Annie Versteeg wrote: > In a message dated 7/14/02 3:41:17 AM, [log in to unmask] writes: > > << Question - I had a Mom who delivered without any medication or other > > intervention, but her baby would not latch. Any other reasons why this > > would occur besides medication and birth trauma? > > > >> > > Tongue tie? I helped a baby like this, he wasn't tongue tied, and he finally > got bfing at about 8 weeks. I saw the mom everyday for 24 days! He is still > going strong at the breast at 13 months. He has always been pretty grumpy > and anti-social. He never really did the sing-songy cooing, toe grabbing, or > easy laughing. He has gained well, is obviously very bright but it seems > like there is a missing link. It has been a very strange case and I wonder > what the future will tell us. Any LC's had a similar experience? His was a > very normal pregnancy, very healthy mom and dad and a wonderful homebirth. > Annie VerSteeg IBCLC > Beach Area Breastfeeding > [log in to unmask] > breastfeeding... It's for life He will be an engineer. Love, Judy Hain- not just kidding- I'd love to know how he does with language development- my bet is he'll be quite a late talker... and a brilliant mathematician / musician *********************************************** 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