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Arrian Tate, new Certified HUG Teacher in New Orleans

 


Arrian works with the amazing parent education program, TrainingGrounds, in New Orleans. She, and all of her colleagues, have worked hard to become Certified HUG Teachers. Every day they give a HUG to parents and babies in their wonderful city!

Here Arrian shares her experience with HUG Your Baby.

I really believe the HUG Your Baby course has improved not only my range of knowledge and how I respond, but also how I interact with the baby and parent(s). One HUG experience that was meaningful to me was when a parent was breastfeeding her liltle one who was only a month old. She commented that he always fall asleep whenever he feed and she feels like he's not getting enough milk. I explained to her some the information I remembered about feeding, including that babies sometimes fall asleep during feeding times because of that special hormone being released and also shared some tips on breastfeeding. I asked her how much does baby make wet/soiled diapers, and also gave her the information on baby's weight fluxuations and that he is absolutely getting all he needs. I concluded by inviting the parent to a take a HUG course, explaining that all these tips, cues, and information can be learned in ths course, and to also attend a Baby Cafe session that we offer wher she can also connect with not only a Lactation Specialist, but other breastfeeding moms throughtout various stages of the breastfeeding journey as well.