User: BreastfeedingBabies |
First Latch 1 of 3 This is an excellent video, by the wonderful Dr Jack Newman, showing a classic cross-cradle hold, and a baby latching well. Notice how gentle and respectful of the baby Dr Newman, and the mother, are. Only two interventions happen - one to pull the baby's hand gently out of the camera view - so you can see what's happening, and one very gentle encouraging finger to the chin after latch has happened. No one is telling this baby she doesn't know what to do! :-) No one is 'traffic wardening' the mother, and making her lose confidence. This is good stuff, and if it doesn't match your own 'support' experience, find better support! There a variety of volunteer organisations who will give you this sort of support - do use them! :-) http://www.llli.org/ http://www.breastfeeding.asn.au/ http://www.breastfeedingnetwork.org.uk/ This baby is small and quite young. Notice how easily the mother is supporting the baby's shoulders and neck, and managing to keep the length of the baby's body snug and secure across her body. This can be an excellent hold for new mothers, but all that's important is that you and baby are comfortable, and the breastfeeding is working well. As baby gets older, and heavier, Mum and Baby will find different holds that keep them both feeling supported and happy. The important part of this video is what's happening at the mouth/nipple exchange. You hear Dr Newman say to wait for the 'gape' and then you let baby attach. The point is that quite a lot of breast needs to go into the mouth, for milk to transfer. Baby having too shallow a latch is a classic way to have sore nipples. If it's painful - something is wrong! Incidentally that jaw action you see is one reason breastfeeding contributes so much to the overall development of the baby - that jaw action is working on moving the plates in the baby's head back into place from the birth canal squish, and is building excellent muscle tone in the jaw and face, helping build up to good chewing and speaking skills. http://www.kellymom.com/bf/start/basics/latch-resources.html Is another good resource - don't make the mistake of thinking the hand in this animation is 'pushing', it's supporting after the event, not leading it. http://www.wiessinger.baka.com/bfing/howworks/latchtalk.html http://users.iptelecom.net.ua/~vylkas/flash/baby12b_content.html and, of course... http://www.drjacknewman.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5&Itemid=6 Good Luck! Tags: breastfeeding positions latch cross cradle hold Jack Newman |
User: BreastfeedingBabies |
Second Latch 2 of 3 Again, just like in 'First Latch' this video is showing excellent practice in lactation support. Mother and baby are both comfortable, Dr Jack Newman is quiet and respectful of them both. No coercion is happening at all, and most importantly, no hands are on the back of baby's head, trying to force matters. Notice that when the mother trails her nipple across the baby's top lip, and the baby opens its mouth really wide in response, that the mother and Dr Jack move the baby forward ever so slightly from the supportive position of holding the baby's shoulders and the base of the neck. Nothing is pushing this baby out of alignment, just the whole body moving forward a quarter inch so that 'gape' now has a lot of breast in it. If you think about it, and put your own hand on the back of your head now and push... what happens? Your head moves down, your mouth closes and your throat is constricted. This is not gong to help you open your mouth really wide and swallow well. :-) Baby's head actually needs to move back and up, not forward and down. The positioning of the baby (presenting the baby to the breast) and the calm and confident way the mother is holding and supporting the baby along her body and on the shoulders and base of the neck, is allowing this baby to 'gape' without any stress. There are more links to this 'latch' technique on the 'First Latch' video in our library here on YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ox8ht-EVnQA But do remember - what works for your baby works for you! :-) There is no 'one way' to do this. You'll find your own path with your little one - trust yourself, trust baby! If you ever see a breastfeeding video (especially on YouTube, where formula manufacturers place videos to lure you to their formula sites) where the baby is having its mouth forced open, or where the baby has a hand on the back of its head, being 'pushed' onto the breast - be aware this is not Good Practice - and may ruin your breastfeeding relationship for a while, until baby recovers from being forced. Dr Jack discusses this so clearly in this video, that the conversation is just as valuable as seeing that powerful little mouth work that breast tissue and get loadsamilk! What