Observation of video clips and discussion of what they mean. A good general breastfeeding chat with Dr. Jack Newman.
Deals with weight gain, stools, urine output, jaundice and hypoglycemia and other issues. An essential talk, as we need to move away from imposing numbers on breastfeeding. Includes the folly of depending on numbers (“feed every three hours”, “10% weight loss”, “20 minutes on each side”, the use and misuse of growth charts, etc.), norms for the first few days, and norms after the first few days.
Reasons why a baby who previously gained well might start to gain poorly or even if does continue to gain, is fussy at the breast. Approaches to preventing such a situation and approaches treating this situation without undermining the breastfeeding.
Contact Shawn De Vree at 519.631.6461 or
Registration and Breakfast (provided) 8:00am - 8:30 am
Session 1 8:30 am - 10:00 am
Break 10:00 am - 10:15 am
Session 2 10:15 am - 11:45 am
Lunch (provided) 11:45 am - 12:45 pm
Session 3 12:45 pm - 2:15 pm
Break 2:15 pm - 2:30 pm
Session 4 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Includes continental buffet breakfast, morning and afternoon coffee breaks, and buffet lunch.
6 L-CERPS have been awarded to this program.
CERPs often transferrable as CEUs for other programs.
Crown Plaza, 1005 Main St. Moncton NB
If payment is made by cheque the cheque must be received by Vesta within 10 days of registration. Registrations with cheques that have not been received within 10 days will be cancelled.
Cancellation requests must be received in writing by June 1 2016. Refunds, less a $50 administration fee, will be provided only to individuals who cancel by June 1, 2016. No refunds will be provided for cancellation requests made after June 1, 2016. Name changes and substitutions will be accepted up to November 29th, 2015 . All changes must be provided in writing.
Dr. Jack Newman graduated from the University of Toronto medical school in 1970, interning at the Vancouver General Hospital. He did his training in pædiatrics in Quebec City and then at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto from 1977-1981 to become a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Canada in 1981 as well as Board Certified by the AAP in 1981. He has worked as a physician in Central America, New Zealand and as a paediatrician in South Africa (in the Transkei). He founded the first hospital based breastfeeding clinic in Canada in 1984. He has been a consultant for UNICEF for the Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative, evaluating the first candidate hospitals in Gabon, the Ivory Coast and Canada. Dr. Newman was a staff paediatrician at the Hospital for Sick Children emergency department from 1983 to 1992, and was, for a period of time, the acting chief of the emergency services. However, once the breastfeeding clinic started functioning, it took more and more of his time and he eventually worked full time helping mothers and babies succeed with breastfeeding. He now works at the Newman Breastfeeding Clinic and Institute based at the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine in Toronto. Dr. Newman has several publications on breastfeeding, and in 2000 published, along with Teresa Pitman, a help guide for professionals and mothers on breastfeeding, called, Dr. Jack Newman's Guide to Breastfeeding, as it's known in Canada (revised editions, January 2003 and January 2005), and The Ultimate Breastfeeding Book of Answers, as it's known in the US (revised edition, November 2006). The book has been translated into French, Indonesian and Japanese and is in the process of being translated into Spanish and Italian (expected publication for both in the fall of 2010). In 2006, Dr.
Newman, along with Teresa Pitman, published The Latch and Other Keys to Breastfeeding Success (Hale Publishing) and this book is in the process of being translated into French (expected publication in the fall of 2010). He has also, along with Edith Kernerman, developed a DVD as a teaching tool for health professionals and mothers. It is available in English and French. As well, it is subtitled in Spanish, Portuguese and Italian.
Jack Newman's breastfeeding resource site is http://www.breastfeedinginc.ca/index.php.
Head Quarters - Vesta Parenting Inc.
797 Talbot Street, St. Thomas ON N5P 1E3
519.631.6461
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