AAB 251 Breastfeeding Bites - Signs of a good latch and nutritive sucking

When your baby is latched on well, if there are no other medical or anatomical or supply issues, breastfeeding should not be hurting and your baby should be spending a majority of his time at breast nutritively sucking or what I also like to call power nursing.  You have also heard me say:  it is not so much of importance on how long they are at the breast, but it is also important to note what they are doing at the breast.  Is a majority of their time at the breast actively feeding with great interest or is most of the time spent in a sleepy, lackluster behavior. Read more