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Art & Science of Breastfeeding & Sleep for Family Professionals

Qualifies for 3 CEU's with DONA International. 
You’ll feel more confident answering client sleep questions and setting families up to sleep soundly.  

This 2.5hr workshop is for: 
  • Birth and Postpartum Doulas
  • Lactation Consultants and Counselors, peer breastfeeding educators
  • Postpartum or Perinatal Counselors and Psychotherapists
  • Family Doctors, Naturopaths, newborn nurses
  • Parent-Baby class facilitators
A primer in the science of sleep from the newborn stage through toddlerhood. 

What will you learn

  • The Science of Breastfeeding and Infant/Maternal Sleep including how to best utilize natural circadian rhythms. 
  • How to educate families on the anthropology and biology of breastfeeding and sleep.
  • Special considerations for serving bottle feeding, formula-feeding and exclusively-pumping families. 
  • Discussion of the works and studies of Dr. Helen Ball and Dr. James McKenna
  • How to best support families that wish to bed-share while protecting yourself legally.
  • To prioritize breastfeeding relationship while also helping families find a balance between breastfeeding, sleep, work and mental health.
  • To better understand and, compare sleep training methods parents are using and the latest thought on safety and health of sleep interventions. 
  • Infant, maternal, and family development and milestones; environments, special needs, and nutritional challenges as they relate to sleep.
  • How to talk to families about sleep in a supportive and non-judgmental way that helps you understand and mold your sleep help to their unique values.
  • Clear understanding of safer sleep; advantages and disadvantages of sleep products available.
  • Exactly how an overnight consultant/doula can help baby learn important sleep skills gently.
  • When you are staying in scope of a doula presenting evidence-based info and when you are a sleep consultant. 
  • Best sleep practices for parents and caregivers from the Sleep Savvy Method. 
Note: This course will not teach you how to “sleep train” a newborn under 4 months so that they will sleep through the night. The AAP does not recommend sleep training before 3 months and does not recommend it specifically until after 6 months. Breastfeeding Medicine concurs with this recommendation for optimal development.

Class & Registration Information

Instructor
Moorea Malatt
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