Breast Feeding and Care for Newborn

• Feed according to standard infant feeding guidelines
• Apply necessary precautions for IPC
• Hand hygiene
• Medical mask
• Initiation of breastfeeding results in greater benefits
• Breastfeeding should be initiated within 1 hour of birth.
• Exclusive breastfeeding should continue for 6 months
• Mothers who can’t be with the babies should express breast milk and feed with cup, nasogastric tube
• As soon as possible baby the should be nursed with the mother