If you are new to supplemental feeding devices (also called supply lines or alternative feeders), this one is for you! We'll go over which ones are on the market, when you might choose them, and some basic information about how to use them.
When milk supply or nursing isn’t going well, supplemental feeders are tools that IBCLCs and perinatal professionals can utilize to help with the delivery of human milk or formula to the infant while they breastfeed. However, the indications for use of supplemental feeders is not always straightforward. Additionally, based on the individual’s personal anatomy and mental health, there may be supplemental feeders that fit more appropriately or are easier to use. In this session, we will be covering the different types of supplemental feeders that are available on the market (including types that a parent or lactation professional can make from simple items), the pros and cons to each type, the indications for using a nipple shield, and will learn to use a nipple shield.
Join this live, online workshop with your colleagues (or sign up and receive the replay with 6 months viewing access).
Supplemental Feeders: the Basics
$37 | 1.25 hours | 1 L‑CERP approved by IBCLE
- Tue, July 7 | 12:00–1:15 pm EDT
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If you'd like more in-depth information on using them and talking about them (gently convincing your clients to use them), then take Johanna Sargeant's workshop: Exploring Supplemental Feeders: Using Them and Talking About Them
About Your Workshop Facilitator
This course is led by Jeanette Mesite Frem, MHS, IBCLC, CCE of Babies in Common, who is an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant and experienced childbirth educator. Jeanette does flange fittings and pumping sessions with most of her clients as well as many bottlefeeding sessions and consultations about bottle challenges (and yes, she still loves supporting families with breastfeeding/chestfeeding and hand expression!). She's collected and used many pumps, bottles and other gear with her clients in her practice and is is experienced with virtual consultations and using props for teaching parents and will utilize those skills during this online workshop.
Jeanette has spoken about flange fitting to about 10,000 IBCLCs and perinatal professionals globally about flange fitting and is dedicated to changing how parents pump...and she is currently the co-investigator of the first ever flange fitting study that compares standard sizes with smaller sizes, using her approach to flange fitting (with lead investigator Dr. Lisa Anders of University of North Carolina Greensboro).
Jeanette is an experienced childbirth educator, IBCLC-lactation consultant and retired birth doula. She started her career working with families while serving as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Côte d'Ivoire, West Africa in the early 90s. She loved that work so much she went on to receive a public health masters degree from Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, focusing her studies on nutrition for maternal and child health. Her two children were breastfed for more than 2 years each and Jeanette has experience pumping at work for both children and has supported more than a thousand families with breastfeeding, chestfeeding, pumping, bottlefeeding, cupfeeding, tubefeeding, etc. over the years.
Jeanette provides prenatal childbirth and breastfeeding classes at her office in Northborough, Massachusetts, as well as providing virtual feeding consultations as well as in her office. She also enjoys leading workshops for perinatal health professionals and mentoring those who work with families. If you have questions, feel free to email jeanette@babiesincommon.com.
Babies in Common has been accepted by the International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners® (IBLCE®) as a Preferred Provider for the listed Continuing Education Recognition Points (CERPs) programme. Determination of CERPs eligibility or CERPs Provider status does not imply IBLCE’s endorsement or assessment of education quality. As a Preferred Provider, Babies in Common attests that it complies with the WHO Code and subsequent WHA resolutions.