Learn how to care for your preterm baby at home with simple, parent-friendly tips. From feeding and sleep routines to hygiene and monitoring growth, here's a complete guide to support your premature ...

Feeding management in preterm infants is a cornerstone of neonatal care, balancing the need for rapid growth with the risk of gastrointestinal complications. Contemporary strategies aim to foster the ...

Despite hopes that early nutrition could enhance brain growth in preterm infants, a new study finds no significant impact—challenging assumptions about feeding strategies in neonatal care. Study: ...

Assistant Professor Britt Pados was awarded a Kimberly-Clark Nursing Research Grant from the Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses for her project “Patterns and Predictors of ...

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For premature infants who can't breastfeed on their own, "mother's own milk" (MOM) is by far the best nutrition. There's an urgent need for effective ways to increase the relatively low rates of MOM ...

Unlike full-term babies, premature babies have distinct nutritional needs. Their growth continues outside the womb, and their organs, digestive system, and immune response are still developing.

The milk produced by women who deliver prematurely differs from that produced after a full-term pregnancy. Specifically, during the first month after parturition, preterm milk maintains a composition ...