<aside> ❤️ Important Gestalt Breastfeeding note: We do not need to wait for a wide ‘gape’. Waiting for a perfect ‘gape’ can frustrate the baby, dialling the baby up at the breast. Usually a wide ‘gape’ doesn’t happen anyway. We just wait for the mouth to open up enough and then bring the baby on with nipple directly into the mouth. It is not helpful to aim for nipple to nose.
We also don’t need to take the baby off if he or she seems to come on quite shallowly. Most babies come on shallowly and easy effective breastfeeding doesn’t depend on a deep latch at the beginning.
We do what is workable to get our baby on. It’s what comes next that is crucial if we want to position the baby so that the mouth fills up beautifully with breast tissue and the nipple is protected!
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