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.
This cohort includes healthy late preterm and
term infants who were medically stable without congenital anomalies, significant comorbidities, or identified hearing impairment.
«We know that even with standard vitamin D dosing, we were still seeing a fair number of pre -
term infants who suffered from impaired bone health.
A new study published in the official journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics shows a very disturbing trend, that the incidence of flat head syndrome, or positional plagiocephaly, was estimated at 46.6 % of the 440 healthy full
term infants who were studied.
The findings in this study may also apply to moms of
term infants who pump their milk or who have a low milk supply.
According to Kellymom.com, «Healthy, full -
term infants who are breastfed exclusively for periods of 6 - 9 months have been shown to maintain normal hemoglobin values and normal iron stores.»
Healthy and full -
term Infants who are exclusively breastfed are also seldom at risk for iron deficient anemia especially if the baby does not begin solid foods earlier than 6 months old.
Healthy, full -
term infants who are breastfed exclusively for periods of 6 - 9 months have been shown to maintain normal hemoglobin values and normal iron stores.
She writes, «In the case of healthy
term infants who are jaundiced, the treatment could be worse than the disease.»
That's really the main reason, that's why you can have
that term infant who just doesn't wan na eat.
Not exact matches
How many of those pro-Obama opponents of late -
term abortion heard about President Obama's appalling vote to oppose extending legal protections to
infants who survived attempted abortions?
The
term «Stage 1» was introduced by the Beechnut Baby Food Company to let parents know that these foods are appropriate for their
infants who are just being introduced to solid foods.
Can you PROVE that the long -
term harm from a few nights of CIO is GREATER than the long -
term harm caused by sleep disorders or excessive crying in an
infant who (for whatever reason) sleep training would have worked after just a night or two (or even one longer bout of crying for less than 30 minutes on one day, which some parents claim worked for them)?
All women
who plan to breastfeed should prepare to deal with Jaundice, even in a full
term infant.
Various studies support regularly spaced intervals of pump stimulation as a very effective method in increasing milk supply, particularly in the cases of women with premature
infants who may not be able to feed at the same rates as a full
term infant.
The only real alternative to obtaining human milk from a peer is using
infant formula, and the evidence for short - and long -
term negative impacts on
infants from exposure to
infant formula is overwhelming.9 It is interesting that the same health authorities
who condemn peer - to - peer milk sharing have not condemned the use of
infant formula.
They recruited one - hundred colicky
infants younger than 12 weeks old,
who were full -
term birth, with no known diseases, receiving no medical treatments for colic and no allergy to lactose.
Despite the generally poor methodological quality, the studies have consistently shown that there was transient delay in motor development for healthy
term and low - risk preterm
infants who were not exposed to the prone position or
who did not use
infant equipment.
One, a report published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, showed that full -
term infants fed DHA - and ARA - supplemented formula had significantly clearer vision than
infants who did not receive the supplements.
This philosophy,
termed «Attachment Parenting» by its champion, pediatrician and father of eight Dr. William Sears (author of the popular child - care manual The Baby Book, among others), sees
infants not as manipulative adversaries
who must be «trained» to eat, sleep, and play when told, but as dependent yet autonomous human beings whose wants and needs are intelligible to the parent willing to listen, and
who deserve to be responded to in a reasonable and sensitive manner.
Now, researchers
who have measured the brain responses of 125
infants — including babies
who were born prematurely and others
who went full -
term — show that a baby's earliest experiences of touch have lasting effects on the way their young brains respond to gentle touch when they go home.
Moms with Nebraska Medicaid, including United Healthcare Community Plan, WellCare and Nebraska Total Care
who have a full
term infant or are at least 36 weeks pregnant, will be given the Medela Advanced Pump In Style double electric breastpump.
This prospective cross-sectional study involved the recruitment of women during the antenatal period, with subsequent follow - up of mothers
who delivered healthy,
term singleton
infants, at 6 weeks and 6 months postpartum.
A study compared growth and bone mineralization in very low birth weight
infants fed preterm formula with those
who received
term formula; the conclusion was that preterm formula better aided in growth and development.
Medical record review, upstate New York, all women of «Hispanic ethnicity» (mainly Puerto Rican)(n = 235) or «Black race» (n = 263) Healthy mothers
who attempted to breastfeed with healthy single,
term infant
Previous studies of the effect of breastfeeding on morbidity among full -
term infants have not always accounted for selection bias that may result if
infants who are breastfed are inherently healthier than bottle - fed
infants.22 In the current study, the VLBW
infants» ability to breastfeed did not reflect better health status as both human milk and
infant formula were provided via gavage feeding especially during early enteral feedings.