he's saying, and showing, makes good sense. Mothers need to be confident and supported and relaxed, and babies need to be with their mothers. A good milk supply comes from letting the baby have as much access to the breast as possible in the vital first few weeks. Taking baby off the breast, sticking a dummy or pacifier in its mouth when it cries, scheduling feeds for set times and for set amounts of time, having one bottle of top up formula to keep Grandmother happy... all these things can compromise your milk supply in the first few weeks. So be aware of the effect of such interventions, and use them wisely. http://www.kellymom.com/bf/supply/index.html It's hard being a new Mum, and you often feel you 'have to get on' and do other things in those first few weeks. But resting and letting baby breastfeed as much as you can, and getting others to do housework and laundry and bring you nice things to eat...is what 'support' is all about! (Not having people saying "He's not feeding again!?! Why don't you give him formula is he's so hungry?" or "Well if you let me bottle feed her, I can take her off your hands and you get some sleep." Advice like this is a poke in the eye with a blunt stick!) Here's some links on how you might manage this juggle, if you don't think you're up to saying "No, my job is feeding the baby, and I will sit here and let myself relax!" http://www.llli.org/FAQ/priorities.html http://www.llli.org/FAQ/housework.html http://www.kellymom.com/bf/normal/frequent-nursing.html http://www.kellymom.com/pantley/pantley13.html http://www.llli.org/FAQ/criticism.html http://www.llli.org/NB/NBJulAug99p116.html Finally, Dr Jack mentions 'breast compressions' as a way to get more milk into the baby if either of you are struggling. This link explains it.. http://www.kellymom.com/newman/15breast_compression.html but there is a seperate video going into it in detail on: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=HJrBRYxDNSE Good Luck! Remember - you can do this! :-) Tags: breastfeeding positions Latch breast compressions Jack Newman |
User: BreastfeedingBabies |
Latch On This superb video was made by Ameda, who make breast pumps. It's wonderful to see a commercial company make the effort to hire excellent and well qualified people to produce a high quality marketing video that is informative and exhibiting Best Practice. Well Done Ameda! We can't reccomend this video highly enough, but although Ameda make it available for file share on the site (presumably they are happy with viral replication - it is a marketing tool after all!) we can't get it to load properly. We urge you to go to the site and see all of it: http://www.ameda.com/breastfeeding/started/latch_on.aspx The site also contains excellent breastfeeding support advice. The pity of it being somewhat speeded up here, is you can't get a sense of the wonderful 'bobbing' motion that the baby is doing, as it signals to the mother that it would like to breastfeed, as it's getting hungry. This 'bobbing' is an excellent cue to get baby onto Mum's breast asap. Learning your baby's feeding cues will save a lot of anxiety. Baby escalates up to starting to cry and get distressed as hunger kicks in (it's never felt hungry in the womb, so hunger is a new and powerful feeling for it. Powerful feelings are quite scary for small babies - they haven't a clue what's going on.) A good resource on feeding cues can be found here: http://www.kellymom.com/bf/start/basics/hunger-cues.html The latch info in the animation is so good, it doesn't need any comment from us. There are a whole list of latch links that complement this video on "First Latch": http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Ox8ht-EVnQA If you have already got nipple problems because of a shallow latch, there are links to help on "Poor Latch Good Latch": http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=IQYThWMHgjI The sheer competency of this five day old baby, as it seeks to latch itself to the mother, is just so wonderful to watch! This is another baby that knows exactly what it is doing, and Mum is doing a great job in supporting and helping baby. However, as we explain in 'Breast Crawl', not all babies come out ready and willing to latch like this as modern birth practices can get in the way. If your baby is sleepy, disorganised or refusing the breast, the info and links on 'Breast Crawl' will help you: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=G3K87l9hNOE Before we go - we are only reccomending this video, and the excellent breastfeeding advice on the Ameda site - not their products. None of us have ever used them, so we cannot comment. Do go to the site, however, and watch this baby find that nipple and self latch! :-) Tags: Breastfeeding Positions Latch Baby Led Latching |
User: sonia989 |
