18 February 2010
Written by Marion Copeland RM, ADM, IBCLC
Produced by Mark-it Television
Ref: MITV-DVD BF 22
www.babyledweaningproductions.com
Review by midwife and breastfeeding specialist Juliet Albert.
I thought this DVD was extremely well done. There were good visuals of both lying down and underarm feeding. They warn mums that sometimes a newborn baby may want to feed as often as hourly by the second or third day before the milk ‘comes in’.
I liked the pace of the DVD and there are lots of visuals of different babies attaching to the breast. There is an animation sequence to demonstrate how baby takes the milk out from the collecting ducts, where the nipple should be positioned, and how the bottom lip is brought to the bottom edge of the areola first with the chin leading.
There are a few other very good insights that other DVDs don’t mention. For example that breastfeeds get shorter as baby gets older and that ‘cluster feeding’ in the evenings is ‘perfectly normal behaviour’.
In fact I have to admit that I liked this so much that I will start using it in my antenatal breastfeeding workshops.
The DVD also included ‘a guide to bathing your baby’ with a father being shown how to do it which is a slightly different take on things as well as a guide to baby massage. Both were relevant and nicely produced.
Have you seen this DVD? What did you think?
