"The most effective way to do it, is to do it." -Amelia Earhart

With this course you will understand what is causing a poor latch and how baby's behaviours indicate that jaw problems are present.

Instructor: Joanne Lynne, OMP, B.Sc., MALAT (in progress)

Certificate for 1 hour

 You will learn

• What a good latch looks like
• Symptoms of a poor latch
• Is it the jaw or the tongue?
• Why babies "chomp"
• Lactation problems
• How babies adjust how they feed on bottles vs. breast
• Compensation behaviours when latch is faulty
• Good health history questioning
• Good observation skills
• Strong re-assessment skills
• When to re-book a baby with questionable sublingual tissue

Critical thinking

• Anatomical relationships of the jaw
• Jaw mechanics in babies
• Compensation patterns through the related structures
• Low resting tongue posture vs. ankyloglossia
• The right questions to ask
• How birth can affect the cranium, jaw and throat
• Main areas to assess when poor latch and suckling is present
• Keeping vigilant for ankyloglossia

Compensation of poor jaw function

• Cranial bone relationships
• Head shape problems
• Tongue undulation
• Throat & hyoid bone
• Dural connections
• Fascial dysfunction
• Latching difficulties/fussiness
• "Chomping" behaviours
• How baby adapts their jaw movement when the tongue is tied down
• Referring out for frenectomies 
• Communication with parents

Functional anatomy + flowcharts + videos

Functional anatomy teaches you specifically what is happening at a deeper level.

Flowcharts train you to think in an organized way.

Side-by-side videos of poor vs. bad latch will help you assess, so you'll know what to do and where to go!