Referrals to craniofacial centers for evaluation of deformational plagiocephaly and brachycephaly are increasing.8 This increase in deformations has been temporally linked to the Back to Sleep program advanced by the American Academy of Pediatrics in 1992 that advises the avoidance of the prone sleeping position as a method of reducing the rates of sudden
infant death syndrome.10,, 12,13 There is a delay in early gross motor milestones in children forced to sleep supine but these delays seem transient and have not been linked as yet to any longer
term problems.14 Children
who are encouraged to sleep on their backs and develop abnormal head shapes as a result are a different population than children
who spontaneously restricted their movement in bed for one reason or another.
HIV Medicine DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1293.2011.00918.x IBFAN - Asia Position Statement on HIV and
Infant Feeding, 13 October 2008 South African Tshwane Declaration on breastfeeding, S Afr J Clin Nutr 2011; 24 (4) UNAIDS 2010, Strategy Getting to Zero, UNAIDS Strategy 2011 — 2015 UNAIDS 2010, Agenda for Accelerated Country Action for Women, Girls, Gender Equality and HIV, 2010 - 2014 UNAIDS 2011, Countdown to Zero: Global plan towards the elimination of new HIV infections among children by 2015 and keeping their mothers alive, 2011 - 2015 UNAIDS 2011 Press Release, 9 June, World leaders launch plan to eliminate new HIV infections among children by 2015 UNICEF Convention on the Rights of the Child UNICEF 2010, Facts for Life UNICEF 2011, Programming Guide, Infant and Young Child Feeding, 26 May 2011 WHO / UNICEF 2003, Global strategy for infant and young child feeding WHO 2007, Evidence on the long - term effects of breastfeeding: systematic reviews and meta - analysis WHO, UNAIDS, UNICEF 2009, Towards universal access: scaling up priority HIV / AIDS interventions in the health sector: progress report 2009 WHO 2009, Women and health, Today's evidence tomorrow's agenda WHO 2009, Acceptable medical reasons for use of breast - milk substitutes WHO 2009, Rapid advice: use of antiretroviral drugs for treating pregnant womenand preventing HIV Infection in infants WHO 2009, Rapid advice: revised WHO principles and recommendations on infant feeding in the context of HIV WHO 2010, Priority Interventions — HIV / AIDS prevention, treatment and care in the health sector WHO 2010, Guidelines on HIV and infant feeding: Principles and recomendations for infant feeding in the context of HIV and a summary of evidence WHO 2010, Annexure 7b to Guidelines on HIV and infant fe
Infant Feeding, 13 October 2008 South African Tshwane Declaration on breastfeeding, S Afr J Clin Nutr 2011; 24 (4) UNAIDS 2010, Strategy Getting to Zero, UNAIDS Strategy 2011 — 2015 UNAIDS 2010, Agenda for Accelerated Country Action for Women, Girls, Gender Equality and HIV, 2010 - 2014 UNAIDS 2011, Countdown to Zero: Global plan towards the elimination of new HIV infections among children by 2015 and keeping their mothers alive, 2011 - 2015 UNAIDS 2011 Press Release, 9 June, World leaders launch plan to eliminate new HIV infections among children by 2015 UNICEF Convention on the Rights of the Child UNICEF 2010, Facts for Life UNICEF 2011, Programming Guide,
Infant and Young Child Feeding, 26 May 2011 WHO / UNICEF 2003, Global strategy for infant and young child feeding WHO 2007, Evidence on the long - term effects of breastfeeding: systematic reviews and meta - analysis WHO, UNAIDS, UNICEF 2009, Towards universal access: scaling up priority HIV / AIDS interventions in the health sector: progress report 2009 WHO 2009, Women and health, Today's evidence tomorrow's agenda WHO 2009, Acceptable medical reasons for use of breast - milk substitutes WHO 2009, Rapid advice: use of antiretroviral drugs for treating pregnant womenand preventing HIV Infection in infants WHO 2009, Rapid advice: revised WHO principles and recommendations on infant feeding in the context of HIV WHO 2010, Priority Interventions — HIV / AIDS prevention, treatment and care in the health sector WHO 2010, Guidelines on HIV and infant feeding: Principles and recomendations for infant feeding in the context of HIV and a summary of evidence WHO 2010, Annexure 7b to Guidelines on HIV and infant fe
Infant and Young Child Feeding, 26 May 2011
WHO / UNICEF 2003, Global strategy for
infant and young child feeding WHO 2007, Evidence on the long - term effects of breastfeeding: systematic reviews and meta - analysis WHO, UNAIDS, UNICEF 2009, Towards universal access: scaling up priority HIV / AIDS interventions in the health sector: progress report 2009 WHO 2009, Women and health, Today's evidence tomorrow's agenda WHO 2009, Acceptable medical reasons for use of breast - milk substitutes WHO 2009, Rapid advice: use of antiretroviral drugs for treating pregnant womenand preventing HIV Infection in infants WHO 2009, Rapid advice: revised WHO principles and recommendations on infant feeding in the context of HIV WHO 2010, Priority Interventions — HIV / AIDS prevention, treatment and care in the health sector WHO 2010, Guidelines on HIV and infant feeding: Principles and recomendations for infant feeding in the context of HIV and a summary of evidence WHO 2010, Annexure 7b to Guidelines on HIV and infant fe
