This technique led us to discovery of a marmoset case where fathers intervention and mother's neglect led to breastfeeding failure and the infant rate lows. Through encouraging instinctive attachment methods in the training, successful feeding was reestablished. The increase of child abuse and neglect cases, most likely by inexperienced and insufficiently knowledgeable parents, this is the cases education, childcare, and intervention techniques in nursing and midwifery training.
Also, this is a case report. These comprehensive intervention techniques may provide an examples of realistic parent-child interactions that may be used as educational material in references data for inexperienced caregivers. To begin, prepare a light sealed incubated cage to house healthy marmoset parents and their first time infants.
Note the full term gestation period at birth and define birthdays as postnatal day zero or PD zero. To check the feeding volume, place the infant in a prepared box and record its body weight. Record the weight daily at the same time for standard comparison.
The newborn's weight between day zero to two should surpass 27 grams and increase by one gram per day as documented for survival. Evaluate the milk intake volume by measuring the infant's weight before and after feeding. Next, measure the crown-rump length to determine the length from the top of the head to the base of the tail.
To check the breastfeeding of the infant, first, check if the infant is sufficiently clinging to the mother's body. Then check if the mother encourages the infant to suckle when her breast gets taut. Gently press the sides of the breast with fingers to assess the mother's breast milk secretion.
Observe the mother's facial expressions for any signs of pain, such as tears in her eyes and her upper and lower teeth closed and exposed. Next, check whether the father is carrying the infant excessively so much that it interferes with the mother's breastfeeding adequately and thus disrupts nursing. Keenly observe the family dynamics to identify any abnormal infant rearing behavior among the parents, such as excessive licking that could pose a high risk to the infant.
If the infant is too weak to explore independently, feed it a minimal amount of formula administered through an oral syringe. Help the mother soften the heart and nipple area through a three step massaging technique, moving from the base of the areola towards the nipple. Exude some milk slightly for the odor to stimulate the infant's exploration.
Now hold the mother's body softly and position the infant near her breast to encourage it to search for the nipple. Guide the mother to raise her arms to enhance nipple accessibility for the infant. The infant lost weight by day two, reaching about 23 to 24 grams.
Three feeding interventions on day two helped the infant increase its weight by one gram. On day three, the infant lost two grams due to excessive parental interference. After paternal separation and feeding intervention, the infant weighed 25 grams by the evening of the same day.
Without any feeding intervention, the infant weight increased to 26.8 grams on day four and 28 grams on day five. Regular breast massage and infant exploration encouragement resulted in steady weight gain over the next eight days. The primate model video may be a substitute for human caregivers education in breastfeeding disorders with parental problems.
The claims in this video are derived from the observation of only one case of a single family unit with a single infant in the multi-parent species being different from human. In depth father studies are required to compare such results with observations in humans. It would be very difficult to evaluate future result.
In contrast, our video must propose a preliminary, but indeed hypothetical intervention for crucial cares to be discussed.
