Topic Tag: BFE-7

Introduction

The process of stopping lactation and breastfeeding will look different for each family. Some individuals will decide to never breastfeed or will need to suppress lactation for an unexpected reason. Some breastfeeding parents may only breastfeed for a short time before deciding to stop, while others may breastfeed for years before weaning. Next >>

Introduction

The World Health Organization, Health Canada, Canadian Pediatric Society, Dietitians of Canada, and Breastfeeding Committee for Canada recommend that parents continue breastfeeding up to two years and beyond. Of mothers living in the prairie provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, 33.8% reported breastfeeding at ≥ 12 months.10 Next >>

Additional Resources

Virtual group nutrition workshops and classes (including introducing solids) for parents are available and facilitated by AHS Registered Dietitians. Information and registration links are available on the AHS.ca Nutrition Services webpage Find Workshops & Classes. Classes can be filtered according to topic, or the search box can be used to find classes.  Next >>

Quiz

Question 1  You are seeing Layla and Hamid who tell you they are planning to start introducing complementary foods to their son Yusuf, who turns 6 months old next month. Layla has been mixed feeding Yusuf – mostly breastfeeding with the occasional bottle of formula. They ask you what is most important for them to […]

Topic 2: Responsive Feeding of Complementary Foods

The introduction of complementary foods represents the beginning of a shift in responsive feeding. In a healthy feeding relationship, the parent is responsible for what food is offered, and the infant is responsible for determining if and how much to eat.7 Prior to 6 months of age, infants are also responsible for determining when to […]

Topic 1: Introducing Complementary Foods

Complementary feeding is the process of offering foods in addition to breastmilk and/or infant formula, when these alone are no longer adequate to meet an infant’s nutrition needs.1 It is recommended that parents introduce complementary foods around 6 months of age, or 4-6 months corrected age for preterm infants.2 At this age, infants are developmentally […]