ATTACHING

How to help your baby attach to the breast:

• Wait for your baby to have a wide open mouth with tongue down.
• Bring your baby quickly to the breast.

 

Once your baby is attached, your baby will have their:

• Chin indenting the breast
• Lower lip turned back
• Mouth open wide
• Cheeks full and rounded
• Baby will suck rhythmically with pauses

 

For Mum

• More areola (coloured part of breast) is visible above the top lip.
• After the initial latch-on, feeding is pain free
• A contented baby stays on the breast

You will know when your baby has had enough when he stops sucking and/or falls asleep. He lets go of the breast spontaneously, or does so when the breast is gently lifted.