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Old 21st June 2000, 08:05 AM
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make sure she's holding him with his whole body facing the breast - not where he has to turn his neck AT ALL to latch on. This helped me tremendously with my first baby..

And breastfeeding takes some practise, contrary to what some would say...it doesn't always come so easily and even subsequent babies can go through this 'learning to latch on phase'...so it just shows how individual we all are.

It sounds like some nipple confusion took place early on...and I don't buy it when hospital staff say a baby is low in sugar...that just don't want to hear them cry...and usually give the bottle to soothe them and not disturb tired/recovering mum's!

Babies have to work harder to suck from the breast and some babies, when given a bottle early on - will want that 'easier-feed' cuz they found it so much easier to fill their tummies...

anyhow - hope she settles soon...
oh - I rubbed the milk (from my breasts) on my nipples when they were sore..and let the open air help too...(means walking around after each feed with those swaying things going to and fro , but it helped a lot!).
I also found that tea bags helped with the pain. Used ones...or just wet (unused)...something about the tannic acid, I think, but I wonder now if this is not a good thing - in Homeopathic terms....maybe GM will say if this is okay or not...but it did lessen the pain immediately!

Lisa
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