Friday morning was the Breast Feeding Walk in Dutchess County. I had wanted to go last year but with The Girl being so colic it didn't happen. I asked my sister-in-law and her 2 year old son to join me and off we went.
We stopped for some snacks to bribe the kiddies with, cookies for The Girl and a roll for The Cousin. It seemed to hit the spot!
We sang songs and learned the 10 steps to successful breastfeeding we began our 1 mile walk from the Poughkeepsie Journal building to the Civic Center.
 | Ten Steps to Successful BreastfeedingEvery facility providing maternity services and care for newborn infants should:
- Have a written breastfeeding policy that is routinely communicated to all health care staff.
- Train all health care staff in skills necessary to implement this policy.
- Inform all pregnant women about the benefits and management of breastfeeding.
- Help mothers initiate breastfeeding within half an hour of birth.
- Show mothers how to breastfeed, and how to maintain lactation even if they should be separated from their infants.
- Give newborn infants no food or drink other than breast milk, unless medically indicated.
- Practise rooming-in - that is, allow mothers and infants to remain together - 24 hours a day.
- Encourage breastfeeding on demand.
- Give no artificial teats or pacifiers (also called dummies or soothers) to breastfeeding infants.
- Foster the establishment of breastfeeding support groups and refer mothers to them on discharge from the hospital or clinic.
Source: Protecting, Promoting and Supporting Breastfeeding: The Special Role of Maternity Services, a joint WHO/UNICEF statement published by the World Health Organization.
After our walk we met at the Civic Center to play games, talk with other moms, ate lunch and win some prizes. I even won a $25.00 gc to ShopRite!
I think everyone had a great day, especially the kids....
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1 comment:
I'm a big supporter! Glad you had a nice walk!
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