A painful latch can be an indicator of this type of latch
What is shallow latch?
This can help support the infant to ensure the mother is bringing the infant to her breast (rather than leaning down towards the infant)
What are pillows?
This is the best way to wake a sleepy infant for feeding
What is skin to skin?
This feeding method works great for supplementing small amounts such as drops of colostrum
What is spoon feeding?
(Do you know we don't have a policy or procedure supporting syringe feeding? Syringes of EBM should only be used for collecting colostrum to send to NICU [or for finger feeding]).
This is how often a newborn should nurse after the first day
What is 8-12 times per day?
Did you notice that there is not a TIME frame associated with this answer?!?
One sign of a good latch is that both lips are in this position when infant is latched
What is flanged outward (or rolled out)?
This hold is great to use for a newborn born via c-section because it allows mother to have control of the baby's head while also keeping the weight of the infant off the mother's abdomen
What is football hold?
This protects or stimulates the milk supply for a mother of a preterm/late preterm infant who is not effectively transferring milk
What is pumping or hand expression?
This method of alternative feeding is the most widely used method worldwide
What is cup feeding?
Parents should record this daily in order to ensure their baby getting enough breast milk
What is number of wet and dirty diapers?
Bringing the baby's ______ in to the breast first will help to achieve a deep latch
What is chin?
This position allows mother to have good control of the infant's head but can be difficult with larger babies or if mother has short arms
What is cross-cradle hold?
This is the time frame in which a late preterm infant should be allowed to attempt feeding at the breast
What is 5-10 minutes?
Length of time at the breast should be limited to 5-10 minutes for an infant who is unable to latch or maintain rhythmic suck/swallow pattern--in order to minimize energy expenditure.
This size feeding tube is used for finger feeding
What is 5 French?
By day 5, a breastfeeding newborn's stool should be this color and consistency
What is seedy yellow?
This normal type of latch is when more breast tissue from the bottom of the areola is in the baby's mouth than from the top of the areola
What is asymmetrical latch?
Did you catch that an asymmetrical latch is NORMAL?!?
This position works best for babies who are several months old and can control their own heads
What is cradle hold?
These 3 diagnoses are common reasons for hospital readmission of a late preterm infant
What are: (in no particular order)
1. Temp instability/hypothermia
2. Hyperbilirubinemia
3. Increased weight loss
If a caregiver is unable to SAFELY spoon feed, cup feed, or finger feed, this method may be used
What is paced bottle feeding?
A breastfeeidng infant should be back to birth weight by this time
What is 10-14 days after birth?
A nipple that is flat or shaped like a tube of lipstick after a feeding is an indicator of this
What is shallow latch?
This position can be used to slow the flow of milk for a mother who has a forceful let-down
What is laid back or reclining position?
The brain of a 35 week infant weighs _____ less compared to a 39-40 week infant
What is 1/3 less?
This method of feeding may be used for an infant with a cleft or palate defect
What is a Haberman feeder?
This type of latch is required for the infant to transfer the most milk from the breast
What is deep latch?
Signs of a good latch:
*relatively comfortable--pain (if any) with latch subsides quickly (within 10-20 seconds)
* lips open wide, usually 140 degree angle or more
*all or most of the areola in the baby's mouth with more areola covered from the area near the baby's chin (asymmetrical latch)
*lips flanged (or rolled out)