MOTHER NATURE IS GOING TO WATER YOUR PLANTS THIS WEEKEND.
>>JENNIFER WAUGH: THANK YOU,
RICH. SO NEW GUIDELINES FROM
THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF
PEDIATRICS RECOMMENDS PARENTS
BREASTFEED OR CHEST TO FEED
THEIR CHILD FOR THE FIRST 6
MONTHS AND UP TO 2 YEARS, EVEN
AFTER THEY’VE STARTED EATING
SOLID FOOD. CATHERINE SNOWDEN
IS A LACTATION EXPERT IS
JOINING US NOW LIVE VIA ZOOM
THIS MORNING. GOOD MORNING.
THANKS FOR BEING WITH US. GOOD
MORNING. SO WOULD YOU EXPLAIN
HOW THESE NEW GUIDELINES
DIFFER FROM WHAT PEOPLE WERE
PREVIOUSLY TOLD LIKE, FOR
EXAMPLE, ME AND MY CHILDREN
ARE NOW 18 15 BECAUSE I’M
PRETTY SURE THAT I REMEMBER
THAT I WAS IT WAS RECOMMENDED
THAT I START GETTING MY CHILD
HOLD MILK AT THE AGE OF ONE.
>> SO I THINK THESE STANDARDS
HAVE KIND OF BEEN OUT THERE,
ESPECIALLY THE WORLD HEALTH
ORGANIZATION HAS BEEN STANDING
BY A LONGER TERM,
BREASTFEEDING, OR, YOU KNOW,
BEYOND ONE YEAR AND ACTUALLY
SAY 2 YEARS STARTING MAY BE
SOLID AT 6 MONTHS. BUT THE OLD
GUIDELINES FROM THE AMERICAN
ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS THAT WE
WERE OUR GOAL WAS ONE YEAR.
AND SO THAT’S THE MAJOR CHANGE
IN THESE GUIDELINES. AND I
THINK YOU KNOW WHY THAT COULD
IT MIGHT BE IT BECAUSE OF SOME
OF THE THINGS GOING ON IN THE
WORLD RIGHT NOW. THE FORMULA
SORT OF MIGHT PUSHING THEM TO
KIND OF ALIGNED WITH THE WHO’S
GUIDELINES, BUT IN THE
GUIDELINES, A BIG CHANGE WAS A
CALL TO ACTION FROM OUR
PEDIATRICIANS AND MORE
INVOLVEMENT AND ARE FROM THE
PEDIATRIC AS OPPOSED TO JUST
KIND OF A AND BREASTFEED WITH
MORE SUPPORT. SO THIS IS
REALLY EXCITING AS KIND OF,
YOU PLAN OF ACTION FOR US. SO
WHAT IS THEN THE NEW
RECOMMENDATION? THE NEW
RECOMMENDATION IS IT’S
HOPEFULLY THAT CAN EXCLUSIVELY
BREASTFEED TO 6 MONTHS AND
THEN STRIVE FOR UPWARDS OF 2
YEARS BEYOND. SO, YOU KNOW,
STARTING SOLIDS AT 6 TO KIND
OF CALM, BE A COMPLEMENTARY
FOOD TO BREASTFEEDING SO WE
CAN GET THOSE KIDDO’S TO SLEEP
THROUGH THE NIGHT AND INTO
THAT. MOM AND DAD CAN GET SOME
REST. SO COULD YOU EXPLAIN THE
BENEFITS OF BREAST FEEDING
COMPARED TO
>> GIVING YOUR CHILD BABY
FORMULA? SO JUST AS PRACTICE
ON THE FED IS BEST KIND OF
LACTATION THERE ARE, OF
COURSE, BENEFITS MOTHER AND
THE INFANT WHO A BLACK TEEN
AND BREASTFEED. SO FOR MOMS OF
WE KNOW THAT THEY BENEFIT FROM
DECREASED RISK OF OVARIAN
CANCER, BREAST CANCER.
>> AND EVEN DECREASE RISK
DIABETES TYPE 2 FOR INFANTS.
