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More succinctly, "the only intuitive interface is the nipple."
by copperx 2y ago
More succinctly, "the only intuitive interface is the nipple."
- lukan 2y agoSome babies actually do not have that intuition and rather bite and need time to learn.
- fanf2 2y agoNot even that. Newborns have to learn how to suckle, and their mother has to learn how to hold everything in the right positions so it can work. It’s a tricky skill and many aren’t successful even if they want to breastfeed.
- lamuswawir 2y agoNewborns don't have to learn how to suckle. It's a reflex, called a suckling reflex. Lacking a suckling reflex is an indicator of disease. Basically a newborn suckles everything that goes into the mouth, nipple or not.
- rolisz 2y agoYes they have a suckling reflex, but they might not latch on correctly and then breastfeeding is extremely painful.
- lll-o-lll 2y agoAre you a woman? Have you had children? Have you partnered a woman as your child and her cried through the night, both trying to make this “breastfeeding” thing work; both failing. “How can something so intrinsic to basic survival, be so hard!”. And yet it is. Talk confidently when you have experience.
- anthk 2y agoSucking it's a reflex; the rest it's pseudoscience. Your personal anecdothes don't count.
- jstanley 2y agoThat doesn't negate the fact that newborns have a suckling reflex.
- lamuswawir 2y agoHaving a reflex and breastfeeding are two different things. The baby can have the reflex, but the mother has no milk or the latching technique is poor (as mentioned elsewhere in these comments). So the child not breastfeeding doesn't mean there is no reflex. And yes, the process can be painful and stressful to many mothers most especially first timers (experience also counts).