Mothers often distracted during breast and bottle feeding

Friday, July 7, 2017 - 10:32 in Health & Medicine

As innovation expands the accessibility of technology, the potential for distraction increases as well. A new study assesses the level and type of distractions that affect mothers during infant feeding and discusses the potential impact on mothers and babies. Researchers found that distractions occurred in close to half of feedings, with ~60 percent of distractions attributable to technological devices.

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