For six of these steps, substantial improvement in reported hospital implementation occurred from 2007 to 2013, including having a model breastfeeding policy (11.7 % to 26.3 %), assessment of staff competency (44.6 % to 60.2 %), early initiation of breastfeeding (43.5 % to 64.8 %), rooming - in (30.8 % to 44.8 %),
teaching feeding cues (77.0 % to 87.3 %), and limiting use of pacifiers (25.3 % to 45.0 %).
Teach feeding cues: ≥ 90 % of mothers are taught to recognize and respond to infant feeding cues instead of feeding on a set schedule.
Not exact matches
A doula will come to the home 2 - 5 times per week for the first few weeks to support the family and
teach the basics of infant
feeding and care, soothing skills, interpreting
cues, and providing recovery time for new mothers after a non-complicated delivery.
Without being
taught about how long a normal, healthy baby can go between
feedings, what typical sleep - wake patterns of a newborn are really like, and what babies do when they are first hungry (before they start to cry, which is a late - stage hunger
cue) mothers may struggle to feel confident in their bodies» ability to produce enough milk.
Mismanagement of breastfeeding through a scheduling regime, as is encouraged by popular «baby - training» programs such as On Becoming Babywise (Ezzo & Bucknam, 1995) and Growing Kids God's Way (Ezzo & Ezzo, 1993) can also wreak havoc on how a mother is able to decipher her baby's
cues, since she is
taught to watch the clock to determine when to
feed the baby, not his signals that he is hungry.
More importantly, it
teaches you what your baby's
feeding cues are and how to respond.
Teach mothers
cue - based
feeding regardless of
feeding method.
Teaching these
cues can also help at
feeding times.