Newborn: Proper Latch Newborn Julie demonstrating a proper latch. Her mouth is wide open and she is sucking slowly, latched on to not the nipple but the areolar tissue around it. Until Mom's milk comes in, baby gets all she needs from the tiny amounts of colostrum she nurses. This 'liquid gold' provides nutrition, antibodies and helps clear the digestive tract of meconium. Even though baby is not drinking large amounts, she is not starving. When Mom's milk comes in on day 3 or 4, baby will start to drink larger amounts and will develop more of an appetite. While breastfeeding, mom gets uterine cramps (afterpains) brought on by the release of oxytocin that results from breastfeeding. This helps the uterus contract back to its normal size after birth. Tags: birth childbirth natural baby breastfeeding latch breast feeding |
User: TmcundRobbyG |
LaTcH ILD BiG SiS Tags: Robby feat Latch |
User: rollerblade91 |
Count Latchula - latch brothers an amazing tune, maybe my favourite from the jet set radio future soundtrack, thank you pete for the mp3 Tags: jsrf jet set radio future latch brothers count latchula |
User: BreastfeedingBabies |
Poor Latch Good Latch The huge value in this tiny video is... stop pressing down and poking on your nipple like that! Getting milk out of your breast requires a lot of the breast tissue BEHIND the nipple to be compressed - it's got nothing to do with the nipple itself, in that sense. Baby sucking on your nipple, and/or you poking and prodding your nipples and trying to get your gold milk (colostrum) out, may swell up your nipples and prevent the milk coming out at all! Hand expression will get out milk, and let you get to know your own breasts: http://www.breastfeeding.com/helpme/helpme_images_express... http://www.lactationinstitute.org/MANUALEX.html http://www.bflrc.com/ljs/breastfeeding/knack.htm Sometimes, nipples get swollen from IV fluids in labour, or from too much milk coming in very quickly. A swollen nipple will not let down well. A swollen breast with too much milk in it is called 'engorgement' and if this happens to you when you transition from gold to white milk, hand express to get some comfort - or put baby on full time and let baby suck it out! An excellent technique to use if too swollen, is called Reverse Pressure Softening - scroll down to the bottom of this page: http://www.kellymom.com/bf/concerns/mom/rev_pressure_soft... Do note that this mother is trickling gold milk (colostrum) and a little trickle like this is all baby needs for the first few days. There is another clip showing white milk being ejected in streams, but so far, we can't get it past YouTube, for some bizarre reason. If a baby is sucking on your nipple, and does not have a lot of breast tissue in its mouth - you will be in pain. You may also develop cracks and blisters on the nipple, as it will be being squished and squashed. An excellent video showing you where your nipple should be can be found on: http://www.ameda.com/breastfeeding/started/latch_on.aspx And a help sheet on nipple pain can be found on: http://www.kellymom.com/newman/03a-sore_nipples.html and http://www.llli.org/FAQ/sore.html http://www.llli.org/FAQ/heal.html Be patient - your milk will come. Good Luck on learning hand expression! Tags: breastfeeding positions Latch hand expression Jack Newman |
User: delphianjazz |
s'latch Part 2 of 2 S'latch and the Continuum of the Sleestak A Land of the Lost Musical Tags: the land of lost delphian jazz orchestra slatch enik s'latch chaka sleestak |
User: CarSeatSite |
Rear-Facing Infant Seat with LATCH and Noodles Installation of a rear-facing infant car seat using LATCH and noodles at a 45º angle suitable for a newborn or young baby. The noodles are used instead of the infant seat base's extendable foot. Please use this video as an aid for installing your own car seat. This video is not meant to replace your vehicle owner's manual or your car seat manual. It is to show technique. From www.CarSeatSite.com: Car seat search, use, and installation help for parents and resources for technicians. Pages include a car seat FAQ, recommended car seats, installation help, installation videos, and recalls. Also has an emergency label template to fill out, print and stick to car seat. Resources for technicians include statistics and current list of available CEUs. Tags: carseat Graco snugride installation LATCH infant seat rear-facing carseatsite.com 45º angle noodles |
User: Krown013 |
Jet Set Radio Future - Latch Brothers Bounce Jet Set Radio Future song entitled Latch Brothers Bounce. Song: Latch Brothers Bounce Artist: The Latch Brothers Posted by Krown013 ***I DO NOT OWN THE RIGHTS TO JET SET RADIO SERIES. ALL RIGHTS BELONG TO SEGA. THIS VIDEO IS SIMPLY FANMADE.*** Tags: Jet Set Radio Future Grind Graffiti Tag Music Song Sega Break Dance Latch Brothers Bounce |