Sentences with phrase «about infant feeding methods»

Feelings about infant feeding methods start to form well before pregnancy.

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In a 1999 survey of more than fifteen hundred fellows of the AAP, «only 37 % recommended breastfeeding for 1 year... [and a] majority of pediatricians agreed with or had a neutral opinion about the statement that breastfeeding and formula - feeding are equally acceptable methods for feeding infants.»

However, the transition from bottle or alternative feeding methods to breastfeeding may be problematic and involve decisions about when and how to make the transition, particularly if the infants are discharged at different times (Bennington 2011; Gromada 1998).

Black non-Hispanic mothers» perceptions about the promotion of infant - feeding methods by nurses and physicians

Most interventions have included parent education about normal sleep and sleep cycles, advice to maximise environmental differences between day and night, and strategies to encourage infant self - settling.7 - 10 Strategies included range from the graduated extinction method described above to encouraging parents to stretch night time feed intervals (in the hope that the infant will self - settle) and encouraging the use of parent - independent sleep cues.