Summerflowers8

I was getting him to latch on as of last Sunday night but he was not willing to suck long enough to get the milk going. I would express it directly into his mouth and he would lap the milk. But then he would latch and drop off. He was 38 weeks so I felt he "should" be stay latched. I did some thing sneaky. I expressed breast milk and made a powdered sugar glaze right on the nipple. (I avoided dry powdered sugar, to prevent him from inhaling it.) IT WORKED!! I had to do it several times. At first he was not opening his mouth either. He tried to suck me in like a bottle, but I endured poor latch for a couple of days and now he opens like a PRO!

Thanks ladies!
Cheryl