The following practice points and questions can be used by individual members of the pharmacy team and/or by the pharmacist for team training.
Learning Objectives
After completing this section, you should have an understanding of:
- The feeding problems that babies can encounter, including colic, reflux, allergies and intolerances, constipation and diarrhoea
- The nutritional needs of babies who experience these problems
- Why some babies fail to thrive
- The needs of pre-term/ low birthweight babies
- The specialist formula milks available to parents with babies suffering from these problems.
Before testing your knowledge, make sure you've read all the articles in this section.