Recent Advancements and Best Practices in Supporting Newborn Feeding: A Narrative Review.

Pediatr Clin North Am

University of California, Davis School of Medicine, 2516 Stockton Boulevard (Ticon II), Suite 340, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA.

Published: August 2025


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Care of the newborn can be complex and very rewarding. The pediatric clinician will face the important challenge of balancing and supporting a family's feeding plan with the health care needs of the newborn and lactating parent. This narrative review focuses on several important topics and provides valuable resources and guidance in the complex care of newborn feeding. The health benefits of breastfeeding, benefits of skin to skin, guidance on unique or complex newborn feeding situations, response to newborn weight loss, vitamin supplementation, as well as consideration of the social determinants of health in the context of infant feeding are reviewed.

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