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  • In this workshop, we will use experiential techniques to break down human physiology and movement into components to help us better understand and resolve complex issues in breastfeeding couplets.

  • We will learn about how the underlying musculature and bony structures of the face, head, and body can affect the way a baby approaches nursing; how infants recruit muscles from all over their bodies to manage their breastfeeding environment; how to read infant faces to understand what mechanisms they are using both on the breast and off; and how to read a body at rest and in action for areas of tension and muscle overuse.

  • Lastly, we will learn how to address what we find through a unique set of clinical techniques specific to addressing compensatory muscle use so that we can move babies from dysfunction to function.

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Course curriculum

    1. READ FIRST - Lactation Language Prequel (pdf)

    2. Pt 1a: Body-Led Breastfeeding Framework

    3. Pt 1b: Sandhya's Story and Different Types of Suck

    4. Pt 1c: Feel the Suck in Your Soul (Popsicle Exercise)

    5. Pt 1d: Suck Exams On and Off the Breast

    6. Pt 1e: Pulling Back and Pulling Down

    7. Read: Body-Led Breastfeeding Basic Principles

    8. Reference: BLB Order of Operations for Assessing and Treating Infant Suck

    9. Reference: Flowchart of BLB Techniques

    10. Read: Infant Strength Suck Exam at the Breast

    11. Reference: Sample Treatment Skills

    12. Homework: ISSE Diagrams

    13. CERPs Test - Questions for Part 1

    1. Pt 2a: Answering Questions and Experience with Homework

    2. Pt 2b: Recognizing Asymmetries and Muscle Overuse Patterns

    3. Pt 2c: Body-Led Breastfeeding Techniques

    4. Reference: Flowchart of BLB Techniques - Front and Middle of Mouth Sucks

    5. Homework: Reading Infant Bodies Worksheet

    6. CERPs Test - Questions for Part 2

    1. Pt 3a: Review of Homework Experience

    2. Pt 3b: Reading Babies' Faces and Asymmetric Latch vs Neutral Body

    3. Pt 3c: Case Studies

    4. Pt 3d: Questions

    5. CERPs Test - Questions for Part 3

    1. BLB Solutions for Bottle-adapted Babies

    2. BLB Bottle-adapted Babies - Video from Slide 11

    3. BLB Bottle-adapted Babies - Slow Motion Video from Slide 12

    4. CERPs Test for Solutions for Bottle-adapted Babies

    1. BLB Skills Lab Solutions for Transitioning from Shield to Bare Breast

    2. BLB Solutions for Transitioning from Shield to Bare Breast - Video from Slides 17 and 24

    3. CERPs Test for Solutions for Transitioning from Shield to Bare Breast

    1. BLB Skills Lab Solutions for: Overuse of Lower Lip (Lip Shoveling)

    2. Internal Lip Shoveling - Video from Slide 6

    3. External Lip Shoveling - Video from Slides 5 and 16

    4. Lip Shoveling Montage - Video from Slide 15

    5. CERPs Test for Solutions for Overuse of the Lower Lip

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  • $275.00
  • 8.5 hours of video content

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