Some of you may remember my mentioning a mom who had no nipples. After working with her for weeks, I began to wonder if perhaps I was missing something in the baby's suck because I was so focused on mom's areola with ductal openings. She had a sister who was nursing so I proposed that we see what baby would do with Auntie's breasts. Mom liked the idea. Baby latched on like a pro. I looked at Mom and asked, "How do you feel about that." She replied, "I am a stubborn woman. If he can feed from her, he will feed from me." It was several weeks beyond that, but he did, in fact, feed from his mom for a long time. After this "test" we were both assured that the problem wasn't with his oral function. Patricia Gima, IBCLC Milwaukee mailto:[log in to unmask]