The first baby I ever latched on was my own. My first son, born five years ago this week, gave me quite a scare in his first week of life. He lost more than 10% of his birth weight, didn't pee or poop for days, had a sunken soft spot and lips as dry as the desert. No matter what I tried, I just couldn't get the boy to eat. When I went to visit the lactation consultant on his sixth day of life, I had no idea that the next hour would not only change my son's life, but mine as well. She not only got him latched pain free and taught me how to do the same when I got home, but she opened up a whole...