Education and experience
Alina Umanets is a breastfeeding consultant at Tooth Fairy.
During a consultation she watches one particular mother and baby feed. She looks at how the baby latches and how the tongue moves while sucking. The sounds the baby makes and the length of each feed matter too.
Sometimes feeding hurts because of a tongue-tie or lip-tie, a short band of tissue under the tongue or lip. In that case she does not simply suggest another position. Alina refers the family to our pediatric dentist or to a surgeon to check how freely the tongue moves.
Consultation topics:
latch and comfortable feeding positions;
pain during breastfeeding;
a baby who cries at the breast instead of feeding;
a suspected tongue-tie or lip-tie.
