Newborn Care & Feeding

In this course Kaitlin will cover:

Feeding: 

• Dispelling myths—cultural and/or family that can negatively interfere with our feeding process
• The impact birth can have on feeding & potential risk factors (seeking help early)
• Understanding  milk supply & nipple and breast care.
• How to know your baby is feeding well: feeding patterns in the first weeks; cues/signs of satisfaction/needing more
• Understanding a good latch
• Brief discuss on pumps; your rights, which are better than others, when to start, and how to bottle feed the breastfed baby
• When feeding doesn't go as planned, now what?
• Whose opinion matters and why do so many peoole have one?

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Newborns: 

• What are newborns  like? How they vary & how their growth & development is linear but also unique to each
• What to expect after birth; golden hour(s)
• Infants' nine stages after birth
• Days 1 & 2--newborn behaviors
• Picking a pediatrician best for you & when to call the doctor
• Skin to skin/hand expression
• Baby Basics: eat, poop, sleep, repeat. Diapering, temperature, swaddle
• Learning how to identify what YOUR baby needs
• Sleep, AAP guidelines. Expectations first few weeks