"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
- 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
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!
