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Learn about the importance of kangaroo mother care and nutrition for preterm babies at the Kangaroo Nutrition: Supportive Environment for Preterm Babies conference. Discover the benefits of breastfeeding, human milk banks, and optimizing breast milk production.
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KANGAROO NUTRITION KPA SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE 2019
S U P P O R T I V E E N V I R O N M E N T Health care facility Staff S U P P O R T I V E E N V I R O N M E N T Family Community Special care of preterm babies Kangaroo nutrition Kangaroo position Kangaroo dischargeand follow-up
Kangaroo Nutrition • Initiate breastfeeding within 1 hour of birth and subsequently exclusively breastfeed for first 6 months of life. • WHO recommendation for feeding newborns • Mothers breastmilk • Donated human milk • Preterm breastmilk substitute • Term breastmilk substitute
Kangaroo mother care • The growth objective is a weight gain at least as significant as that of the intrauterine growth (15 g/kg/day until term). • Assess ability to breastfeed if unable to determine to feed by cup or nasogastric tube. • Practice non-nutritive suckling to prepare for transition to breastfeeding. • Monitor weights daily.
Kangaroo mother care • Kangaroo mother care • Optimise breastfeeding and breastmilk production • Human milk bank