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Baby sucking on nipple only-gas

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My 5 week old likes to nurse with only sucking on my nipple, I don't think there's really any areola in her mouth. With every suck I hear an sucky sound of air going in. She won't let me help her get a better latch, and if I do manage to, she changes it back to how she wants it.

She always has huge burps and it's difficult to settle her at night after nursing, and if we can't get burps out, she spits up after she's gone to sleep.

What should I do, if anything? I'm thinking of getting a pacifier to help her settle to sleep at night, but if it's cause of gas due to a bad latch, maybe I should sort that out instead.
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Congrats on your little one.

Take a look at the videos on this site http://www.drjacknewman.com to determine how the latch is. A good latch you shouldn't hear air sucking sounds.

Keep working on it and remember the best way to tell if babe is getting enough milk is by the number of wet/poopy diapers.
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