A nursing professor at the University of New Brunswick says hospitals need to provide trained staff who can allow babies to be with their mothers 24 hours a day.
Gail Storr says only about 10 per cent of New Brunswick mothers are breastfeeding their babies for six months. She says a new program to improve support at the hospital bedside could boost those numbers and help infants stay healthy longer.
Storr wants New Brunswick hospitals to adopt a Babies First Initiative – an international standard for health-care facilities to provide adequate support for breastfeeding mothers.
"The Baby Friendly Initiative is an initiative of the World Health Organization that's based on evidence to show what will support breastfeeding and there's 10 steps to be followed that will help promote breastfeeding," she said.
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