FUN Feeding Facts and Fiction… Question #2

Human touch while being gavaged accelerates/improves oral feeding in preterm infants.                           TRUE I think we all agree that human touch is critical for us all – even when we are not feeling well.  But preterm infants are often gavage fed in their isolettes, alone.  We have several studies dating back to the mid-1990s that directly…

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Welcome to our new adventure… FUN Feeding Facts and Fiction Question #1

We are rolling out a fun activity called FUN Feeding Facts and Fiction.  Every week for the next 20 weeks we will provide an answer to a question we post online in our LinkedIN profile and on Facebook.  We will post the answer on those platforms a week after the question. But you can come…

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First favorite citation of 2021!

Favorite citation of the newest ones in 2021… Pados, B. F. and J. T. Yamasaki (2020). “Symptoms of Gastroesophageal Reflux in Healthy, Full-Term Infants Younger Than 7 Months Old.” Nurs Womens Health 24(2): 84-90. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1751485120300350?via%3Dihub In this interesting article, the authors looked at symptoms of GER in healthy full-term infants across the first 7 months…

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New article of interest…

WOW – there were several articles published already looking at various issues related to COVID-19. Some on breastfeeding challenges, some on human milk and COVID-19 issues.  There is one related to posterior tongue tie that I found interesting…. Fraser, L., et al. (2020). “Posterior tongue tie and lip tie: a lucrative private industry where the…

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New article on thickened fluid and the challenges of using them

Well – this should not be a surprise…. an article on thickened fluid and the challenges of getting it to flow through seven different levels of Dr Brown’s bottles (ultrapremie, premie, newborn, levels 1,2,3 and 4.) Using thin, slightly thich and mildly thick formula.  flow rates ranged from less than 1 ml/min for premie nipple…

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