World Breastfeeding Week
It’s World Breastfeeding Week and I’m way behind on promoting it. I have no excuse other than the fact that it’s summer and I’m preoccupied. This year’s theme is Mother Support: Going for the Gold.
From the La Leche League Website:
World Breastfeeding Week (WBW) is August 1st - 7th and celebrates the signing of the Innocenti Declaration, produced and adopted in 1990 by participants at the WHO/UNICEF meeting on “Breastfeeding in the 1990s: A Global Initiative on the Protection, Promotion and Support of Breastfeeding.” The document lists the benefits of breastfeeding, plus global and governmental goals. World Breastfeeding Week is celebrated in 120 countries on various dates.
This year we focus on supporting women in their efforts to do what is most important for the health and survival of their children through the best and most cost-effective intervention: early and exclusive breastfeeding.
You can “go for the gold” when you –
o give a mother the phone number of an LLL Leader.
o tell a first-time breastfeeding mother she is doing just fine.
o bring the new mother a nutrious snack and a big glass of water.
o as an employer, accommodate a mother’s need to pump with a private comfortable space.
o as the baby’s father, intercede with family and friends so that mother and baby can feel confident
o write to legislators to support the enactment of laws supporting paid maternity leave and mother-friendly workplaces.
o contact an emergency relief organization and request training to help in emergency situations, especially in breastfeeding support.
o take care of your health and nutritional needs during pregnancy and lactation.
o set up or join a network of lactation experts in your community.
o provide transportation to a mother to attend an LLL meeting or visit a lactation consultant.
o advocate for legislation that enacts the provisions of the WHO/UNICEF Code of Marketing.
o ask for support and offer support to others.
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