Breastfeeding Coalition of Grays Harbor

07/17/2015

***ANNUAL WORLD BREASTFEEDING WALK***
Will take place August 12, 2015 at 12:00pm.
The walk will start from Mazatlan Parking lot and end at Finch Park! Featuring a picnic, games, raffles and surprises!

07/08/2015

http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpao/growthcharts/who/breastfeeding/index.htm

When the WHO growth curves were created, the differences in growth patterns of breastfed and formula-fed infants were considered.3

06/26/2015

http://www.nbci.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=82:the-importance-of-skin-to-skin-contact-&catid=5:information&Itemid=17

ibc - Dr Jack Newman - International Breastfeeding Center offers a wealth of free online resources for breastfeeding mothers as well as health care professionals. You can also order Books, DVD's and other resources in the online store

06/03/2015

research has shown that what happens during the first 60 minutes of a baby’s life can maximize that bonding experience between mother and child. That uninterrupted contact between mother and baby during the “golden hour” after birth is critical to the child’s growth and development.


https://www.sanfordhealth.org/Stories/View/44a97e6f-d477-4c44-accb-915f52acfcc5

After nine months of waiting, a new mother gets her first chance to hold her baby in her arms, to count the tiny fingers and toes and gaze into the eyes of her newborn.

05/20/2015

https://www.health.ny.gov/prevention/nutrition/wic/breastfeeding/importance.htm

Why is Breastfeeding Important for your Baby?

04/24/2015

http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/129/3/e827.full

Breastfeeding and human milk are the normative standards for infant feeding and nutrition. Given the documented short- and long-term medical and neurodevelopmental advantages of breastfeeding, infant nutrition should be considered a public health issue and not only a lifestyle choice. The American A…

04/10/2015

http://www.ncsl.org/research/health/breastfeeding-state-laws.aspx

Provides a 50 state summary of breastfeeding laws, including an overview of policy topics, recent NCSL publications and other resources.

04/08/2015

http://www2.aap.org/breastfeeding/healthprofessionaisresourceguide.html

AAP Breastfeeding Curriculum

03/27/2015

http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/18/health/breastfeeding-iq-income/

Study shows that not only does breastfeeding have clear short term benefits, it's also associated with an increase in intelligence.

03/25/2015

http://www.naturalchild.org/guest/jack_newman2.html

There are now a multitude of studies that show that mothers and babies should be together, skin to skin (baby naked, not wrapped in a blanket) immediately after birth, as well as later. The baby is happier, the baby's temperature is more stable and more normal, the baby's heart and breathing rates a…

02/25/2015

Medications and Mothers' Milk is a great manual of Lactational Pharmacology along with LactMed at the website listed.

http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/newtoxnet/lactmed.htm

Toxicology, environmental health, and chemical databases and other information resources from the Toxicology and Environmental Health Information Program, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health

01/09/2015

We will be having another Breastfeeding Coalition meeting
here at the WiC office on January, 27th
from 4:00pm-5:00pm
Feel free to stop by!