NCT06127914

Learning Early Infant Feeding Cues

A Multiphase Project to Improve Use of Responsive Feeding Among Vulnerable Mother-Infant Dyads

• Status: Not Yet Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 39 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Florida State University · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 2 Weeks
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn more about responsive infant feeding (recognizing baby's signs of hunger and fullness) in mothers and infant enrolled in government-funded maternal-child home visiting programs. The main questions it aims to answer are: * What are the contributors and barriers to use of responsive infant feeding? * How can we refine an intervention focused on responsive infant feeding (the Learning Early Infant Feeding Cues intervention) so that mothers will like it and learn skills to help their baby be healthy. * Will the refined intervention improve use of responsive feeding and be feasible and acceptable to mothers and home visiting programs? Participants will be asked to: * Participate in focus groups to talk about their experiences feeding their baby. * Participate in a study to learn about responsive feeding and how to use it with their baby. This study will start when mothers are in their final month of pregnancy and finish when their baby is 6 months old. Participation will include: * Having someone come to the family home during a time when the baby is eating (either from the breast or the bottle). The mother will receive information on the baby's signs from an experienced coach. * Agreeing to be video recording during the session when the baby is eating. * Completing surveys online.

Conditions

• Responsive Feeding
• Infants
• Weight Gain Trajectory

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Learning Early Infant Feeding Cues	The LEIFc intervention includes individualized responsive feeding education and promotion using the SS-OO-PP-RR (or "super," Setting the Stage, Observation and Opportunities to Embed, Problem Solving and Planning, Reflection and Review coaching approach as a guide. An interventionists interacts with mother-infant dyads during a feeding session at infant ages of 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 months and coaches the mother on responsive feeding. In particular infant cues of hunger and fullness and tips to assist the mother in making decisions regarding feeding her infant. This will begin with milk based feedings (either breastmilk from breast or bottle, or formula from a bottle), and continue through the transition to solid (complementary) foods.

Timeline

• Start date: 2027-07-01
• Primary completion: 2029-06-30
• Completion: 2029-06-30
• First posted: 2023-11-13
• Last updated: 2026-02-20