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So what do I show my friends when Im trying to help them learn to breastfeed? I HATE the boppy pillow for nursing. I used it with my first and it makes things a lot harder. You cant move the pillow towards you to bring baby to the breast so you have to dip and try to get the breast into the babys mouth. HARD! Also it might keep the baby flat. No one likes to eat while flat on their back. No one. I like to sit in a chair with an arm rest and put my arm on the arm rest and put my babys head into the crook of my arm. This allows me to move my arm closer to my body to bring my baby towards the breast. Plus the babys head is RIGHT THERE near the breast. The babys head is supported behind the neck not behind the head (babies dont like having their heads pushed around.) And their body sits in my lap/on my belly. Then I dont insert my nipple straight into the babys mouth. I point it upwards so that the nipple will touch the palate of babys mouth. I do this by holding my areola between my thumb and middle finger and I keep my index finger free. I press down and towards my body with my thumb and allow my middle finger to move away from my body slightly. Boom. Nipples pointing up. Then I use my index finger to stroke my babys cheek to get them rooting around. Use their reflexes to engage them in the process and to get them to root towards your body instead of attempting to latch onto anything and everything other than your nipple. Once babys rooting towards you? tense your arm and move it towards your body. Aim your nipple just behind their gums. Yes, you can also aim it for the palate (further back in the mouth) but for a reluctant nurser I start just behind the gums. Then you wiggle your nipple around a bit against the palate, then once the baby starts trying to nurse or close their mouth you let the nipple point roll back to where its supposed to be. Check to see if the babys lips are sucked in at all. If they are you can use the tip of your pinky finger to gently work them out so that they flare around your breast like little fish lips.
Posted on: Wed, 02 Jul 2014 19:45:18 +0000

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