When you are trying to train a baby to uncurl the tongue and latch onto the breast, I think finger feeding is the way to go too. I don't usually recommend trying to BF at beginning each feeding. It seems to really annoy the baby and gets lots of "fighting" activity at the breast. I prefer using finger feeding for a few days, even a bottle (gasp) at night, before trying to latch baby again. (Remember this is a new, tired mom, who is doing double work by pumping and fingerfeeding.) I also like to enlist dad to help with fingerfeeding. Sometimes I transition to breast via a shield. Sincerely, Pat in SNJ *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html