How to help your preemie with latching? | A Parent's Guide to Child Development

About this episode

Ashley Karlin discusses the importance of skin-to-skin contact and proper positioning for helping preemies latch during breastfeeding.

In this episode, Ashley Karlin highlights how skin-to-skin contact between a mother and child, as well as proper breastfeeding positioning, is important for supporting a new mother with a preemie who is having a hard time latching on to their newborn. She also emphasized that understanding your baby’s cues can help develop the instinct to latch, making feeding less stressful and more connected. Time stamps: 00:15 Why does skin-to-skin contact make it easier for the baby to latch? 00:47 Why good positioning matters while breastfeeding your preemie? 01:17 Why is it important to understand when your baby is ready to breastfeed? Contact Ashley Karlin: https://www.familytreeot.com /https://www.instagram.com/ familytreeotandlactation/ Follow us: Fledglings’ Flight: https://www.FledglingsFlight.com/ App: https://app.FledglingsFlight.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fledglingsflight/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@Fledglings.Flight Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FledglingsFlight/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/fledglings-flight/ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/fledglingsflight/ Music: Purple Planet Music

People in this episode

Host: Annamarie von Firley

Guest: Ashley Karlin

Topics covered

• breastfeeding
• preemie care
• skin-to-skin contact
• latching
• parenting support

Keywords

• preemie
• latching
• breastfeeding
• skin-to-skin
• parenting
• baby cues
• feeding support

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Family Tree OT, Fledglings’ Flight, Purple Planet Music

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