G'day

he still sleeps like that, with his head "thrown" back.

Yep. Joshie still sleeps like that often too. Looks uncomfortable. But
so does that cute sleeping position on the tummy with the bum up in the
air.

And my correction for a crummy night latch is to
grab his ankles and move him down about 3 inches......

See - we instinctively do the right thing without even knowing why
sometimes. 8-)

Hey Mary S, your breasts are now the perk standard of mkb!!! ;-)

Heh heh. Where is she by the way? Mary Mary we miss you! I thought of
her the other day when I found a new Sandra Boynton book called Snuggle
Puppy. Boynton just makes me imagine sproutkin and Mary and their
Barnyard Dance. Well DS loves Boynton too. We recite Hey Wake up every
morning. DS loves saying "EWWW" at the broccoli stew part.

Same. Though he's not always amenable to touch when he's nursing, and
sometimes I just use that arm to hold my reading material ;-)

Not only books, but also the laptop, although mostly reading. It's hard
to nak while side lying.

The ONLY time I remember that I did that when he was tiny, he was up at eye
level, and I allowed a moment of pure mummy vanity at how gorgeous this
little boy was(is) and he at that moment hitched a little in his sleep and
spewed a LARGE amount of milk directly onto my face. :-P :-)

Oh LOL My poor screen just got sprayed.

I had DS on a towel (*note* extra bedding is considered a SIDS risk) and just
"towed" him up/down and back and forth to switch sides, because I didn't like
rolling with him, though right now I don't recall why. :-\ must write stuff
down.

That is a clever idea. Must remember it for next time.

Then I learned from mkb about feeding from both breasts while lying on a
single side. Meaning you feed from the "bottom" and the "top breast"
without moving your nursling.

I tried this once or twice, but I am never comfy with it. Don't you get
cramped up leaning over to feed the top breast without flattening the sprog?

Well the leaning over is mostly for when he's on his back - he's sort of
lying back and saying "bring it on Mum". I tend to encourage him (with a
hand behind his back) to roll over towards me as I roll back onto my
side - come to think of it I do sometimes use my arm under his head to
lift his head level a little to reach the upper breast.

Intersting stuff, Ruth

Glad to be useful.

And Phoebe....keep trying stuff. At some point you and the Caterpillar will
"hit your groove" and things will go really smoothly,

Yeah - what Dawn said.

DrRuth
Mum to Joshua Eamon (Nov 15th, 2001)
http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~drruth/joshua/