This week a determined teen mother and a more determined grandmother taught me something new. Mother had sore nipples and bouts of mastitis at three weeks. Phone instruction in deeper latch helped when baby would co-operate. In person, his suck felt fine on my finger. He could cover lower lip with his tongue. We would fight to get him latched well. Every time he hurt mom by starting something new with his tongue, possibly at let-down. None of my tricks worked. They had been cup-feeding well. Mom went home and cried. That night, grandma decided she would teach him how. She would put him to her breast repeatedly until he was sucking properly. Then pop him onto mom. He hasn't been cup fed in two days. I would have never thought of suggesting such a trick. When you have an experienced, whatever-it-takes grandma on the team, you now have another idea available! Pam Easterday Ohio USA *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html