Early Breastfeeding Experiences Predict Maternal Self-Efficacy During the Transition to Parenthood.

Breastfeeding can be challenging for new mothers. Women with high breastfeeding self-efficacy are more likely to breastfeed with confidence and are more likely to succeed in breastfeeding. The aim of this prospective longitudinal study was to test whether breastfeeding self-efficacy and breastfeeding experiences were related to trajectories of self-efficacy in the parenting domain during the transition to parenthood.

Cystic fibrosis and Silver-Russell syndrome due to a partial maternal isodisomy of chromosome 7.

If an infant with cystic fibrosis exhibits failure to thrive, despite adequate disease management, Silver-Russell syndrome should be considered, given the locations of these conditions in the genome. However, an earlier clue to the diagnosis is small-for-gestational-age birth.