Great meeting today ladies and kids!!!!!
Here is some info on Reverse Pressure Softening:)
http://www.breastfeedingonline.com/rps.shtml
About Me
- La Leche League Stafford/Quantico
- We are the Stafford/Quantico local group of La Leche League International, a non-profit 501c3 organization dedicated to supporting and promoting breastfeeding and mother-to-mother support worldwide. La Leche League offers free breastfeeding support and information through: Free monthly meetings that welcome pregnant and nursing mothers with their young children Free telephone help from experienced Leaders Mother-to-mother support Lending library and books for sale Over 50 years of experience helping thousands of mothers Special couples and toddler’s meetings New Beginnings, a bimonthly electronic journal for parents
Thursday, May 3, 2012
Monday, March 5, 2012
LLL USA Leader Activity In relation to the Surgeon General’s “Call to Action to Support Breastfeeding” July 1- December 31, 2011
LLL USA Leader Activity
In relation to the Surgeon General’s “Call to Action to Support Breastfeeding”
July 1- December 31, 2011
By Brenda Bandy
Action Step 1: Give mothers the support they need to breastfeed their babies.
Implementation Strategies:
- Help pregnant women to learn about the importance of breastfeeding for their babies and themselves.
- Teach mothers to breastfeed.
- Encourage mothers to talk to their maternity care providers about plans to breastfeed.
- Support mothers to have time and flexibility to breastfeed.
- Encourage mothers to ask for help with breastfeeding when needed.
· La Leche League USA hosted over 7500 discussion group meetings in over 1250 locations throughout the U.S. in the last six months of 2011, serving over 45,800 mothers. LLL meetings help women learn about breastfeeding, prepare for a good start and overcome common breastfeeding challenges.
· LLL Leaders responded to over 82,000 requests for information outside of regular meetings in the period of July 1 –December 31, 2011.
· LLL USA held over 95 breastfeeding conferences, providing families and the general public with breastfeeding education. Over 2000 parents attended these events.
· Over 100 LLL groups are now using social media to further reach and support mothers.
Action 2. Develop programs to educate fathers and grandmothers about breastfeeding.
Implementation Strategies:
- Launch or establish campaigns for breastfeeding education that target a mother's primary support network, including fathers and grandmothers.
- Offer classes on breastfeeding that are convenient for family members to attend.
· LLL USA welcomed fathers at over 650 meetings in the last half of 2011. Over 600 fathers attended.
· LLL USA held over 95 educational events, serving over 300 fathers.
Action 3. Strengthen programs that provide mother-to-mother support and peer counseling.
Implementation Strategies:
- Create and maintain a sustainable infrastructure for mother-to-mother support groups and for peer counseling programs in hospitals and community health care settings.
· 53 continuing education programs were held for LLL Leaders. Over 740 LLL Leaders participated.
Action 9. Provide education and training in breastfeeding for all health professionals who care for women and children.
Implementation Strategies:
- Improve the breastfeeding content in undergraduate and graduate education and training for health professionals.
- Establish and incorporate minimum requirements for competency in lactation care into health professional credentialing, licensing, and certification processes.
- Increase opportunities for continuing education on the management of lactation to ensure the maintenance of minimum competencies and skills.
· LLL USA hosted five continuing education programs for health care providers, providing breastfeeding education to approximately 470 health care providers in the last six months of 2011.
Friday, January 20, 2012
Good news, the TSA has revised it's policy that determines liquid carry-ons for breastmilk
Good news, the TSA has revised it's policy that determines liquid carry-ons for breastmilk (it also includes juice and formula). This is a big deal, especially for those moms who work and travel.
If you don't have time to read this right now (it is short though) the main point is that Mothers are now able to carry on more than 3oz WITH or WITHOUT their baby. There are some guidelines but it doesn't look like there is any "catch". Here's the article
http://www.tsa.gov/travelers/airtravel/children/formula.shtm
If you don't have time to read this right now (it is short though) the main point is that Mothers are now able to carry on more than 3oz WITH or WITHOUT their baby. There are some guidelines but it doesn't look like there is any "catch". Here's the article
http://www.tsa.gov/travelers/airtravel/children/formula.shtm
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Friday, September 2, 2011
Could this assist you?
Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)
WIC is a supplemental food and nutrition education program that provides vouchers to
purchase specific foods. It provides nutrition counseling to pregnant, postpartum, or
breastfeeding women, infants, and children under age five with nutritional and financial needs.
Your child’s doctor or EPSDT screening providers must refer eligible infants and children to the
local health department for additional information and a WIC eligibility determination.
The Virginia Department of Health's Nutrition Services Team is committed to practicing and
promoting good health. Contact the Nutrition Services Team at 1-888-942-3663.
Head Start
Head Start is a federally funded pre-school program that serves low-income children and their
families. Contact your local school division for more information.
