Not exact matches
Seek the advice of your pediatrician and / or an
early intervention evaluation by an occupational therapist or speech therapist trained in infant feeding if your baby has difficulty with coordinating the
suck / swallow / breathe
pattern, chokes or gags during feedings, loses a lot of liquid during feedings and can't form a seal on the nipple or has a tongue tie.
Once they've latched, they need to
suck rhythmically; the
early breast has low volume (which is appropriate) which is why we use breast compression to help the colostrum or milk flow; this will engage the baby in a rhythmic
suck / swallow
pattern.
While some women may find that breastfeeding multiples is straightforward, mothers of multiples may have more difficulty offering
early and continuous skin - to - skin contact with their infants, there may be delay in initiation of feeding at the breast, the infants may have a disorganised or immature
sucking pattern as a result of prematurity and the demands of facilitating frequent feeding are more challenging (Bennington 2011; Cinar 2013).
Generally speaking, if a baby has been given a bottle or pacifier too
early, he may end up with incorrect
sucking patterns at the breast.