Using a controlled sensory-developmental environment to optimize breastfeeding of children born with low body weight

Abstract

The article presents materials on the approbation of the "Sonatal lactation" program, which contributes to the support of the lactation process in mothers and the optimization of breastfeeding of premature babies born with ONMT (very low body weight) and ENMT (extremely low body weight). The necessity of all components of the sensory-musical educational environment developed within the framework of this program (special songs, sensory simulators, synthesizer with colored keys) is confirmed. The article provides evidence that the "Sonatal lactation" program helps optimize the emotional state of a nursing mother, increases the duration of the breastfeeding period, lays the foundations for the formation of behavioral models in an infant, and also improves the psychomotor development of children in the first half of their life. The study used such methods as: clinical and functional assessment of the condition of children, anthropometry, the scale of behavior of a premature baby during breastfeeding (PIBBS) (Nyqvist, 2008), the standardized clinical and psychological technique "Gnome", the method of musical accompaniment of breastfeeding "Sonatal lactation", medical documentation (diary of lactation nursing mothers, a form of evaluation of lactation in nursing women "Lactation bypass"). The "Sonatal lactation" program can be used in the conditions of the department for premature infants of a pediatric hospital, in the conditions of a family after discharge from the hospital, as well as in outpatient polyclinic conditions.