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Date: | Fri, 29 Dec 1995 23:35:07 EST |
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Our hospital has a new policy in place on cup feeding, but only a few of us have
any comfort level with it. I've had some success using it in my private
practice and on the unit. A training blitz is scheduled for January to update
our staff on all breastfeeding policies including alternative feeding methods,
especially cup feeding. I cup fed a little guy today (using a medicine cup) who
was 32 hours old and still hadn't figured out this sucking thing. Mom had a 25
hour labor, 12 hour epidural, ending in CS for fetal distress. Had a couple of
bottles on nights but would not latch at breast (or suck on my finger). Just
screamed. I convinced him to take 15 cc of SimFe the first time, and 20 cc
about 2 hours later. At that point, he began to root so we gave him to mom and
he took a few sucks. She pumped a small amount of colostrum and I showed dad
how to cup feed it to baby. The plan was to continue pumping/cup feeding until
he catches on, but since there will be no LC there again until 9:30 a.m.
tomorrow morning, I'm keeping my fingers crossed.
FYI, the following is our policy/procedure for term infants written by myself
and several nurses with information from articles and Sandra Lang's talk at
ILCA:
SPECIAL INFORMATION/PRECAUTIONS:
Indication is need to feed baby supplement without introducing rubber
nipple
The following procedure is for term infants
EQUIPMENT/SUPPLIES NEEDED:
Small cup with smooth top edge
Cloth for catching drips
Expressed breastmiulk or breastmilk substitute
PROCEDURE:
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