Speaker Type: Forming Comprehensive Conversations for Common Breastfeeding Challenges Lecture Pack 2023
Country: United Kingdom
Biography:
Zoe undertakes a diverse range of roles in the field of lactation and infant and young child feeding, including holding national and international leadership roles. Zoe works in the community public health service, in Brighton UK, delivering specialist services for family with complex and persistent feeding challenges as well as supporting the implementation of Baby Friendly Standards. Previously she run the in house breastfeeding peer support program for 15 years. Zoe teaches, colleagues, student public health nurses at Brighton University and presents infant feeding topics to a broad range of audiences. Zoe is Chair of Lactation Consultants of Great Britain and in July 2022 was appointed as to the International Lactation Associations Board. Zoe is also currently Charing an expert working group, on behalf of the emerging Breastfeeding Alliance writing and mapping breastfeeding competencies of the infant feeding support workforce to increase the understanding of the unique characteristics and shared skills and knowledge of those working to support breastfeeding families. Zoe enjoys working directly with families and babies to enable mothers and parents to meet their babies and young child’s needs and achieve their desired goals throughout their breastfeeding and infant feeding journey, and weaning experience.
Skilled support for weaning from the breast is often overlooked. Most policies and programs focus on initiation of breastfeeding, the continuation of lactation and support for overcoming challenges. In practice it can be harder for families to find information, support, and guidance to wean, whatever stage of their breastfeeding journey. Often it is perceived that support for breastfeeding is all about continuing.
Like breastfeeding, weaning has socio-cultural, biological, immunological, physiological and anthropological considerations, and affects the physical and mental health of both mother and child. This talk will explore the many considerations, and complex interplay between multiple factors, that the infant feeding support workforce need to understand to meet the support needs of families.
We will explore: the child’s developmental readiness, emotional, immunological, and nutritional needs, and what the milk and relationship mean to them. We will also look at the impact on the mother: what we know about how the pace of weaning may impact the lactating parent’s breast health and wellbeing and how to meet the evolving needs of their baby. And finally, we look at the dyad collectively.
Supporting a positive ending to breastfeeding is an essential part of the skills and knowledge of lactation professionals.
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