Testing LEIFc in the Community

The reason that we are doing this research is to teach mothers ways to communicate with their baby during feeding. Understanding signals a baby gives helps mothers know when and how much to feed their baby which will help the baby grow in a healthy way. There are 5 study visits, 1 during pregnancy and 4 after the baby is born. At the first visit participants will watch some videos about feeding babies and be provided with information to read about feeding babies, there is also a questionnaire to complete. After the baby is born, a research team member will come to participants' homes at infant age of 1, 2, 3, and 4 months to videotape an infant feeding session. At the visit when the baby is 2 and 3 months of age, the intervention will occur in which the interventionists will provide coaching about responsive feeding before and during a feeding session. The baby's height and weight will be collected and some questionnaires completed. At the last study visit, a research assistant will ask opened ended questions about the study itself, these questions and participant answers will be audio recorded.