You can tell a breastfeeding let - down when it's happening because your baby will change
their sucking pattern from short and choppy (think pacifier suck) to longer, rhythmic nursing once the let - down has begun.
a change in the baby's
sucking pattern from a quick suck - suck to a rhythmic suck - swallow pattern as the milk begins to flow.
Not exact matches
Further, the
sucking patterns required for breastfeeding are different
from those used when bottle feeding and can have an undesirable e3ffect on the skeletal structure of the palate.
Second, it offers more extension in his neck, which will help to open his airway and allow him to coordinate his
suck - swallow - breathe
pattern more easily and prevent him
from falling asleep.
They recommend that you establish good nursing
patterns with your infant first, especially since milk supply is dependent upon the baby's ability to
suck from the breast.
If your baby has already learned how to breastfeed properly, the bottle allows baby to keep using the same
suck, swallow, breathe
pattern that is familiar
from nursing.
So that could lead to alterations of
sucking patterns, and as a result we could end up with pain
from mom, and also ineffective milk transfers.
When let - down occurs, baby will start to swallow more frequently and the
sucking pattern will change
from short, quick bursts to a longer, slower, rhythmic,
suck - swallow
pattern.
He's had a ton of issues with his oral motor skills,
from poor muscle control / tone to hypersensitivity, and after the 20th occupational therapist inquired about his feeding
patterns as a baby, I realized that it might not just have been that he preferred bottles with a fast flow nipple, and that his constant nursing strikes weren't because there wasn't enough milk — he simply couldn't
suck hard enough to get that milk, thus he got frustrated and refused to empty my breast.
This is exemplified in Wallace's large totem sculpture which features a random
pattern of rust stains
sucked from a chain embedded within the compound.