Breastfeeding or bottle feeding assessment for babies under 1 year in Peterborough
This appointment includes a comprehensive review of you and your baby's medical history, a physical assessment and support with infant feeding focusing on parents who wish to breast or bottle feed their baby. My aim is to find out why your baby is struggling to achieve a calm and effective feed and to consider ways to support improvements in feeding.
Topics on offer
All or any of these topics can be covered in any of the sessions on offer as part of the consultation or addressed individually.
Facilitating baby’s latch to the breast/chest
There are many positions to feed your baby but the principles are always the same. Babytobreast prefers a baby led approach wherever possible to optimise the baby taking the lead.
Concerns regarding milk supply and supplementation
In order to address supply issues it is important to identify the potential root cause of the problem. Then we can put in a plan together with realistic expectations.
Baby’s suboptimal weight gain or loss
Babies frequently get readmitted to hospital for sub-optimal weight gain or excessive weight loss. The approach seems to be fatten the baby then discharge. There is often a reason for this and in order to protect the breastfeeding relationship it is important to treat the cause, not the symptoms.
Difficulty weaning off shields
Many mums find themselves trapped using nipple shields in an attempt to support the latch and continue to breast feed. This is often with negative consequences. Our approach is to find out why this step was taken and treat or address the cause of the poor latch.
Feeding premature babies or twins
One baby is hard work but a premature, sick or multiple babies come with specific challenges.
Tops and tricks to manage specific issues make the journey less stressful.
Sore nipple, mastitis or engorgement
Having issues and pain is not normal in breastfeeding. Find out what there is a problem and treat the cause not the symptoms.