Setting the Stage
Global Health recommendation for optimal breastfeeding
What is exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months with continued breastfeeding to 2 years with complementary foods?
When parents and babies are able to stay in the same room, parents are able to recognize these sooner.
What are feeding cues?
When parents feed according to baby's cue it is called this
What is responsive feeding?
Important topics to address with a breastfeeding parent who requests feeding bottles or pacifiers.
What is reason for request, how use may affect baby latch and feeding frequency, how use may affect milk production?
Important topics to ensure parents understand before discharge.
What is knowing the signs baby is getting enough milk? What is follow up with provider in 1-3 days after discharge? What is care for preventative care for engorgement and sore nipples?
Babies who receive only breast milk are less likely to develop these conditions.
What are infections, allergies and acute and chronic health conditions?
This is a special connection between parents and babies.
What is bonding?
Babies are able to do this at the breast or bottle when we follow feeding cues.
What is self-regulate?
Parents may miss these with pacifier use.
What are early feeding cues?
Group available to help support moms after discharge.
What is Baby Cafe?(Milky Way, Unity Lactation)
Developing this condition can be greatly reduced in mother's who breastfeed.
What is breast cancer? (ovarian cancer, heart disease, type 2 diabetes)
This can be reinforced by ensuring parents put the baby on their back in the bassinet when feeling tired.
What is safe sleep?
An early feeding cue.
What is salivating or rooting? (Lip smacking, tongue motions)
This method of providing a supplement is MOST likely to preserve breastfeeding.
What is cup feeding? (spoon feeding)
These may be warning signs that baby is not receiving enough nourishment.
What are scant urine, no stool, lethargy, irritability, weak cry, excessive weight loss or poor weight gain
Giving formula to a breastfeeding baby can disrupt this.
What is the baby's gut biome?
Encouraging a parent to visit their baby in the special care nursery will help support this for baby and this for mom.
What is baby's healing and growth and support milk production?
These babies may need feedings guided by competence and stability.
What are preterm babies?
Monitor for these when providing a supplement to a baby.
What are signs of satiation?
Parents can expect this with baby's diaper changes by about 4-5 days of life.
What is yellow and seedy stool?
Supportive care practices that families will experience at the Birthplace.
What is skin to skin contact, rooming in, cue-based feeding support, hand expression support?
(support for proper position/latch, initiate first feeding in first hour..)
Ideally moms and babies will remain together for this amount of time each day.
What is 24 hours? (or 23/24 hours)
This is sometimes a late sign of hunger.
What is crying?
Helps to regulate flow of feeding if an artificial nipple is used.
What is paced bottle feeding?
Community organizations that help provide ongoing mother/baby support.
What is WIC, NFP, Unity Lactation?
(Tammy at the Jiffy Mart)