Mother And Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative (MBFHI)

Items

• Candida

  Yeast infection organism.
• Casein

  Milk protein forming curds.
• Cleft lip/palate

  Split in lip or palate.
• Colostrum

  First breast milk after birth.
• Commercial infant formula

  Industrial breast milk substitute.
• Complementary feeding

  Breast milk plus solid food.
• Complementary food

  Food given with breast milk.
• Cup feeding

  Feeding baby using open cup.
• Dehydration

  Lack of water in body.
• Milk ducts

  Tubes carrying milk to nipple.
• Dummy

  Artificial nipple for sucking.
• Early contact

  Mother holding baby after birth.
• Suckling

  Baby removing milk from breast.
• Empathy

  Understanding another’s feelings.
• Engorgement

  Swollen milk-filled breast.
• Exclusive breastfeeding

  Only breast milk feeding.
• Expressed breast milk

  Milk removed manually/pump.
• Express

  To squeeze out liquid.
• Fissure

  Skin crack.
• Flat nipples

  Nipples not protruding.
• Fore milk

  Watery early milk.
• Formula feeding

  Artificial milk feeding.
• Full breasts

  Milk-filled breasts.
• Gestation

  Pregnancy period.
• Gestational age

  Age of pregnancy.