Supporting Sucking Skills in Breastfeeding Infants

Supporting Sucking Skills in Breastfeeding Infants by Genna, Catherine Watson. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780763740375.

A resource for any health care professional working with new mothers and infants, Supporting Sucking Skills in Breastfeeding Infants provides information and strategies needed to assist normal infant feeding. Taking a deliberately multidisciplinary approach, the author draws on varied clinical experiences and empirical evidence to help consolidate information in a complete, usable framework for breastfeeding evaluation and support. This books provides instructors with an advanced, broad knowledge of breastfeeding knowledge required for selecting the right level of intervention for supporting and improving sucking skills in healthy infants and those with anatomical variations, developmental respiratory issues, pre-maturity, and mild neurological deficits.