Introduction: Down syndrome is the most common chromosome abnormality in the population of newborns. In Slovenia we mark 1 case on 1000 births. People with DS have one excessive 21st chromosome. Babies with DS can be breastfeed just like heathy children, but we can expect more issuses and problems. The best feeding choice for the baby is to be fed with mother´s milk by breastfeeding, because it is the most optimal for it´s growth and development. Exclusive breasfeeding for six moths is the golden standard according to the World Health Organization. Purpose: to represent breastfeeding of infants with Down syndrome and their mother's experience. Methods: we have made literature rewiev with a descriptive researh. We have found books and articles in Slovenian and English language on CINAHL, Medline/PubMed, DIKUL and Google Scolar. We categorised the articles into four groups based on content. The search was active from March 2019 to July 2020. Results: Babies with Down syndrome are less likely to be exclusively breastfed than healthy babies, because of their inborn charasterictis. The most common issues are hipotony, slow swallowing, sucking reflex and weak lip seal, wich often causes loss of weight. After six months those issues usually subside. The most commonly recommended technique to avoid those problems is the dancer hold. The most commonly exposed problem that mothers noticed are health care workers being too focused on the weight gain and not enought focused on the breastfeeding technique. Discussion and conclusion: we found babies with threesomy 21 are less likely to be breastfed or fed with mother´s milk, which can cause great effect on their future childhood and adulthood living quality. Despite their issues, with the right support and knowlage we can assure them more stress free breastfeeding. The importance of wholesome and individual treatment can not be overrated. It is important to assure breastfeading if possible during the hospitalization as well.
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