Infants with biologically based sucking problems can often breastfeed with specific lactation management and supportive techniques. This presentation provides an overview of some common medical problems that cause feeding difficulty and strategies that can help an infant with suboptimal sucking skills to feed more normally.
Learning Objectives:
Objective 1: Describe the clinical ramifications of new histological findings about the lingual frenum
Objective 2: Did this continuing education activity meet the learning objective: List two potential ways alteration in structural integrity or neurological control of the infant’s body can produce feeding challenges
Objective 3: Detail at least 3 techniques to help infants with medically based challenges to breastfeed more effectively
Objective 4: Describe the proper use of two breastfeeding tools that are particularly appropriate in infants with feeding challenges
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