![]() ![]() ![]() (Sometimes the initial fast sucks to ‘call’ the milk down can be uncomfortable in the first two weeks after birth), If your baby can swallow milk actively and you’re not in pain once your baby has started swallowing milk, then they are the most important signs to observe. It is best not to overthink the latch – too many women appear to be getting over-technical regarding the appearance of the latch, and sometimes get quite distressed in the process. So please be encouraged to go with your instincts and try lots of positions, allowing your baby to go through his natural sequence of events, leading to latching, and promoting that deeper and more comfortable latch. This ‘biological nurturing’ as it’s termed, is becoming more popular and accepted. It’s terrific that Suzanne Colson’s work is helping to encourage this more natural approach to latching. In the past, many health professionals have possibly done things the wrong way around, teaching more regimented principles when those principles have come from laid back normal biological feeding. Mothers are often surprised to understand that their baby can do this and that their little one does not need to be taught how to latch! It seems that gravity helps the tongue to initially come down lower, and so enables your baby to scoop up a better mouthful of breast tissue.Īlongside these natural laid back biological positions, doing at least two hours per day of skin to skin time can also help to promote your milk supply – boosting the hormone prolactin.īecause of this research, mothers are encouraged to feed in these laid back positions, and the results are fantastic! You will find your baby will feel so safe and stable that he will be far more able to concentrate on latching and staying latched.īabies in these positions often get a much deeper and better latch. So we know that this is a natural biological approach that can be encouraged with all babies. We know from the work of Christina Smiley that many young, and even older babies, after six months of age, display very similar breast seeking behaviors when placed against their mother’s body. They also display lots of other pre-feeding behaviors which help them to locate the breast, even to crawl down using their natural reflexes, and to eventually self-attach at the breast. These behaviors are displayed over weeks and months.īabies tend to do lots of head movements up and down, as well as twisting head movements from side to side. She has helped us to understand that when babies are born, they naturally display breast-seeking behaviors when placed with their full front, tummy, chest, and legs on their mother’s body, rather like a cuddle position. The work of Suzanne Colson has been particularly helpful in this field. Here a breastfeeding mother reclines back and places her baby on top of her, and this can promote latching. ![]() However, over the last few years, many studies show the benefits of a laid back position. There are general principles of breastfeeding positioning that aid a deep latch and ensure comfort and have been taught over many years. ![]()
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