Healthy Start
Some areas in Virginia have high amounts of babies born with low birth weights, late-term
miscarriages, infant deaths, and births to teenage mothers. Pregnant women in these areas
are often unable to see doctors because they do not have insurance or enough insurance. The
Virginia Healthy Start Initiative (VHSI) is designed to reduce infant deaths in these urban and
rural areas and small towns: Norfolk, Petersburg, Portsmouth, and Westmoreland County.
Information about Healthy Start can be obtained by contacting the Healthy Start Program
Coordinator at the VDH Division of Women’s and Infant’s Health at 804-864-7764.
Early Intervention Program
Early intervention services, also known as “Part C” of the Individuals with Disabilities Act
(IDEA), are available throughout Virginia to help infants and toddlers from birth through age
two who are not developing as expected or who have a medical condition that can delay
normal development. For more information, visit the Early Intervention Program website at
www.infantva.org or call the toll-free number 1-800-234-1448.
Resource Mothers Program
Teenagers are a group at high risk for poor birth outcomes, both medically and socially. The
Resource Mothers Program trains and supervises laywomen to serve as a social support for
pregnant teenagers and teenage parents of infants. The program helps low-income pregnant
teenagers get prenatal care and other community services, follow good health care practices,
continue in school, and encourage the involvement of the infant’s father and teens’ parents to
create a stable, nurturing home. For further information, contact the Division of Women’s and
Infants’ Health, Virginia Department of Health at 804-864-7768
WIC is a supplemental food and nutrition education program that provides vouchers to
purchase specific foods. It provides nutrition counseling to pregnant, postpartum, or
breastfeeding women, infants, and children under age five with nutritional and financial needs.
Your child’s doctor or EPSDT screening providers must refer eligible infants and children to the
local health department for additional information and a WIC eligibility determination.
The Virginia Department of Health's Nutrition Services Team is committed to practicing and
promoting good health. Contact the Nutrition Services Team at 1-888-942-3663.
Head Start
Head Start is a federally funded pre-school program that serves low-income children and their
families. Contact your local school division for more information.
Healthy Start
Some areas in Virginia have high amounts of babies born with low birth weights, late-term
miscarriages, infant deaths, and births to teenage mothers. Pregnant women in these areas
are often unable to see doctors because they do not have insurance or enough insurance. The
Virginia Healthy Start Initiative (VHSI) is designed to reduce infant deaths in these urban and
rural areas and small towns: Norfolk, Petersburg, Portsmouth, and Westmoreland County.
Information about Healthy Start can be obtained by contacting the Healthy Start Program
Coordinator at the VDH Division of Women’s and Infant’s Health at 804-864-7764.
Early Intervention Program
Early intervention services, also known as “Part C” of the Individuals with Disabilities Act
(IDEA), are available throughout Virginia to help infants and toddlers from birth through age
two who are not developing as expected or who have a medical condition that can delay
normal development. For more information, visit the Early Intervention Program website at
www.infantva.org or call the toll-free number 1-800-234-1448.
Resource Mothers Program
Teenagers are a group at high risk for poor birth outcomes, both medically and socially. The
Resource Mothers Program trains and supervises laywomen to serve as a social support for
pregnant teenagers and teenage parents of infants. The program helps low-income pregnant
teenagers get prenatal care and other community services, follow good health care practices,
continue in school, and encourage the involvement of the infant’s father and teens’ parents to
create a stable, nurturing home. For further information, contact the Division of Women’s and
Infants’ Health, Virginia Department of Health at 804-864-7768
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Our 2011 Project:)
LLL Stafford/Quantico is happy to report that the World Breastfeeding Week Committee’s grant money was deposited and spent in full. Seeking the best deals possible, we ordered 20 copies of Breastfeeding in Combat Boots directly from Hale Publishing and also 28 copies of The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding, 10th edition from Amazon.com.
The following books have been distributed:
Central Rappahannock Library System (serving areas including South and North Stafford, Virginia) accepted copies of the Womanly Art of Breastfeeding and copies of Breastfeeding in Combat Boots.
Quantico Base library accepted copies of the Womanly Art of Breastfeeding and copies of Breastfeeding in Combat Boots.
The remaining majority of books were accepted at the Quantico Base Naval Relief Society where Parenting classes and new parent orientation is undergone. The New Parent Support Program offers classes and in-home support to new parents. We are thrilled to help add to their lending library.
Thank you again for this grant to help our moms in the Stafford/Quantico area!
The following books have been distributed:
Central Rappahannock Library System (serving areas including South and North Stafford, Virginia) accepted copies of the Womanly Art of Breastfeeding and copies of Breastfeeding in Combat Boots.
Quantico Base library accepted copies of the Womanly Art of Breastfeeding and copies of Breastfeeding in Combat Boots.
The remaining majority of books were accepted at the Quantico Base Naval Relief Society where Parenting classes and new parent orientation is undergone. The New Parent Support Program offers classes and in-home support to new parents. We are thrilled to help add to their lending library.
Thank you again for this grant to help our moms in the Stafford/Quantico area!
Friday, August 5, 2011
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