Symptoms

Symptoms

INFANT SYMPTOMS

• Cobblestone nursing blister on lip
• Clicking or gulping sounds while nursing
• Gumming, chewing nipples, leaks milk
• Chokes easily
• Frequent release and relatch
• Shallow latch
• Long nursing sessions – falls asleep mid feed
• Colic/gas/reflux
• Poor weight gain or weight loss
• Unable to hold a pacifier
• Heart shaped tongue

 

TODDLER/CHILD SYMPTOMS

• Reflux
• Fatigue during eating
• Projectile spitting up after eating, weight loss
• Lip blisters
  
• Gassiness
• Congestion
• Liquids/foods dribbling from sides of mouth
• Potential future speech and dental problems
• Pocketing food/picky eater

 

SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF MOTHER

• Decreased milk supply
• Breasts don’t fully empty
• Cracked, blistered, bleeding nipples
• Plugged ducts
• Discomfort or pain while nursing
• Frequent mastitis
• Long nursing sessions (or extremely short because baby gets tired)
• Postpartum depression