Post by Deleted on Jul 9, 2015 13:02:47 GMT -5
I mentioned to someone else, clicking is a sign of a tongue tie pulling baby's deep latch out of position into a shallow latch,
or a sign of an oversupply. Has baby been evaluated for a tongue tie?
the in the face but my right boob is the one he really clicks on. That one is smaller and significantly softer so I don't think it's an engorged forceful letdown situation. That one drips but doesn't spray. My nipples are sore and I'm so tired from trying to relatch a million times tonight. I tried football hold instead of cross cradle and it was worse. I'm frustrated because things were going good. We self weaned from the nipple shield and everything.
Being able to stick their tongue out is just one check of tongue movement, they also need to be able to make wavelike motions with their tongue to extract milk which may be effected with a side or posterior tongue tie. So another check with another set of eyes is a good idea.
Try a laid back nursing position, side lying for trying to get a deeper latch. Laid back can be hard to get into with a newborn, sometimes you can latch on in a cradle or cross cradle and then lean backwards so that gravity pulls baby into a deeper latch. rotate thru and see what position works for that side. If that side has a lower supply and doesn't spray, then he's having to work harder to extract milk and the clicking is a sign of something going on with his tongue, which makes me think even more something about tongue tie. of course that side may only spray when he tries to suck and it may still spray out faster than he can control, so he moves his tongue. or there may be a clog in the tip of that side so he has to suck harder to get milk out.