Advantages
These are generally a lot less stinky in breastfed babies, than in those who are fed formula.
What are baby’s poopy diapers?
A painful, hard lump on the breast that is treated with warm compresses, massage, and nursing.
What is a plugged duct?
You should expect breastfeeding to hurt.
What is false?
When the baby is latched on properly, breastfeeding should not hurt.
The ring of pigmented skin surrounding the nipple
What is the areola?
A good latch will prevent these.
What are sore nipples?
The only complete food that provides all the nutrients a baby needs for optimum growth for the first 6 months with the addition of complementary foods for at least the first year of a child’s life.
What is breastmilk?
A piece of equipment that many mothers use when they go back to work to aid in continued breastfeeding.
What is a breast pump?
Bottle feeding often delivers milk at a faster rate than breastfeeding and can encourage over-eating.
What is True?
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. Babies don't have any of their own, so it is important that mom pass these along to the baby through breastfeeding so the baby gets sick less often.
Method of stimulating baby to suck and swallow while breastfeeding
What are breast compressions?
The chances of a woman developing this serious disease later in life are lower if she has spent at least a year of her life breastfeeding her own baby(s).
What is breast cancer?
Mothers are also at decreased risk for developing: uterine and ovarian cancer, adult onset diabetes, osteoporosis, and obesity.
What is a good way to get the partner involved or give mom a break when they cannot breastfeed?
Give infant a bath, change diaper, cuddle play, and skin to skin.
(The partner is the most important person a mother can have to promote breastfeeding success.)
While breastfeeding, a mother's caloric intake should increase by 1000 calories a day.
What is false?
An exclusively breastfeeding mother, on average, needs to take in an additional 300-500 calories per day.
The hormone responsible for milk ejection and uterine contractions.
What is oxytocin?
Changing the diaper, un-swaddling, and placing the baby skin to skin.
What are ways to wake a sleepy baby?
The chances of this devastating, unexplainable loss is 2x more likely in formula fed babies, than in those who are breastfed.
What is SIDS?
(Sudden Infant Death Syndrome)
When does breastmilk typically "come in"?
Within 2-5 days after childbirth
Breastmilk changes to meet the needs of growing babies and toddlers.
What is true?
An uncomfortable condition caused by not nursing or pumping frequently enough.
What is engorgement?
Ways to reduce pain of breast engorgement include: Heat/ cold applications, cabbage leaves, breast massage, breast pumping, and anti inflammatory agents.
Pointing nipple towards the roof of the baby's mouth, being sure chin touches breast first, lips flanged outward, and fingers away from the areola.
What are ways to obtain a deep latch?
Higher IQ scores, decreased incidence of many infectious diseases, reduced risk of post neonatal mortality, diabetes, obesity and asthma.
What are advantages for the baby?
A very good method for supplementing pumped breast milk or formula that won't interfere with latch.
What is cup feeding/spoon-feeding?
Mothers with breasts too large, too small, or with flat or inverted nipples will not be able to breastfeed.
What is false?
Mothers of all shapes, sizes and varieties can breastfeed. About 97% of all mothers can physically provide all of their babies' nutrition.
This begins after the delivery of the placenta.
What is the onset of milk secretion?
Ways to know my baby is "getting enough".
What is a good latch that is not painful, noticeable swallowing (chin drop), baby is relaxed/satisfied after a feeding, weight gain, adequate diaper counts.