Date:    Tue, 6 Feb 1996 16:15:25 -0500
From:    Margery Wilson <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: clicking noise/nursing baby

I have heard some LCs mention the possibility of allergy causing this
phenomenon. My youngest daughter clicked her way through infancy and there
was nothing I could ever find as the cause. No effects, either: she gained
well, I remained comfortable. It has been 7 years since--and I still have
no
answer!

A few weeks ago I saw a month-old baby do the same thing. My first reaction
was to try and fix the problem--until I *kept my hands in my pockets and my
mouth closed* long enough to realize things were fine. Baby is gaining
well,
is healthy, mom is comfortable.

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Just a thought and word of caution:

I was asked to help a mom with bf at the hosp.  We worked on latch a bit
and as I watched the well latched baby nursing happily, I noted an odd
click sound.  But everything looked ok and I didn't think much more about
it.  2 wk later, the mom called me saying the baby had red staining in her
diaper and that the baby didn't seem to be gaining well at all.  It sounded
like "brick dust" urine which is sometimes present in dehydration,  so I
advised her to get the baby in to be seen.  The doc discovered a small
cleft of the soft palate, and the baby had lost nearly 2 lb since birth!!

So, if you hear a click - LOOK and make sure the palate is intact.

Jude Kurokawa CNM
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