Family Forum / Pregnancy / Breastfeeding / October 2007

On Oct 6, 8:27 pm, Lady Penelope Creighton-Ward
<penel...@rescueteam.com> wrote:

It is likely possible.  His mouth will be much bigger by now and it
may be physically easier for him to latch on than it was when he was
smaller.

Here is a list, though not complete, of some things that may make it
easier to get him nursing.  There are way too many here to try all at
once:

 Get him used to lots of skin to skin contact without pressure to
nurse.  Sometimes plenty of skin to skin contact with nipples
available ends up with a baby latching on on his own at some point.

 Get him used to spending time in a sling, if he is happy in it.

 Try nursing when he is neither full, nor starving.

 Put some milk on the nipple.

 Pump until letdown, so the milk is coming when he tries.

 If nipples are flat or inverted, pump a bit to draw them out first.

 Some babies make the transition by using a nipple shield.

--Betsy