Presentation Information
“Let them Cook": Infant Feeding Support for Gen Z & Gen Alpha
- Speaker: Miranda Buck , RN, RM, IBCLC, PhD
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- Duration: 60 Mins
- Credits: Applied for CERP, 1 ACM CPD, 1 ACNM CEU, 0.1 Midwifery CEU
Abstract:
The framework of early parenting support has changed over the last ten years to focus more on building responsive relationships and less on managing problems. Fostering connection and understanding infant needs and behaviours is the foundation of infant mental health and parental wellbeing, which then grows healthy, happy families. In the past parents were instructed on how to establish routines and 'train' infants, now trauma informed practice helps parents to understand their baby as a unique person with unique needs.
In this presentation I will describe how we can support responsive infant feeding relationships right from birth. Using well established assessment tools to help parents understand their new babies, and evidence-based approaches, I will describe how birthing support practitioners can harness the chaos and overwhelm of new parenthood to orientate families to their baby as a person.
Fundamental to my approach is the magic Gen Z catchphrase ‘Let them Cook’. A newborn, skin to skin, is indeed a little chef in the kitchen and each vocalization, each wriggle, each nuzzle, is a connection building, intentional, and meaningful behaviour. When we let babies cook, we can support more than just how much milk they make.
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“Let them Cook": Infant Feeding Support for Gen Z & Gen Alpha
The framework of early parenting support has changed over the last ten years to focus more on building responsive relationships and less on managing problems. Fostering connection and understanding infant needs and behaviours is the foundation of infant mental health and parental wellbeing, which then grows healthy, happy families. In the past parents were instructed on how to establish routines and 'train' infants, now trauma informed practice helps parents to understand their baby as a unique person with unique needs.
In this presentation I will describe how we can support responsive infant feeding relationships right from birth. Using well established assessment tools to help parents understand their new babies, and evidence-based approaches, I will describe how birthing support practitioners can harness the chaos and overwhelm of new parenthood to orientate families to their baby as a person.
Fundamental to my approach is the magic Gen Z catchphrase ‘Let them Cook’. A newborn, skin to skin, is indeed a little chef in the kitchen and each vocalization, each wriggle, each nuzzle, is a connection building, intentional, and meaningful behaviour. When we let babies cook, we can support more than just how much milk they make.
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