General tips for professionals who are working with infants who are learning to eat, with both breast or bottle feedings covered.

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FUN Feeding Facts and Fiction…Question #15

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Pre- and post-test weights in the hospital NICU make mother’s anxious, and they will be less likely to want to breastfeed in the NICU and after discharge. FALSE This is false.  Moms appreciate knowing that their baby is successfully transferring milk when breast feeding.  In fact, one reason a mom stops breast feeding after discharge…

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FUN Feeding Facts and Fiction…Question #14

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Feeding on NCPAP is just as safe as feeding on a cannula.             FALSE This is not true.  We have a small but well controlled study by Ferrara et al (2017) that showed significantly increased risk of aspiration and deep penetration when on CPAP compared to 1 lpm HFNC.  And in that same hospital, when…

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NOTE FROM ERIN about FUN Feeding Facts and Fiction

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Hey everyone – we are about half-way through the FUN Feeding Facts and Fiction quiz! I hope you are having fun – I love that we have people from all over the world responding! Download the whole quiz on my website, https://www.feedingfundamentals.com/shop/fun-feeding-facts-and-fiction.  I have been using this with my staff and it has been a…

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FUN Feeding Facts and Fiction…Question #13

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All babies should be given 30 minutes to eat.                        FALSE   Did you know there is NO study that shows 30 minutes is the ideal?  Or even appropriate?  The reality is, most (if not all) babies will not eat for a solid 30 minutes.  Most babies that I have fed eat best in the…

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FUN Feeding Facts and Fiction…Question #11

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Letting a baby breast feed as their first feeding experience improves the chances the mother will continue pumping and providing human milk.          TRUE This is true!  We have so much emphasis on providing human milk to preterm infants.  And we certainly want babies to receive their own mother’s milk if possible.  When we start with…

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FUN Feeding Facts and Fiction…Question #10

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Skin-to-skin holding improves human milk production and helps with breast feeding:       TRUE   This is absolutely true!  In fact, moms who pump typically get more milk if they pump AFTER holding their baby skin-to-skin.  Early skin-to-skin holding helps moms produce breast milk in the early days when it is so important to establish good milk…

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FUN Feeding Facts and Fiction…Question #9

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Bottle feeding causes nipple confusion:                     FALSE There are no studies that show bottle feeding causes nipple confusion.  In fact, I don’t think the babies are confused at all.  I think they learn to eat from the bottle and not from the breast.  There is an association between frequent bottle feeding and poor breast-feeding duration. …

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