Spent the morning on post-natal ward today with the hospital's breastfeeding advisor. She mentioned something about a particular newborn 'reflex' and for the life of me I can't remember what it's called.
I'd never heard of it before, but apparently if you stroke the palm of a baby's hand, it can help them open their mouths wider to attach to the breast?! It sounds slightly random to me (and she admitted only limited success with it) but I just thought I would throw it out there and see if anyone else has ever heard of it?