Breastfeeding Coalition of Grays Harbor

***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!

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

Breastfeeding as the Norm | Growth Birth to 2 Years | WHO | Growth Chart Training | Nutrition |... When the WHO growth curves were created, the differences in growth patterns of breastfed and formula-fed infants were considered.3

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

The Importance of Skin to Skin Contact 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

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

The Golden Hour: Giving Your Newborn the Best Start 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.

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

Why is Breastfeeding Important for your Baby? Why is Breastfeeding Important for your Baby?

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

Breastfeeding and the Use of Human Milk 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…

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

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

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

American Academy of Pediatrics | What the AAP Is Doing To Support Families AAP Breastfeeding Curriculum

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

Extended breastfeeding linked to higher IQ and income in study - CNN.com Study shows that not only does breastfeeding have clear short term benefits, it's also associated with an increase in intelligence.

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

The Importance of Skin to Skin Contact - The Natural Child Project 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…

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

LactMed 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

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!