Aim:
To provide training and support resources for all dietitians and paediatric dietitians so that they feel able to adequately support breast feeding parents and their babies.
Learning Outcomes:
By the end of this course, delegates will be able to support infant feeding
- Understand the impact on anatomy and physiology of lactation when the child has complex medical needs e.g. congenital heart defects, faltering growth, cleft palate
- Be able to support the initiation and maintenance of breastfeeding when a child has complex medical needs
- Understand when and who to refer on to in order to support the initiation and maintenance of breastfeeding when a child has complex medical needs
- Understand the role of the dietitian in maximising breastfeeding and the use of human milk when a child has complex medical needs
- Use advanced feeding skills
- Be able to assess a breastfeed and recognise effective milk transfer
- Be able to support parents whose child cannot feed at the breast or who needs to have supplementary milk feeds
- Be able to advise on correct use of pasteurised human donor milk, parents expressed breastmilk, and artificial formula feeds in order to maximise the child’s growth potential.
- Understand the use of and be able to advise on the most appropriate feeding method when delivering supplementary milk feeds – syringe and cup feeding, supplemental nursing systems, bottle feeding and enteral tube feeding
- Develop knowledge about how to develop a robust breastfeeding strategy and implement appropriate feeding pathways in the work setting. Know who is in your local infant feeding team.
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