Cathy:  Not only do babies peck their way down or throw themselves down to 
the nipple, but I had one little guy just about cause both his mother and 
myself to have heart failure by throwing himself backward from the waist up 
from his prone position between her breasts, angle himself toward her left 
breast (his choice) and then launch himself forward with his mouth wide open.  
He landed on her nipple (good aim!), closed his mouth and immediately began 
vigorous sucking.  We were left stunned and speechless.  When the mom 
finally got over her surprise, her only comment was:  "WOW!"  I was still 
having visions of his little body flying backwards end over end and off the foot 
of the bed, so strong was his backward lunge.  One reason some babies may 
be going thru "baby mad" is because mom (or helper) "decides" for the baby, 
which breast he is going to nurse at that particular feeding attempt.  As an 
experiment once (with mom's permission), I moved a baby from the breast he 
was wiggling down towards to the opposite breast.  He screamed until we 
moved him back to the original breast.  I guess he was telling us he wanted 
the chocolate milk side that time, not the white!

Pam Hirsch, BSN,RN,IBCLC
Clinical Lead, Lactation Services
Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital
Barrington, IL   USA

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