{"id":6409,"date":"2022-09-15T11:13:23","date_gmt":"2022-09-15T15:13:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dreambabysleep.com\/?p=6355"},"modified":"2023-02-28T18:53:50","modified_gmt":"2023-02-28T18:53:50","slug":"good-latch-checklist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dreambabysleep.com\/good-latch-checklist\/","title":{"rendered":"Breastfeeding 101: Good Latch Checklist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Correctly positioning your baby is a huge part of breastfeeding success\u2014a good latch should be pain-free for you, and will help make sure your baby is getting milk as easily as possible for them (if your baby is struggling to drink, they can waste the valuable calories your body is working so hard to make for them!). Here is our cheat sheet for making sure you have a good latch. <strong>Pro-tip:<\/strong> screen-shot this checklist so it\u2019s always easily accessible on your phone while nursing!<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\" aria-checked=\"false\"><b>Be tummy-to-tummy:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> your baby should be rotated towards your body, so that your stomach is making contact with theirs.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\" aria-checked=\"false\"><b>Baby\u2019s ear, shoulder, and hip should be in one line<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: a nursing pillow can help you position your baby this way\u2014 when they\u2019re on their side, their whole body should be on one level. Their head can be slightly tipped up, but it should still be in one plane.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\" aria-checked=\"false\"><b>Line up nipple to nose<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Your baby\u2019s nose should be level with your nipple, with their lower jaw below your nipple.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\" aria-checked=\"false\"><b>Get your baby\u2019s mouth open as wide as possible before you try and latch: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This one is super important! They should be practically yawning. You can try flicking your nipple onto the skin above their top lip (below their nose)\u2014 this should cause a reflex where they open wide.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\" aria-checked=\"false\"><b>Go for fish-lips<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Once your nipple is in baby\u2019s mouth, their top and bottom lips should be open (like a fish) rather than tucked in.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\" aria-checked=\"false\"><b>Do the sniff test:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Your baby\u2019s nose should be pointing upward, like they are sniffing your breast, with their chin tucked in. More of their chin should be in your breast than their nose, to make sure they can breathe.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Swallowing sounds and slight ear movement are all good signs. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you\u2019re struggling to feed your baby, you\u2019re not alone\u2014 and you deserve support. Don\u2019t hesitate to reach out to <\/span><b>Nannie Reinert<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, one of our certified pediatric sleep consultants and a <a href=\"https:\/\/dreambabysleep.com\/lactation\/\">lactation education counselor<\/a>\u2014 you can schedule a 30 minute lactation phone consultation with her <a href=\"https:\/\/dreambabysleep.as.me\/Lactation\">HERE<\/a><\/span><b>.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Correctly positioning your baby is a huge part of breastfeeding success\u2014a good latch should be pain-free for you, and will help make sure your baby is getting milk as easily as possible for them (if your baby is struggling to drink, they can waste the valuable calories your body is working so hard to make [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":6358,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"default","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dreambabysleep.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6409"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dreambabysleep.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dreambabysleep.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dreambabysleep.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dreambabysleep.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6409"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dreambabysleep.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6409\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6500,"href":"https:\/\/dreambabysleep.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6409\/revisions\/6500"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dreambabysleep.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dreambabysleep.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dreambabysleep.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dreambabysleep.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}