A study of more than 2,000 babies at a hospital in Oregon following «baby - friendly» guidelines found that «the rate of exclusive breastfeeding on the mother -
baby unit decreased significantly after pacifiers were restricted.»
The evidence in this book will be particularly helpful in demonstrating to maternity hospital or maternity
unit administrators how implementing the Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding will help in
decreasing the need for staff and equipment in a well -
baby nursery; in increasing bedside care for postnatal women to educate them in the safe care of their infants after discharge from hospital, therefore
decreasing the re-admission of neonates to hospital; in lessening admission of small vulnerable formula - fed infants to their pediatric
unit with preventable infections; and in
decreasing staff absenteeism to care for their ill formula - fed infants.