The baby needs to be able to have a wide open mouth, rest his / her tongue on the floor of the mouth and be able to extend the tongue over
the lower gum line.
While supporting your breast, tickle your baby's lower lip with your nipple and wait until she opens wide, as if she's yawning, and you see her tongue resting on
the lower gum line.
Be sure to get your nipple / areola above her tongue, which ideally should be lying slightly beyond
her lower gum line and not touching the roof of her mouth.
Try some gum massage, by sticking a clean index finger inside the baby's mouth, and gently massage
the lower gum lines.
Not exact matches
Line up your nipple with the baby's nose and ensure that her
lower gum is away from the nipple's base.
Schools Struggle to Provide Dental Health Safety Net Hundreds of thousands of
low - income children suffering from dental disease, some with teeth rotted to the
gum line, are presenting California school districts with a widespread public health problem.
We have dental radiography, allowing us to examine the tooth and bone under the
gum line, ultrasonic dental scalers, and high and
low speed hand pieces for drilling, cutting and polishing.
Oral X-Rays under anesthesia revealed a fracture of the root of the
lower second premolar beneath the
gum line.