[blparent] Breast-feeding problems

[Jo Elizabeth Pinto]

I wish I had come across the idea of a "high needs" baby during my 
daughter's infancy.  I can see where just thinking of her that way would 
have shifted the perspective I had, and lifted a lot of unnecessary guilt I 
packed on myself, thinking her "unhappiness" or "fussiness" was because of 
something I was or wasn't doing.  I haven't looked at the site, but I'm all 
for anything that turns negative, energy-draining, nonproductive, paralyzing 
emotions of new parents into positive, hopeful, excited, can-do feelings for 
the future with their children.  Infancy and nursing is just the tip of the 
iceberg.  There's so much more great stuff to come.  *Smile.*

Jo Elizabeth

"The Bright Side of Darkness"
is my newly published novel,
available in Kindle, audio, and paperback formats at Amazon.com.
-----Original Message----- 
From: Judy Jones via BlParent
Sent: Monday, January 25, 2016 11:24 AM
To: Blind Parents Mailing List
Cc: Judy Jones
Subject: Re: [blparent] Breast-feeding problems

Here here for Dr. Seers.  My husband and I devoured his Growing Together
series years ago, and his advice was wonderful.  We read his materials on
the "High Needs Baby," which is a good thing, because our second was one of
those.  He believed that instead of having fussy babies, these are high
needs babies, and puts much more of a positive spin on meeting the baby's
needs.

The materials we read are years old, as our girls are now grown, but not
surprised he has a site.

Judy


-----Original Message----- 
From: Mdf via BlParent
Sent: Sunday, January 24, 2016 3:24 PM
To: blparent at nfbnet.org
Cc: mdffeiner at gmail.com
Subject: [blparent] Breast-feeding problems

First of all, congratulations on your baby. It is such an exciting time at
the same time it can be nerve-racking. I am an avid follower of Dr. Sears.
He has a website full of tips for every type of issue you might have with
children. I will insert a link into his tips for latching on. He describes
them very well with  words.
What I found helpful with nursing my baby in the beginning was holding them
in a cradle position. With the other hand I will put my thumb on the top of
the breast and my third finger underneath the breast with my second finger I
will place it on the babies chin and pull down this makes baby open their
mouth at the same time you can feel where their mouth is.sometimes it helps
to put that second finger inside their mouth and then exchange your finger
for their mouth. This can be a little tricky though. It can help to have
someone else in the beginning push down on the babies chin  is difficult to
describe completely through writing. I would be glad to communicate with you
either through my email address or on the phone would be easiest  i nursed
my three children and I thoroughly enjoyed doing it once I was able and the
baby was able to catch on. But it is a learning process
Also, have you check to see if your baby is tongue-tied? This is one the
skin under the tongue is connected to much to the tongue so that the baby
cannot latch  on correctly  when it is connected very close to the beginning
of the tongue sometimes the doctor will perform a procedure to sniff that
piece of skin. This sounds really bad but in fact it is supposed to be
fairly simple and not very painful.

Also as others have mentioned, it is very helpful to have a nursing pillow.

Here is the link to the information from Dr. Sears website about latching on

http://www.askdrsears.com/topics/feeding-eating/breastfeeding/rightstart-techniques/proper-positioning-and-latch-skills
My email address is mdffeiner at gmail.com
Finally, I hope this post was not too lengthy and I apologize for any
grammar mistakes. I am using dictation and don't have that much time to
edit. But this topic is very important to me and I hope that some of the
information will be helpful.
Good luck and I would be glad to communicate with you off list.
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