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Mrs. Vo is a Vietnames woman who gave birth to a daughter 12 hours ago. Her neighbor comes to visit – she is very excited about the new baby. When she walks into the room, Mrs. Vo is lying in bed with the infant in the bassinet beside her and there is a full bottle of milk in the crib. Mrs. Vo has not had a shower and most of her breakfast remains on her tray; she has eaten only the tea and toast. When the neighbor exclaims how pretty the infant is, she turns her head away and does not comment. Her mother is sitting in a chair beside the bed, and when the baby begins to cry, she reaches in, picks her up, and begins feeding her the bottle of formula. The neighbor says, “I thought you were going to breastfeed?” Grandmother replies, “She will when real milk is there.” The neighbor explains the benefits of colostrum (clear and very nutritious – comes before the milk) to the mother, but grandmother and mother continue to answer that the baby will receive breast milk when the “good milk” is there. What is an appropriate comment or question by thetheighbor about Mrs. Vo’s food intake? a. What is your opinion of Mrs. Vo’s food intake? b. How would you expect this mother to behave toward her baby in terms of compliments or care taking? c. Who would you most likely expect to find at her bedside and caring for the infant? d. What does Mrs. Vo and her mother mean by “real milk” and “good milk?”