Our relationship with teeth is uneven, messy and grim

Re:Our relationship with teeth is uneven, messy and grim by refurb on Thursday May 17, 2018 @08:23PM (#17097560)

Babies don't suction milk out of the breast, rather they take the nipple and areola into the mouth and squeeze it between the tongue and palate to express milk.

Milk from bottles is by auction and it's usually easier than breastfeeding.

(Learned this from a lactation consultant for my daughter)

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Re:Our relationship with teeth is uneven, messy and grim by Empact on Wednesday May 23, 2018 @06:04AM (#17132778)

Having read more about the mechanism of suckling, it seems even more clearly important to the development of the jaw, because the baby uses their tongue to draw the milk out of the nipple, which requires applying pressure with the tongue from front to back against the palate. Bottle feeding requires simple general suction.

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Re:Our relationship with teeth is uneven, messy and grim by Empact on Friday May 18, 2018 @06:04PM (#17105302)

Agree you're correct. My broader point is that the actions are quite different and express different forces on the jaw, triggering different growth.

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