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-Infants should be breastfed exclusively (only) for how long?
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first 6 months and continue for at least 12 months with other foods
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Breast milk enhances maturation of GI tract
-less incidence and severity of: |
less incidence and severity of diarrhea, necrotizing enterocolitis, Crohn’s, & celiac disease
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Breast milk
more or less otitis medias more or less UTIs |
less
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Breast milk
more or less asthma |
less
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breast milk
more or less lymphoma/leukemia |
less
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breat milk
less diabetes (type I or II) |
I
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breast milk
cognitive development... |
may enhance
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breast milk
-jaw development |
may enhance
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breast milk
-obesity |
less chance
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breast milk
-pain |
gives analgesic effect
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how often should the infant breastfeed how often in 24 hours
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8 to 12
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in the first 3 days of life, a newborn should have how many wet diapers and how many stools?
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1 of each EACH DAY
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AFTER DAY 4, when the milk has come in, the baby should have how many wet diapers every 24 hours
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6 to 8
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babys should minimally have how many bowel movements every 24 hours?
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minimum of 3
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milk is in when?
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3-4 day
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what is the ideal food for the preterm infant?
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human milk
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what is a good indicator that the baby is full?
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falls asleep
turns head to the side stops sucking |
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if a baby spits up, what should the parent do?
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decrease the amount of feeding or feed smaller amounts more frequently
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what can the parents do to decraese spitting up (2)
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burp the baby several times during a feeding, (when theur sucking slows down or stops)
holding the baby upright for 30 min after feeding |
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how do u know when to introduce solid foods?
the earlier you introduce foods, the more risk you have for |
6 mo, when they can pinch (grab cherrio)
allergies |
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evaporated milk with formula
-is it good or not? |
it's bad because it doesnt haev nutrients the infants need
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unmodified cows milk (2%)
good or bad? |
not suited for nutritional needs (they took cows fat out and put other kinds in)
babies can't digest it and are more likely to have allergies |
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when should you wean from bottle to sippy cup, to open cup?
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11-12 month
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when would an infant have trouble conjugating bilirubin?
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if the less 38 wks of gestation
excessive bruising from traumatic birth RESULTS IN HYPERBILRUBINEMIA |
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phototherapy
-what does it increase: |
insensible water loss
fluid loss/dehydration |
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what does bilirubin increase
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gastric motility which results in the formation of loose stools that can cause skin breakdown
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what is a large for gestational age above?
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above 90th percentile (take weight and age into account)
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small for gestational age is below?
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10th percentible
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what is low birth weight?
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less tahn 2500 grams
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what is very low birth weight?
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less than 1500
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