Code is very clear on this, and states that safe formula prep,
out-lining the risks, and showing parents how to prepare as safely as
possible, should be done one-to-one, after the need has been identified:
http://www.ibfan.org/site2005/Pages/article.php?art_id=52&iui=1
<http://www.ibfan.org/site2005/Pages/article.php?art_id=52&iui=1>
4.2 Informational and educational materials, whether written, audio, or
visual, dealing with the feeding of infants and intended to reach
pregnant women and mothers of infants and young children, should include
clear information on all the following points:
1. the benefits and superiority of breastfeeding;
2. maternal nutrition, and the preparation for and maintenance of
breastfeeding;
3. the negative effect on breastfeeding of introducing partial
bottle feeding;
4. the difficulty of reversing the decision not to breastfeed; and
5. where needed, the proper use of infant formula, whether
manufactured industrially or home prepared.
When such materials contain information about the use of infant formula,
they should include the social and financial implications of its use;
the health hazards of inappropriate foods or feeding methods; and, in
particular, the health hazards of unnecessary or improper use of infant
formula and other breastmilk substitutes. Such materials should not use
any pictures or text which may idealise the use of breastmilk substitutes.
and:
6.5 Feeding with infant formula, whether manufactured or home prepared,
should be demonstrated only by health workers, or other community
workers if necessary; and only to the mothers or family members who need
to use it; and the information given should include a clear explanation
of the hazards of improper use.
and:
7.2 Information provided by manufacturers and distributors to health
professionals regarding products within the scope of this Code should be
restricted to scientific and factual matters, and such information
should not imply or create a belief that bottle feeding is equivalent or
superior to breastfeeding. It should also include the information
specified in Article 4.2. <#42>
I think the key words here would be 'where needed'. I'd suggest, and
others more Code savvy than me might comment, that you can raise the
issues of the risks of formula to a class as a whole, but should only
demonstrate safe formula prep once need has been identified, one to
one. So that would be, I'd presume, to a mother stating that she is
going to formula feed, or once a need for supplementation has been shown
post-birth, and where there is no human milk available.
Teaching a class, en masse, to prepare formula safely, is, as I
understand it, a breach of Code.
I'm including the URL to the latest NHS 'prep' leaflet, in case it is of
use:
<http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_4123619>
Hope this helps.
Morgan Gallagher
Tina Revai wrote:
> And we invite further, more
> specific questions about ABM after the class.
> Does this breech Code?
> How do others address safer feeding practices given that many families give
> ABM?
>
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