Description
Objectives:
1. Understand Normal Newborn Behaviour including typical newborn sleeping patterns, feeding cues, crying, reflexes and more.
2. Learn the Basics of Feeding & Burping to help parents recognize what’s normal versus what may need medical attention.
3. Learn Essential Newborn Care Skills including best practices for diapering, bathing, swaddling (pros & cons), proper holding techniques & safe babywearing options.
4. Discuss Evidence-Based Infant Sleep recommendations, Bedsharing, and Carseat safety guidelines
5. Evaluate Common Baby Products so you can offer guidance on which baby gadgets & gizmos are helpful, safe, or unnecessary, and empower parents to make informed purchasing decisions.
Description:
This webinar will emphasize understanding normal newborn behaviours, including sleeping patterns, feeding cues, crying, and reflexes. We’ll also cover the basics of feeding, burping, and how to help parents recognize what is normal and what might need medical attention. Best practices for diapering, bathing, swaddling and safe baby-wearing options will be discussed, as well as recommendations for evidence-based infant sleep, bed sharing, and car seats. Safety guidelines will also be discussed. Finally, will show you how to evaluate common baby products so you can offer guidance on baby gadgets and gizmos to help parents make informed purchasing decisions.
Who Should Attend?
• Obstetrical Nurses; L&D, Midwives, Ante and Postpartum;
• Neonatal Nurses: Level 1, 2, & 3 Nursery Staff; Neonatal Nurse Practitioners
• Childbirth, Obstetrical and Neonatal Educators; Public Health Nurses
• Rural Acute Care Nurses; Doulas
• Nurses planning a career in Lactation Consulting; Selected Fetal Assessment Nurses
• Selected Women’s Health Practitioners; Selected Gyne & Sexual Health Nurses
Angela Grant Buechner BA, BScN, RN, IBCLC
Angela Grant Buechner (she/her) is a Registered Nurse, International Board Certified Lactation Consultant, Doula and Educator. She has worked in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at a major Toronto teaching hospital as a nurse for over 25 years, has worked as a Childbirth Educator for Peel Public Health, and since 2009 has worked as an Lactation Consultant in both the NICU and private practice.
Angela is a published author of a textbook chapter on Breastfeeding Challenges in the NICU, and scholarly articles about Lactation. She is the former President of the Canadian Lactation Consultant Association, is a Breastfeeding Educator for Health Care Professionals at Mount Sinai Hospital, and has presented at the International Lactation Consultants Association Conference.
She is the mother of three exclusively breastfed children and she knows the benefits and rewards of breastfeeding/chestfeeding, but also understands that there are often challenges to overcome. As a Lactation Consultant, she understands the importance of providing
non-judgmental, timely and practical support to help patient reach their feeding goals. Her team at Nutmeg Consulting provides in-person Birth & Postpartum support and in-person and virtual Lactation support to clients across Canada and internationally.
