Giaach, I've had to deal with non-eating CH babies this year and did end up having to help them or they would simply not have survived.

Having said that it's NOT the first line of defense so to speak. It's a serious decision for a newcomer to either assist or force feed a hatchling (assist isn't the same as force feeding btw). You need to look at other things first...handling, husbandry, stressors on the snake, caging, prey, health of the little snake before you make a serious decision to assist/force feed. Experienced keepers may make this determination and do this much quicker but they know what to do and when the time is to do it.

Before you go to assist feed I'd caution you to step back and really look at your husbandry and every aspect of the care this snake gets. Is there anything else you can adjust first before you rush to assist feed? Adding in newspaper, smaller enclosure, quieter room, feeding at night after dark, leaving in a rat fuzzy overnight perhaps (fuzzy mind you, not a prey with erupted teeth type thing), stopping all but absolutely necessary handling. That would be my first steps before I'd go to assist feeding any snake.