THEY CAN HAVE DECREASED REST
OF THE EYE DOGS FROM INFANT
DEATH SYNDROME. OBESITY LATER
IN LIFE AS THE BENEFITS I
MEAN, OF COURSE, PONDING IS A
BEAUTIFUL ONE AS WELL. SO
FIRST OF ITS MOM AND BABY
FORMULA IS NEEDED SOMETIMES TO
SUPPLEMENT OR IF MOTHERS ABLE
TO REST. SO IT’S AN AMAZING
RESOURCE THAT WE HAVE. I JUST
THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, BREAST
MILK IS BIOLOGICAL STANDARD.
AND SO THAT’S KIND OF THOSE
ARE YEAH, YOU KNOW, IT’S SO
INTERESTING BECAUSE SOME
PARENTS, YOU KNOW,
>> THEY HAVE GREAT SUCCESS.
THEY MAKE SO MUCH MILK AND
IT’S WONDERFUL. SOME PARENTS
JUST DON’T. AND THEY CAN
STRESS OUT A PARENT WHO FEELS
LIKE THEY’RE NOT ABLE TO
PRODUCE ENOUGH MILK. I
REMEMBER I WAS THERE, RIGHT?
SO SO ARE THERE BARRIERS THAT
ARE PREVENTING PARENTS FROM
BREASTFEEDING OR CHEST
FEEDING?
>> I THINK THERE ARE. SO THIS
CALL TO ACTION WAS REALLY
EXCITING TO ME BECAUSE I THINK
SOME OF THE BARRETT, THERE’S A
LOT OF BARRIERS, FIRST OF ALL
POLICY. SO WE HAVE THESE
POLICIES THAT DON’T KIND OF
ENCOURAGE BREASTFEEDING. A LOT
OF OUR PARENTS ARE GOING BACK
TO WORK BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO
BECAUSE PARENTAL LEAVE THE SO
SHORT. AND SO, YOU KNOW,
FLORIDIANS, WE HAVE PRETTY
MUCH TO LAWS THAT SPEAK TO
BREASTFEEDING AND THEY’RE VERY
VAGUE AND WANTING FOR SURE. WE
LOOK TO FEDERAL GUIDELINES FOR
BREAST. I THINK AS A STATE WE
COULD DO A LOT BETTER TO
ADVOCATE AND PRIORITIZE
PROCEEDING IN GENERAL. I ALSO
THINK THAT SOCIALLY AND
THERE’S NOT A LOT OF SUPPORT
FOR ESPECIALLY BREASTFEEDING,
BEYOND YEAR A TODDLER WHO IS
PRESSING IS DEFINITELY
SOMETHING THAT’S CULTURALLY
SEEN A LOT. AND SO WE JUST
NEED TO KIND OF STRUCTURE IDEA
NOT ONLY ACCEPTABLE, BUT JUST
LIKE SHOULD BE ENCOURAGED. SO
ALL THOSE THINGS TOGETHER BY
MAKING IT MORE MORE ACCEPTABLE
BY HAVING POLICIES IN PLACE
THAT SUPPORT, YOU KNOW,
PARENTS WHEN THEY RETURNED TO
WORK PUMPING, I’M CALLING IT
INSURANCE COMPANIES OUT AND
SAYING, HEY, GUYS, YOU HAVE TO
PARTICIPATE. WE NEED YOU TO
PAY FOR PUMPS. WE NEED YOU TO
PROTECT CONSULTATIONS TO HELP
GIVE RESOURCES TO OUR PARENTS.
ALL THESE THINGS ARE GOING TO
HAVE COME TOGETHER AND CREATE
A MUCH BETTER ENVIRONMENT FOR
PEOPLE WHO WANT TO BREASTFEED
AND AND DON’T BE AFRAID TO
JUST GET YOUR LACTATION
CONSULTANT WHO YOU MEET WHEN
YOU DELIVER GET THEIR PHONE
NUMBER AND CALL THAT IF YOU
ENCOUNTER ANY PROBLEMS. I
CERTAINLY DO. IT HE DID. AND
IT WAS A HUGE HELP.