Medela's Supplemental Nursing System (SNS) is a feeding tube device for giving premature, failure to thrive, impaired or adopted babies long - term
supplemental feedings at the breast.
Not exact matches
A
supplemental nursing system can be used with either formula or donor milk and means your baby is still getting their
feed at your
breast.
Throughout
feeding development, there may be occasions where breastfeeding can be supported by offering
supplemental nutrition while the infant
feeds at the
breast.
It can help with low milk supply by having the baby
at the
breast stimulating milk supply, while
at the same time allowing
supplemental feeding with formula / pumped breastmilk.
At each telephone contact, extensive information was gathered regarding infant
feeding including breastfeeding frequency, duration, and maternal and infant problems; proportion of diet composed of
breast milk; and timing of introduction and use of various
supplemental foods and / or liquids.
Now some babies that are still latching and
feeding fairly well but maybe tiring quickly and the option is to supplement them while they're nursing
at the
breast using a
supplemental type system.
At the same time, the percentage of
breast -
fed babies receiving
supplemental formula increased from 18 % to 28 %.
«We were surprised — even disappointed — to find that our exclusive
breast -
feeding rates went down and
supplemental formula
feedings went up,» says Carrie Phillipi, M.D., senior author of the study and an associate professor of pediatrics
at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU), in Portland.
Infants and children - Infants and children who do not receive
supplemental vitamin D are
at high risk for deficiency; especially if they are exclusively
breast fed, don't get fortified foods, spend most of their time indoors or wearing sunscreen, or have dark skin.