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The Hazelbeker Finger Feeder with Lanyard is a special need baby feeding device that was designed to be easily used in one hand, ensuring feed consistency. When baby cannot be fed at the breast to provide the touch of human skin as in breastfeeding Hazelbaker Finger Feeder will assist to conquer this issue. Allows infant to pace the feeding process. Fingerfeeder promotes proper and sequential contraction of the tongue and masticatory muscles. Trusted by Lactation Professionals when babies have feeding difficulties. Reusable, easy to assemble and clean. The Hazelbaker FingerFeeder is durable and can be used indefinitely for the same baby. It can be sanitized and sterilized making it ideal for longer-term use when indicated. Requires the baby to pace the feed. Milk will not flow unless the baby exerts effort that mimics good sucking at breast. The adjustable lanyard neck strap is included for your feeding experience. This Finger Feeder may be worn on your neck conveniently; converting it to supplemental nursing.
Special Features
Although switching to a slower flow bottle teat can help with these problems, finger-feeding with the Hazelbaker FingerFeeder prevents the development of these problems. The Hazelbaker™ FingerFeeder requires the baby to pace the feed. Milk will not flow unless the baby exerts effort that mimics good sucking at breast. As a built in feature of the Hazelbaker FingerFeeder, this infant control can be augmented by a gentle squeeze of the milk container should the baby not be able to generate adequate negative pressure to draw milk from the device. However, the top will pop off if the caregiver squeezes too hard thereby ensuring that the baby’s airway is protected from a flow rate that overwhelms their ability.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR FINGER FEEDING
Hazelbaker Finger Feeder Instructions & Assembly PDF1. Position
yourself and baby in a proper feeding position such as that shown in the photo.
Placing a pillow under baby will make feeding more comfortable for both of you
by raising the baby to chest height.
2. Young
babies tend to orient to the right so holding the baby with your left hand and
finger-feeding with your right can capitalize on this tendency. However, you
may use whichever side you and your baby feel most comfortable using.
3. Keep
your shoulders and elbows down and relaxed to reduce muscle strain. Support
yourself with extra pillows if needed to achieve this goal.
4. Gently
tickle your baby’s lower lip in the middle, in an up and down direction to
elicit both the rooting and tongue extrusion reflexes. Keep tickling, just as
you would with the breast or bottle, until the baby opens as wide as he or she
can.
5. When
you see the “gape,” gently insert your finger, pad up, against the hard palate
near the upper gumline. The baby will bring up his or her tongue to create a
seal around your finger. If your baby is still tongue-tied or is weak, he or
she may not do this well. Eventually, this ability will improve.
6. As
the baby starts the sucking sequence, move your finger back to near the hard
and soft palate juncture where the breast nipple would go if the baby were at
breast. While moving your finger back, keep your finger pad in gentle contact
with the hard palate. If your finger drops down on the tongue, your baby may
gag.
7. Once
you have reached the appropriate “landmark,” keep your finger in the same
position and stationary unless your therapist directs you to perform certain
movements. There is usually no need to squeeze the bulb unless your baby needs
a therapeutic reminder or is so weak that he or she needs a little extra help.
Allow the baby to set the pace. He or she will do best synchronizing suck,
swallow and breathe if allowed to determine the right pace for that feed.
8. Typically,
when satisfied, your baby will stop sucking or will try to push your finger out
of his or her mouth using his or her tongue. At this point, your baby is either
full or needs to burp. Young babies older than a few days need from ¾ to 1½ oz.
per feed. Older babies may need more. Follow your baby’s lead. The Hazelbaker™
FingerFeeder holds 2 oz. and is easy to refill mid-feed as needed.
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Features
The Hazelbaker FingerFeeder requires the baby to pace the feed. Milk will not flow unless the baby exerts effort that mimics good sucking at breast. As a built in feature of the Hazelbaker™ FingerFeeder, this infant control can be augmented by a gentle squeeze of the milk container should the baby not be able to generate adequate negative pressure to draw milk from the device. However, the top will pop off if the caregiver squeezes too hard thereby ensuring that the baby’s airway is protected from a flow rate that overwhelms their ability. Although switching to a slower flow bottle teat can help with these problems, finger-feeding with the Hazelbaker FingerFeeder prevents the development of these problems.
What is finger feeding?
Finger-feeding, a substitute technique for breastfeeding, has probably existed for thousands of years as a way to keep a baby fed who has difficulties going to breast or who needs to be separated from mother for any length of time.
Finger-feeding provides the touch of human skin, as in breastfeeding, for optimal infant to caregiver feedback and to allow the baby to pace the feed. The caregiver’s finger, placed correctly in the baby’s mouth, either encourages the baby’s tongue to come down and forward into its proper placement for breastfeeding or preserves the tongue’s optimal function so that the baby can maintain proper suck-swallow-breathe coordination.
Finger-feeding, for example, might be used after a baby receives a frenotomy for tongue-tie or for a baby with low intro-oral tone, as a therapeutic method to strengthen the tongue and other intra-oral muscles. Other sucking problems also respond well to this alternative feeding method when it is used for therapeutic reasons.
Controlled Flow Rate:
Milk flows too fast from bottles for most babies. This overwhelming milk flow creates some mild to significant problems for the baby, especially if she or he is experiencing sucking problems. When babies cannot tolerate the flow, they suspend breathing, may cough, sputter or choke during the feed. The baby may develop a compensatory tongue movement pattern that protects the airway but does not efficiently remove milk from the breast. If a baby changes the way they suck because of bottle-feeding, known as Nipple Confusion, they will need to be retrained to suck properly at breast.
A baby may become addicted to the faster flow from the bottle. This Flow Preference, as it is commonly called, causes the baby to become impatient and frustrated at breast. Because the baby has become used to instant flow gratification as soon as the bottle touches his or her tongue, they often will not remain at breast long enough to pull milk out, expecting instant flow gratification at breast just as on the bottle.
- Designed for single-patient use.
- Finger feeding offers a full range of physiological and psychological benefits.
- Fingerfeeder can also be used at breast to supplement.
- Controlled flow-rate system and ergonomic design.
- 60 ml silicone bulb.
- Autoclavable and boilable.
- None Sterile
Includes:
- 1 Bulb Assembly
- 1 Valve-Disc
- 1 Valve Membrane
- 1 Tubing Clamp
- 1 Hypoallergenic Tape
- 1 Adjustable Lanyard
- Instructions for Use
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