infant and young child feeding
WHO 2007, Evidence on the long -
term effects of breastfeeding: systematic reviews and meta - analysis
WHO, UNAIDS, UNICEF 2009, Towards universal access: scaling up priority HIV / AIDS interventions in the health sector: progress report 2009
WHO 2009, Women and health, Today's evidence tomorrow's agenda
WHO 2009, Acceptable medical reasons for use of breast - milk substitutes
WHO 2009, Rapid advice: use of antiretroviral drugs for treating pregnant womenand preventing HIV Infection in
infants WHO 2009, Rapid advice: revised
WHO principles and recommendations on
infant feeding in the context of HIV WHO 2010, Priority Interventions — HIV / AIDS prevention, treatment and care in the health sector WHO 2010, Guidelines on HIV and infant feeding: Principles and recomendations for infant feeding in the context of HIV and a summary of evidence WHO 2010, Annexure 7b to Guidelines on HIV and infant fe
infant feeding in the context of HIV
WHO 2010, Priority Interventions — HIV / AIDS prevention, treatment and care in the health sector
WHO 2010, Guidelines on HIV and
infant feeding: Principles and recomendations for infant feeding in the context of HIV and a summary of evidence WHO 2010, Annexure 7b to Guidelines on HIV and infant fe
infant feeding: Principles and recomendations for
infant feeding in the context of HIV and a summary of evidence WHO 2010, Annexure 7b to Guidelines on HIV and infant fe
infant feeding in the context of HIV and a summary of evidence
WHO 2010, Annexure 7b to Guidelines on HIV and
infant fe
infant feeding.
Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI)- Part III - Chapter 11 - Breastfeeding Nutrient adequacy of exclusive breastfeeding for the
term infant during the first six months of life (2002) Geneva, World Health Organization Full text [pdf 278kb] The optimal duration of exclusive breastfeeding: a systematic review Geneva, World Health Organization, 2001 Full text [pdf 1.06 Mb] Report of the expert consultation of the optimal duration of exclusive breastfeeding Report of an expert consultation Geneva, World Health Organization, 28 - 30 March 2001 Full text [pdf 122kb] The WHO Global Data Bank on Infant and Young Child Feeding Breastfeeding and Complementary Feeding Feeding Your Baby From Six Months To One Year Your guide to help you introduce food to your baby Adapted and reproduced with permission of Peel Public Health, Region of Peel A Practical Workbook to Protect, Promote and Support Breastfeeding in Community Based Projects Health Canada, Ottawa, 2002 This workbook is intended to assist the Canada Prenatal Nutrition Program (CPNP) or similar community based prenatal projects to identify strategies and specific actions to protect, promote and support breastfeeding in a population health co
infant during the first six months of life (2002) Geneva, World Health Organization Full text [pdf 278kb] The optimal duration of exclusive breastfeeding: a systematic review Geneva, World Health Organization, 2001 Full text [pdf 1.06 Mb] Report of the expert consultation of the optimal duration of exclusive breastfeeding Report of an expert consultation Geneva, World Health Organization, 28 - 30 March 2001 Full text [pdf 122kb] The
WHO Global Data Bank on
Infant and Young Child Feeding Breastfeeding and Complementary Feeding Feeding Your Baby From Six Months To One Year Your guide to help you introduce food to your baby Adapted and reproduced with permission of Peel Public Health, Region of Peel A Practical Workbook to Protect, Promote and Support Breastfeeding in Community Based Projects Health Canada, Ottawa, 2002 This workbook is intended to assist the Canada Prenatal Nutrition Program (CPNP) or similar community based prenatal projects to identify strategies and specific actions to protect, promote and support breastfeeding in a population health co
Infant and Young Child Feeding Breastfeeding and Complementary Feeding Feeding Your Baby From Six Months To One Year Your guide to help you introduce food to your baby Adapted and reproduced with permission of Peel Public Health, Region of Peel A Practical Workbook to Protect, Promote and Support Breastfeeding in Community Based Projects Health Canada, Ottawa, 2002 This workbook is intended to assist the Canada Prenatal Nutrition Program (CPNP) or similar community based prenatal projects to identify strategies and specific actions to protect, promote and support breastfeeding in a population health context.
