this now, after  
the visits to the OT, for some bodywork, he seems a little "looser" than he was  
for so many weeks.
Peace,
Judy  

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


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