The first 18 hour breastfeeding counselling training program (to train breastfeeding counsellors) was completed yesterday at IGMH. IGMH being a certified Baby Friendly Hospital (by UNICEF) needs to train all medical staff who come in contact with mothers and babies to acquire skills necessary to assist, support and sustain breastfeeding both within the hospital and once mothers return to their homes.
10 counsellors were successfully trained in this program and all of them are expected to start work immediately.
I am hoping that this program continues throughout the year and brings out more consellors into practice.
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how do we get their counsellings?
Hi, I have a one month old baby and I used to be completely against giving pacifiers or dummies to babies to soothe or calm them down. However, now that I have one of my own, I am seriously considering giving my baby the pacifier, just to calm him down, not as an alternative for his feed ofcourse!
I want your professional opinion on this issue of giving babies pacifiers please.
Cheers!
sorry for this delay.
Yasif, the counsellors are available via the Reproductive Health Center (RHC) at IGMH. You could book an appointment on 3335141.
Anonymous, giving a pacifier to the baby is not a solution. It may soothe the baby. However, it could lead to problems with breast feeding.
If a baby gets used to sucking on an artificial teat, especially when they are very young, they may suckle on the breast in the same way.
To get the milk out of the breast during a feed, the baby has to get a whole mouthful of the breast (not just the nipple) into his mouth.
A baby used to a pacifier may only suckle on the mothers nipple. Feeding is unlikely to be successful with this technique.
This is called nipple confusion......and it is the root cause of some cases of breast feeding failure.
A baby is also statistically more likely to have infections and altered and mis-directed dentition if pacifiers are used.
These are some of the reasons why a pacifier is not recommended.
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