You want to provide guidance to families that truly make a difference
We are recognized as providing webinars with the latest evidence. But what do you do when medically complex infants don't follow typical growth patterns or the standard nutritional guidelines don't quite fit?
You know, the infant that gains more than adequate weight on less calories than standard, or vice versa? Or when the length is not even on the curve.
What is your approach? Should you continue to meet energy requirements even when weight gain exceeds standards? Or do you cut back? If so, when should you be concerned?
To make matters more challenging, medically complex infants face a higher risk of feeding intolerance for multiple reasons. At the same time, families are exhausted, overwhelmed and are often juggling more than just feeding difficulties. How can you support them and adjust their infant's nutrition plan to improve their tolerance and quality of life?
If you're a dietitian working in pediatrics (or you want to be working in peds!), this webinar is for you.
Join us for the case of baby Mason, born with a genetic condition NYD, and who is challenging us by not following the usual guidelines. He is NPO and enterally fed.
Combining our years of experience, we'll take you behind the scenes of our clinical decision-making:
✅the questions we ask ourselves around growth and nutrition requirements,
✅how we tailor our nutrition plan based on the infants' unique growth pattern,
✅and how we consider alternative approaches to improve tolerance and optimize quality of life.
Because when it comes to medically complex infants, it isn't always black and white.
Join us and gain the confidence to navigate even the most challenging cases.
This webinar is for you if...
You have limited prior exposure to infants with complex medical histories and want to push beyond the basics
You want to feel more confident when standard guidelines aren't effective
You want your recommendations to be successful in this vulnerable population and help optimize quality of life
All The Details
What: Feeding the Medically Complex Infant - Beyond the Textbook
Who: Charlene Kennedy, RD & Julie Larocque, RD
When: April 10, 2025 at 1:00 PM EDT, set aside 1 hour
Where: Live via Zoom
Cost: Free
Approved for 1.0 CPEU by the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR).
Meet Your Presenters
Learn from Registered Dietitians with 35+ years in the field
Hi! Charlene and Julie here.
We are the founders of Nutrition Masterclass and pediatric dietitians with more than 35+ years of combined experience in complex pediatric care, both in community clinics and hospitals.
We met working together at our local children's hospital and teamed up to create Nutrition Masterclass as a way to share our experiences working with the vulnerable pediatric population.
Needless to say, we have seen it all and have the binders to prove it!
Join us for this free webinar where we will:
✔ Walk you through key steps of atypical infant growth and nutrition assessment
✔ Share with you how we balance clinical judgment with standard guidelines when they don't align
✔ Highlight practical tube feeding tweaks and strategies to optimize tolerance and quality of life