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Shaping the future health of babies
Featured in this eNewsletter:
Comfort measures to calm babies with colic
HMOs in breastmilk and what they do for babies
Join your colleagues at free CPD-accredited meetings for midwives and health visitors
Dear [*data('salutation') || 'Healthcare Professional' *],
Welcome to the October edition of our eNewsletter, aimed to keep you informed on some of the topics that are relevant to your practice in the field of infant nutrition.
This week we are highlighting useful remedies and reassurances you can give to parents for babies with colic. Our tummy troubles helpsheet is unbranded and can be shared with parents to reassure them of what they could do. This and other unbranded helpsheets are available in 8 different languages English, Arabic, Bengali, Gujarati, Punjabi, Polish, Urdu and Chinese.
Also, see the practical half-day CPD accredited educational events for the busy Health Visitor or Midwife.
Kind regards,
The SMA® Professional Team |
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Comfort measures to calm babies with colic
When a baby cries a lot but there is no obvious cause, it is said to be colic. This affects up to 1 in 5 babies and typically starts in the weeks following birth however, it usually improves by 3-4 months and resolves by 6 months of age.1
Parents often seek advice from their healthcare professional as they may experience distress, reassuring them that the symptoms will resolve naturally over time, without long-term consequences can be comforting, along with some further information you will find in this article. |
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HMOs in breast milk and what they do for babies
Human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) have a high profile in infant feeding at the moment, but what exactly are they and what do they do?
Only about 1% of the HMOs that a baby ingests in breast milk is digested and absorbed from the gut2, so if HMOs are not providing nutrition to a baby, what are they doing?
HMOs serve as a food source to microbes and drive the growth of friendly bacteria in the gut3. Studies also show that potentially disease causing bacteria grow poorly or not at all in the presence of HMOs.4,5 Further information is available on our website.
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Join your colleagues at free CPD-accredited meetings for midwives and health visitors
As a busy health visitor, it can be challenging to find meetings that provide practical education that you can apply to your day to day practice. The publishers of the Journal of Health Visiting have come up with a series of half-day study meetings at venues around the country.
The meetings look at topics like nutrition, healthy communities, and development of the 2 year old, subjects key to the work of every health visitor.
You can find out more about these popular free meetings by clicking below. |
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IMPORTANT NOTICE: The World Health Organisation (WHO) has recommended that pregnant women and new mothers be informed on the benefits and superiority of breastfeeding – in particular the fact that it provides the best nutrition and protection from illness for babies. Mothers should be given guidance on the preparation for, and maintenance of, lactation, with special emphasis on the importance of a well-balanced diet both during pregnancy and after delivery. Unnecessary introduction of partial bottle-feeding or other foods and drinks should be discouraged since it will have a negative effect on breastfeeding. Similarly, mothers should be warned of the difficulty of reversing a decision not to breastfeed. Before advising a mother to use an infant formula, she should be advised of the social and financial implications of her decision: for example, if a baby is exclusively bottle-fed, more than one can (400 g) per week will be needed, so the family circumstances and costs should be kept in mind. Mothers should be reminded that breast milk is not only the best, but also the most economical food for babies. If a decision to use an infant formula is taken, it is important to give instructions on correct preparation methods, emphasising that unboiled water, unsterilised bottles or incorrect dilution can all lead to illness.
References
1. NICE Clinical Knowledge Summary. Colic-infantile (2017). Available at https://cks.nice.org.uk/colic-infantile#!topicSummary (accessed September 2019).
2. Bode L. The functional biology of human milk oligosaccharides Early Human Development 2015;91:619–622.
3. Borewicz K et al. Correlating Infant Fecal Microbiota Composition and Human Milk Oligosaccharide consumption by Microbiota of 1-Month-Old Breastfed Infants Mol. Nutr. Food Res. 2019, 1801214.
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Yu ZT et al. Utilization of major fucosylated and sialylated human milk oligosaccharides by isolated human gut mi-crobes, Glycobiology 2013;23:1281–1292.
5. Hoeflinger JL et al. In Vitro Impact of Human Milk Oligosaccharides on Enterobacteriaceae Growth J. Agric. Food Chem. 2015;63:3295–3302.
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