Is it so T/F
Baby Health Benefits
How does breastfeeding work
Mom health benefits
Breastmilk trivia
100

2011 is the year breastfeeding awareness month was established.

what is 2011

100

Breastmilk protects babies from this.

What is infections

100

You need these three things to breastfeed

A baby. a breast, and a brain

100

T/F: Families who breast feed can save as much as 500-800 dollars in the first year alone.

False, 1,200-1,500

100

Breastmilk from the breast is always…

What is Clean, the right temperature, readily available, nutritious, etc…

200

Breastfeeding awareness month was established for advocacy, protection and promotion of breastfeeding ?

What is advocacy, protection and promotion of breastfeeding

200

Childern who are breastfed are less likely to developed this respiratory disease. 

What is asthma

200

This is the best way to make more milk.

What is nurse more often 

200

Breastfeeding can help prevent another one of these.

what is provide contraception protection

200

Newborns should eat this many times per day.

What is 10-12? Frequent feedings are necessary for babies to grow adequately, to slowly stretch their stomachs, and to increase mom's milk supply.

300

80% of women start out breastfeeding?

What is 75% of all new mothers.

300

Babies who are breastfed for six months are less likely to become this.

what is obese

300

When babies are nursing well, getting milk, and not hurting mom they probably have a good ______.

What is "latch"? "Latch" is what we call how baby's mouth fits on mom's breast.

300

Mothers who breastfeed have a decrease risk of this.

What is mothers who breastfeed have a decreased risk of breast and ovarian cancers. 

300

Around 3 weeks, 6 weeks, 3 months, and 6 months old a baby goes through __________, which is a period of rapid growth when a baby may wake more often and need to be fed more often to help mom's body adjust to his new food needs.

What is a growth spurt?

400

75% of women breastfeed 6 months after birth?

What is 43%

400

These immune components in breastmilk help babies fight off infection.

 What are antibodies? Antibodies are little warriors in mom’s body that fight off germs.

400

Giving bottles and pacifiers early in a baby's life may (HELP) or (HARM) the breastfeeding relationship. (Pick one)

What is harm? Because these nipples are shaped differently and work differently, the baby learns to suck differently on them.

400

This is how breastfeeding can help a mom's uterus.

What is less uterus bleeding and quicker return to normal size 

400

Babies may breastfeed for this long in their life.

What is two years 

500

13 % of babies are exclusively breastfed.

What is 13%.

500

True or false: breastmilk changes to meet the needs of growing babies and toddlers.

What is true? Breastmilk changes over the course of a feeding, over the course of the day, and over the course of the baby’s duration of breastfeeding to meet their needs.

500

The correct amount of time for a baby to eat is: for 10 minutes on either breast; for 30 minutes split between both breasts; for 30 minutes on only one breast; or any of the above.

What is any of the above?

500

T/F: If 90% of all US families were to breastfeeds exclusively for six months, the U.S. would annually save $13 billion from reduced medical and other costs. 

True.

500

This early milk is made during pregnancy and the first 3-5 days after birth and is very thick and concentrated (think sweet + condensed milk).

What is colostrum? Mothers make very small amounts of thick, nourishing colostrum that is gentle on baby’s brand-new tummy. Mom makes just the right amount for her baby.

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