Sentences with phrase «mothers during the first months of life»

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Support mothers and fathers to provide sensitive and attuned parenting, in particular during the first months and years of life

A study conducted in 1990 found that Mothers who carried their babies were more in tune with their children's needs during the first three months of life compared to those who used baby seats and pushchairs.

«This is particularly important in infants during the first few months of life... Nursing mothers should be informed that if they take one of these drugs, the infant will be exposed to it.

· Supplemented Immune System - Breast milk also transmits antibodies from the mother to the infant, which are especially vital during the first few months of life when the infant's immune system is immature and lacks the ability to produce its own antibodies.

Though LAM is typically associated with being limited to the first six months of a baby's life, research has shown that if a mother continues to not have menses, solids are fed to a baby after breastfeeds (rather than before), and the mother doesn't go longer than four hours during the day — and six hours at night — between breastfeeds, that very few women become pregnant.

A new study, set to be published in the journal Pediatrics, has suggested that hundreds of babies» lives would be saved if 90 % of the mothers in this country breast - fed them during the first 6 months of their lives.

The baby continues to get antibodies from the mother through the placenta in order to be able to combat the infections after birth and to develop his or her own immune system during the first months of life.

This can allow a new mother to work fewer hours during the first few months of her baby's life when she is likely getting very little sleep.

According to «Sleep Solutions,» the average mother loses 550 hours of sleep during her child's first year of life and the average baby is considered to be a good sleeper if he will sleep for a five - hour stretch at night by three months of age.

During the first four months of my son's life, I somehow allowed my mother - in - law to influence me when it came to decision making on how and when and where my son slept.

During my new son's first six weeks of life, I found myself going to The Nursing Mother's Companion numerous times to read and reread the survival guide sections for the first week and the first two months.

This fact needs to be continually reiterated to decision makers as otherwise manufacturers of breast milk substitutes will capitalise on HIV infection as a reason for promoting free samples of their formula.10 It is extraordinary that the Wall Street Journal painted the baby food manufacturers as heroes poised to save African children from certain death because of their offer to donate free formula to HIV infected mothers.11 The WHO recommends avoidance of breast feeding by HIV infected mothers only if replacement feeding is feasible, safe, sustainable, and affordable — otherwise exclusive breast feeding is recommended during the first six months of life.12 Non-infected women must be given access to credible information, quality care, and support, in order to empower them to make informed decisions regarding feeding of their infant.13

In a landmark study of 400 breastfed babies, gross motor development at 1 year of age lagged in infants whose mothers drank at least one drink daily during the babies» first three months of life.

Despite all the anticipatory parenting done before conception and during pregnancy, despite weeks of feeling movement within and fantasizing about your baby, despite months of having strange dreams, worrisome thoughts, and musings about what kind of parent you will be, the first time you hold your baby in your arms and call yourself mother or father, mama or papa, mommy or daddy, an awareness floods over you that life will never be the same again.

According to a study in Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health, exposure to air fresheners during pregnancy and within the first six months of a baby's life was associated with diarrhea and earaches in infants, as well as headaches and depression in mothers.

In a study of first - time mothers that assessed concerns with breastfeeding at several time points during the first 2 months of life, these problems were most pronounced at 3 and 7 days postpartum (16), which is after most women have left the hospital, but before they might be connected to other types of community support.

(1) to protect and promote breastfeeding, as an essential component of their overall food and nutrition policies and programmes on behalf of women and children, so as to enable all infants to be exclusively breastfed during the first four to six months of life; (2) to promote breastfeeding, with due attention to the nutritional and emotional needs of mothers; (3) to continue monitoring breastfeeding patterns, including traditional attitudes and practices in this regard; (4) to enforce existing, or adopt new, maternity protection legislation or other suitable measures that will promote and facilitate breastfeeding among working women; (5) to draw the attention of all who are concerned with planning and providing maternity services to the universal principles affirmed in the joint WHO / UNICEF statement (note 2) on breastfeeding and maternity services that was issued in 1989; (6) to ensure that the principles and aim of the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes and the recommendations contained in resolution WHA39.28 are given full expression in national health and nutritional policy and action, in cooperation with professional associations, womens organizations, consumer and other nongovermental groups, and the food industry; (7) to ensure that families make the most appropriate choice with regard to infant feeding, and that the health system provides the necessary support;

Impact of a strategy to prevent the introduction of non-breast milk and complementary foods during the first 6 months of life: a randomized clinical trial with adolescent mothers and grandmothers

All women should get the flu shot during pregnancy because it's a time of high risk for complications from the flu and, until they are six months of age, babies can't get their own flu shots, so the only way to protect them in the first few months of life is for the mother to get a flu shot during pregnancy.

The virus - transmission prevention tasks included pregnant mothers knowing their own HIV status and asking their sexual partners to be tested; mothers taking anti-retroviral drugs for the six weeks prior to childbirth and during labor; babies receiving anti-retroviral drugs for at least six weeks, until they can be tested for the virus; and mothers using one feeding method (breastfeeding or formula) for the first 6 months of their infants» life, and, when possible, exclusively breastfeeding.

During the first month of their infants» lives, males spend even more time carrying their little ones around than mothers do.

During the first 12 months of life, the overall burden of preeclampsia was $ 1.03 billion for mothers and $ 1.15 billion for infants.

In this study, the probiotic was given to mothers during their pregnancy and to their babies during the first 12 months of life.

Puppies don't need anything but their mother's milk during the first month of their lives.

▶ Maternal and household smoking during pregnancy and over the first 2 years of life, measured by maternal self - report when pregnant and at child - age 1, 6, 12, 18 and 24 months, coded dichotomously as mother ever smoking or not, having ever ceased smoking or not (for mothers who smoked), and whether the household was always reported as smoke - free or not during the first 2 years of the child's life.

Altered sleep architecture during the first months of life in infants born to depressed mothers.

Studies link tobacco use to reductions in breastfeeding initiation and duration, meaning that infants of mothers who smoke are less likely to enjoy the health benefits of being breastfed.47 Relatedly, exposure to secondhand smoke increases children's risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) during the first 12 months of life.

Detailed description of the trial's methods have been previously published.11 The cluster randomised trial was conducted in six socio - economically diverse18 local government areas (LGAs) in Victoria, Australia.11 Free universal health visits are scheduled from birth to 42 months of age, and over 90 % of parents attend visits during the first 6 months of life.19 Maternal and child health (MCH) nurses consecutively invited mothers of 6 - to 7 - month - old infants attending across August — September in 2004 to take part in the Toddlers Without Tears trial.

«No variables, it is held, have more far - reaching effects on personality development than have a child's experiences within his family: for, starting during the first months of his relations with his mother figure, and extending through the years of childhood and adolescence in his relations with both parents, he builds up working models of how attachment figures are likely to behave towards him in any of a variety of situations; and on those models are based all his expectations, and therefore all his plans for the rest of his life.»

Mother - to - child transmission of HIV - 1 infection during exclusive breastfeeding in the first 6 months of life: an intervention cohort study