https://awhonnconnections.org/2017/08/02/5-ways-to-be-more-baby-friendly-without-becoming-a-baby-friendly-hospital/ Where nurses and families unite Sat, 09 Sep 2017 14:04:21 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://awhonnconnections.org/2017/08/02/5-ways-to-be-more-baby-friendly-without-becoming-a-baby-friendly-hospital/comment-page-1/#comment-2411 Sat, 09 Sep 2017 14:04:21 +0000 https://awhonnconnections.org/?p=2211#comment-2411 At the teaching hospital where, as a doula, I supported a first time mother in labor, the emphasis from the postpartum nurses was on breast-milk feeding, not breastfeeding. Pumping was emphasized rather than nursing. Baby never really latched well after they left the hospital and breast-milk feeding waned over the next few months with greater and greater supplementation, and then substitution of formula. I would like this addressed. What are alternative ways that pumped breast milk can be administered avoiding nipple confusion, for instance? Are there studies comparing the “no bottle nipples/no pacifiers” approach?

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