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offer expecting mothers a free Baby Box. Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley announced earlier this week the program, a partnership with The Baby Box Co., Alabama Rural Development Office, Alabama Department of Public Health and numerous others, expects to distribute 60,000 Baby Boxes in 2017. The boxes, available after a mother watches a 15-20 minute video online at the Baby Box University website, are made of durable cardboard and contain a firm box-sized mattress and other baby care items in an…

Ayshia Rohan, who is a mother of two boys, was born and raised in India, specifically in a small village in Kerala. In 2009, she got married and moved to the United States. When I asked her about healthcare and the type of foods that are required for a good health she listed some interesting foods; then she described how satisfy she is with the healthcare and lifestyle in the United States. Ayshia believes that garlic, milk, fenugreek seeds, eggs and water are the master keys for a healthy life.…

The baby friendly initiative is a global program started in 1991 by the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF focused on improving the role of maternity services to encourage mothers to breastfeed to help babies get the best start in life. These health agencies recommend that babies are breastfed exclusively for their first six months of life. The primary goal is to improve prenatal care of mothers, mother/baby care after delivery, and provide services and care that promote and support…

immature gastrointestinal systems and are unable to properly digest and absorb the nutrients found in cow’s milk. Many of the nutrients in baby formula are not natural or easy to absorb. It’s hard to mimic the right mixture of vitamins and minerals that the mother’s body knows to give her child, which is why breastmilk is always best. So, how would you make baby formula at home and have the proper nutrition for your child? Before we have a look at the recipes, there are some things that…

Breastfed babies linked to Higher IQ Before the introduction of formula back in the mid-19th century no mother had the choice of deciding between breastfeeding and formula and no infant had control – or ever will – over what they are being fed. In some cases, breast milk was not an option and the other way around. In today’s age, there is no formula that can duplicate the golden standard breast milk has set. To the population who was breastfed, the odds are in your favor! Numerous studies have…

Ahmed’s (2008) study best supports nursing interventions because the study implemented an educational program to increase breastfeeding knowledge and skills and the researcher followed up with the participants for three months post discharge. The pre-training phase of the program, which was designed to provide emotional support for the mothers, included answering questions about the preterm infant and discussing the benefits of breast milk and breastfeeding (Ahmed, 2008). The training phase of…

ORGANIC BABY FORMULAS EVERY MOTHER NEEDS TO KNOW ABOUT Baby formulas also known as infant formulas are foods which are manufactured specifically for babies who are less than one year of age. Baby formulas are very suitable when one wants to supplement breast feeding or use an alternative to breast feeding. The advantage of using baby formula is that it contains a very wide variety of nutrients including proteins, carbohydrates and vitamins which are good for the baby’s development. Baby formulas…

Bearing a child today is known as very common, and normally there are little to no risks involved because of the medical care we receive. However, this was not the case for the people in Ancient Egypt. Though the birth of a child was still a time of great joy, there were many risks involved and the result of death was common. During this time there was a high rate of infant mortality, and mothers were at risk because of the stress childbirth brings on mothers (Brewer). The best way to protect…

Question #1: How does your baby's eating, sleeping and motor development compare to the typical patterns in the first 8 months? On May 16th, at 11:26 a.m. our beautiful baby girl Lila was delivered via C-section. We were told that she had an Apgar score of 7-8 (virtual child). Because her score is between 7 and 10 she is in the range of good to excellent standing in regards to appearance, pulse, grimace, activity, and respiration (Arnett, p. 107). Because the first year of an infant’s life…

From the beginning on this course, my SLP has been about breastfeeding in public. I have looked at the issues that women deal with while trying to breastfeed in public settings. I have also addressed the benefits of children that are breastfed, the most important of which is an increased immune system and decreased health issues later in life. Additionally I found social experiments where women who were breastfeeding were accosted in public, but alternatively women with low cut shirts and…