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Originally Posted by SilverFish
 don't worry so much! she will help herself to air when she wants some, especially at 10 months old!! even a baby a few weeks old is capable of moving their head back to breathe while eating.
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Originally Posted by cristeen
Just to make you feel a little better, in the sea of responses from mamas who don't rely on their Boppy... unless we're side-lying (rare and extremely complicated for us), we're using the Boppy. There've been a few times at LLL meetings or the ped where I've had to punt, but it's very difficult.
Now, at 7 1/2 mos, he's starting to latch on his own from various positions... from hand and knees with me on my side, or with him straddling my knee on the couch. But that's just been the last week. To actually nurse, we still use the Boppy. |
This does make me feel better. A PP mentioned that mother nature gave her everything she needed to nurse...well, mother nature gave me a few bad discs in my back (Well, mother nature and the US Army), and apparently odd shaped breasts or something, because it's hard for me! 
I've tried with just a regular throw pillow on the sofa, and that has worked okay. At least something under her head helps *her* feel like she's in position to nurse, I think. And should help on the plane using a smaller pillow vs. a Boppy. (p.s. side-lying nursing is still hard for us, too. I prop on my elbow, which hurts over time. If I lay down, she usually always unlatches. She doesn't want to lay on her side facing me, she wants to lay on her back and slightly turn her head, hence me on my elbows to reach her.) 
