See my latest blog on Lip Blisters (Friction Blisters) and what they might mean!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wk5sai7AYPE&t=5s

I just I just wanted to talk a little bit today about lip blisters.

Babies develop their suck swallow reflex or co-ordination from about 20 weeks in utero. Often in utero, they are sucking on their fingers and creating these little lip blisters, or what I call friction blisters.

And when they get out and they start to learn to breastfeed properly, if they do have a shallow latch or they’re compensating, they will be using their lips to suction on like that.

So they’re breastfeeding more like they’re trying to suck on the straw.

When you’re breastfeeding trying to suck on a shallow latch, then you’re going to compensate and use all these muscles around here so those lip blisters or friction blisters will be more pronounced.

The way that you can help your baby is by getting a deeper latch.

Keep watching in Part 2.wanted to talk a little bit today about lip blisters.

Babies develop their suck swallow reflex or co-ordination from about 20 weeks in utero. Often in utero, they are sucking on their fingers and creating these little lip blisters, or what I call friction blisters.

And when they get out and they start to learn to breastfeed properly, if they do have a shallow latch or they’re compensating, they will be using their lips to suction on like that.

So they’re breastfeeding more like they’re trying to suck on the straw.

When you’re breastfeeding trying to suck on a shallow latch, then you’re going to compensate and use all these muscles around here so those lip blisters or friction blisters will be more pronounced.

The way that you can help your baby is by getting a deeper latch.