Responsible for
Mother - Baby
teaching including, but not limited
to: Newborn bathing, breast / bottle feeding, umbilical cord care, circumcision care, diaper changing, vaccines, blood
tests, jaundice
teaching / biliruben treatments, etc..
Studies suggest that breastfed children are significantly less likely than are their bottle - fed peers
to be obese; develop asthma; have autoimmune diseases, such as Type 1 diabetes; and be diagnosed with childhood cancers.7 Moreover, infant feeding practices appear
to be associated with cognitive ability during childhood: Full - term infants who are breastfed, as opposed
to bottle - fed, score three
to six points higher on IQ
tests.8 Family support providers can influence the initiation and continuation of breastfeeding by promoting,
teaching, and supporting nursing; states can maximize potential benefits by tracking how many
mothers start and continue breastfeeding for at least three months.