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.