WIC Program - Breastfeeding Reading

Classes at the Volusia County Health Department

• Class information for 2012

  • Eastside - Daytona Beach / New Smyrna Beach (.pdf - 825 kb)
  • DeLand - N. Spring Garden Ave. (.pdf - 225 kb)
  • Deltona - Howland Blvd (.pdf - 604 kb)

• R.S.V.P. for a Class

Your Guide to Breastfeeding

• WIC & Breastfeeding (.pdf  - 408 kb) source: Florida Department of Health
   
• Your Guide to Breastfeeding - 48 pages (.pdf - 3 mb) source: womenshealth.gov
  Topics:
• Why breastfeeding is important
• Breastfeeding in public
• Learning to breastfeed
• Common questions
• Tear-out feeding chart
• Common Challenges
   
• Florida Breastfeeding Coalition
   
• La Leche League International
   
• Florida Department of Health - WIC

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

• Latch Videos
   
  
• 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
  

Local Support Meetings

• Find a Central Florida La Leche League Group

Slings

• TheBabywearer.com