WIC Breastfeeding Webinars

• August 13, 2020 - 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
  • Webinar topic: milk supply - addressing concerns, issues, and counseling skills. 
• September 17, 2020 - 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
  • Webinar topic: coaching skills for working with breastfeeding moms.

Happy World Breastfeeding Week and National Breastfeeding Month! 
Every year WIC celebrates and promotes breastfeeding throughout the entire month of August for National Breastfeeding Month and August 1-7 for World Breastfeeding Week (WBW).

Using the World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action’s (WABA) 2020 theme of 'Supporting Breastfeeding for a Healthier Planet', the Colorado WIC Program helped develop focus points and materials to share with breastfeeding families. The focus points are healthy planet, healthy body, healthy mind, and healthy community and they reinforce the importance and impact of breastfeeding on mom, baby, family, and the environment.
 

Please view and share the materials found in the 2020 WBW Folder, including an Action Packet with ideas, related handouts, posters, and social media images and posts - all of which can be shared electronically with families!

Share your Community Resources online by emailing Stacy.Miller@state.co.us.

WIC Breastfeeding Webinars
Mark your calendars! Two WIC Breastfeeding webinars are scheduled for August 13 and September 17 from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. to provide continuing education on milk supply and coaching. Katie Halverstadt, BSN, RN, IBCLC with Saint Joseph Hospital will provide information and techniques addressing milk supply issues, counseling, and coaching techniques to use with breastfeeding families. The sessions are open to all staff interested, will be recorded, and will provide continuing education credits. Stay tuned for webinar link details.

Recorded Webinar: Supporting Responsive Feeding Using Baby Behavior                                                                                       
A recording of the webinar 'Supporting Responsive Feeding Using Baby Behavior,' presented by the California WIC Association with guest presenter Dr. Jane Heinig, can be accessed here. In this webinar, you will learn the developmental reasons for many of the most frustrating toddler behaviors that may lead to non-responsive feeding. You will also learn how extending the Baby Behavior curriculum to older babies & toddlers can be a positive way to promote responsive feeding during the toddler years.

Continuing education credits, contact hours, and CERPs are available for RDs, RNs, and lactation consultants. For more information email msaddler@calwic.org.