WIC Program - Breastfeeding Reading

Breastfeeding and Childbirth Classes

• Class information for 2012 / 2013

  • Daytona Beach (.pdf - 218 kb)  (.txt - 3 kb)
  • DeLand - N. Spring Garden Ave. (.pdf - 180 kb)  (.txt - 3 kb)
  • Deltona - Howland Blvd (.pdf - 188 kb)  (.txt - 3 kb)
  New Smyrna Beach (.pdf - 367 kb)  (.txt - 2 kb)

• R.S.V.P. for a Class

Your Guide to Breastfeeding

• WIC & Breastfeeding (.pdf  - 408 kb) source: Florida Department of Health
   
• Breastfeeding & Work (.pdf - 335 kb) source: Florida Department of Health
  
  
• WIC's Circle of Care for Breastfeeding Mothers - How Peer Counselors Help
  (.pdf - 405 kb) (.txt - 4 kb)
  
  
• Florida Breastfeeding Coalition website
   
• La Leche League International website
   
• Florida Department of Health - WIC website

For Dads

• Fathers Can Support Breastfeeding (.pdf - 236 kb) source: USDA.gov
   
• Breastfeeding Your Baby - Making the Decision Together (.pdf - 219 kb) source: USDA.gov
   
• Dads and Breastfeeding - source: kellymom
   
• What Is the Father's Role in the Breastfeeding Relationship? source: La Leche League International
   
• Poster #1: Fathers Supporting Breastfeeding (.pdf - 257 kb) source: USDA.gov
   
• Poster #2: Fathers Can Support Breastfeeding (.pdf - 337 kb) source: USDA.gov

 

Common Concerns

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• My breasts feel too full. Do I have too much milk?
   
• How do I know when my baby is hungry?
   
• How do I know when my baby is full?
   
• How do I feed my sleepy baby?
   
• How can I tell if my baby is getting enough to eat?
   

Resource List

• Breastfeeding Support, La Leche League of Volusia County, Healthy Start

Contact a Peer Counselor

• Breastfeeding Peer Counselors

Breastfeeding In The News

• Peaceful Revolution: Why Breastfeeding Needs To Be Part of Health Care Reform



• Breast Milk Associated with Greater Mental Development in Preterm Infants, Fewer Re-Hospitalizations source: NIH News
  

 

Local Support Meetings

• Find a Central Florida La Leche League Group

Slings

• TheBabywearer.com