Duration of breastfeeding was positively associated with performance on the mental and psychomotor scales, but
infants who were breastfed short -
term and had higher p, p ′ DDE levels in cord serum had the lowest scores on the mental and psychomotor scales.
The likely foods to cause allergies: peanuts, tree nuts, eggs, milk, soy, wheat, fish and seafood, can cause stomach upset and long
term allergy problems in
infants who are nursing.
Infants who possess these caracteristics are
termed either difficult, irritable, or negatively reactive.
For this Preventing
Infant Congestion feature (or in layman's
terms — «how to unstuff a baby's stuffy nose»), we have partnered up with new mama Ciera Hudson, Crane USA and Jennifer Bright Reich of Mommy MD Guides. MommyMDGuides.com and the Mommy MD Guides book series are filled with tips that doctors
who are also mothers use for their own families.
Long -
term use of nipple shields have been known to hinder milk supply, so they are best used as a temporary medium to get
infants who are struggling to nurse onto the breast and a breastfeeding relationship established.
The results of this study may also apply to employed moms of full
term infants,
who are dependent on pumps to maintain their milk supplies during separations.
Nevertheless, failure to contradict the common belief that breastfeeding may not be possible for all women and that for mothers
who are unable to breastfeed or
who decide not to,
infant formula is a healthy alternative trivializes the importance of breastfeeding to maximize short and long -
term health outcomes, blurs the distinction between maternal choice and capacity, and leads to an astonishingly high level of misplaced complacency about poor quality assistance offered by health authorities to enable mothers to breastfeed successfully.
Of the 75 long -
term survivors 60 participated in a high - risk
infant follow - up program; these included 23
infants who had received mechanical ventilation.
Even without counting suicides, there is an increase of depression and many other short and long -
term psychological effects for those
who are affected by loss of family members to
infant adoption.
Women
who give birth in a hospital to a healthy
infant that weighs at least 2500 g at
term (37 to 42 weeks) and are deemed eligible for «early discharge»
Recently, as I searched for some long
term evidence of the benefits of parent -
infant co-sleeping, I came across a study of college age subjects which found that males
who had co-slept with their parents between birth and five years not only had significantly higher self esteem, they experienced less guilt and anxiety and reported greater frequency of sex.
«Healthy» refers to
infants cared for in the
term nursery and have no contraindications to breastfeed (for example, exclude
infants who have galactosemia or whose mothers are HIV positive).
The
term «Stage 1» was introduced by the Beechnut Baby Food Company to let parents know that these foods are appropriate for their
infants who are just being introduced to solid foods.
, and (3) in section 658P by inserting after paragraph (2) the following: «(3) DIAPER - The
term «diaper» means an absorbent garment worn by
infants and toddlers
who are not toilet - trained or individuals
who are incapable of controlling their bladder or bowel movements.
Neonatologists (pediatricians
who specialize in the care of sick full -
term and preterm
infants) measure their weight in grams, not pounds and ounces.
Women
who chose to breastfeed their
infants and delivered
term, healthy
infants were recruited to participate in a postpartum follow - up study of breastfeeding.
Our findings confirm those of Lucas et al15 regarding the IQ advantage shown by children
who were breastfed as
infants15 and extend these findings to a predominantly full -
term sample through 11 years of age, indicating that this advantage is found not only among preterm
infants who may be especially sensitive to effects of early nutrition.
All mother and father pairs of healthy,
term, normal birth weight
infants who were born between October 1, 2002, and January 31, 2003, were enrolled; unmarried women, mothers
who had decided to bottle feed, and parents whose
infants were admitted to the ICU were excluded from the study.
The survey excluded mothers and
infants who had serious long -
term health problems that would interfere with
infant feeding, such as Down's syndrome and cleft palate.
This is consistent with other studies demonstrating a link between breastfeeding and maternal sensitivity.25, 26,27 For example, in a longitudinal study of more than 1300 families in the USA, mothers
who breast fed were observed to be more sensitive to their babies at 6, 15, 24 and 36 months.27 Importantly, this difference persisted after statistical control for the effects of maternal mental health, the quality of the home environment in
terms of
infant health and stimulation and socioeconomic status.
Full -
term babies
who are breastfed or
who get iron - fortified
infant formula from birth do not need an iron supplement.