Sentences with phrase «does suck on her finger»

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The nurses & LCs were pretty good about helping with getting bfing started, they showed me a variety of ways to hold the baby, hand express some milk onto the nipple to get her started (she didn't want to suck, although positioning was perfect & she'd suck on a finger if it was put in her mouth) One nurse tried sugar water on my nipple, which I wasn't okay with, but it was the middle of the night, I was overwhelmed and frustrated, and baby blues had set in.

anytime they are showing hunger cues — sucking on fingers, smacking lips, rooting — and do nt watch the clock.

While baby doesn't have the room for the gymnastics of just weeks ago, the baby is staying quite busy practicing for being a newborn, «breathing» by inhaling / exhaling amniotic fluid, sucking on thumb or fingers, blinking and playing an intrauterine version of flashlight tag.

Note: It's important to keep your fingers at least 2 inches behind the nipple and areola so that your baby doesn't suck on them instead.

And keep in mind that the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry states that sucking on fingers, thumbs, and pacifiers, «is completely normal for babies and young children» and that most children stop before and «no harm is done to their teeth or jaws.»

Keep offering the baby the breast when showing hunger cues (sucking on fingers, smacking lips, rooting around) and do nt limit the time on the breast.

You can often tell if your baby is fussing because she's hungry if she is rooting (moving her head back and forth and opening her mouth), thrusting her tongue, sucking on her fingers or hands, increasing her level of activity, or fussing that doesn't stop when you pick her up.

Great idea... I personally never had a latch problem, but know tons of gals that did... My son received 3 hours of sucking practice on my hubby's baby finger, while I was in the O.R.... When I got him he was a pro;)... I will be sure to share this with other new moms...

All she would do was suck on my finger so we actually like tube fed her with my finger.

People are afraid their baby will become dependent on it, but the reality is, if you don't use a pacifier, your baby is just going to learn to suck on their own fingers.

I got her on similac cause i didint powant her to dehydrate and i contacted a lactation consultant she told me to leave her with formula for a few days to let my nipples get bettter and then try again so i did it was frustrating but i finally got the hang of it by week 2 everything was great now im having another problem and it seems shes not satisfied with my milk she drinks for about 15 minutes each feeding and i can hear her swallow the milk and it even runs out of her mouth, but 30 minutes latter and sometimes less shes crying sucking her fingers looking for my breasts so i would put her again and that caused me to get an imbalance in my milk due to oversuply so i had to block nurse and obviosly she was hungry so now i feed her both more bm o

Many babies who are fed on strict schedules or quickly removed from the breast or bottle as soon as active feeding is done will seek a thumb or finger to suck on or take to a pacifier.