We are excited to share two Breastfeeding Friendly Child Care Designation opportunities.
- The local Breastfeeding Friendly Child Care designation that includes technical assistance from the Orange County Partnership for Young Children or Breastfeed Durham.
- The recently re-launched North Carolina Breastfeeding-Friendly Child Care Designation (NC BFCCD).
Resources
- CGBI Ten Steps to Breastfeeding Friendly Childcare
- Achieving Health Equity video
- CGBI Childcare designation tool kit (includes self-assessment)
- Digital folders to help you with your work to become a Breastfeeding Friendly Child Care Provider
- Carolina Global Breastfeeding Institute’s Online Classroom, Breastfeeding University
- Local Breastfeeding Friendly Child Care Designation application form
- NC State Breastfeeding Friendly Child Care Designation application
- NC DHHS, Breastfeeding Promotion and Support page
- NC Breastfeeding Coalition, Breastfeeding Friendly Community Partner and Employer awards
- NC Law related to public breastfeeding
- Healthy Horizons (has a wonderful gallery of images of lactation spaces)
- Parents Magazine article, “This is what the ultimate pumping room looks like” (September 2019)
- American Institute of Architects, Lactation Room Design – Lactation/Wellness Room Design (Reposted on the University of Pennsylvania Center for Public Health Initiatives website).
View All More Learning Bursts
- Breastfeeding Friendly Childcare – An Overview
- Normalizing Breastfeeding Throughout Your Program
- Breastfeeding Supports in the Classroom – Environments
- Breastfeeding Supports in the Classroom – Curriculum
- Feeding Infants – Paced Bottle Feeding and Child-Led Weaning
- Communicating with Families about Breastfeeding
- Creating a Lactation Space
- Applying for Breastfeeding Friendly Designations
- Writing a Breastfeeding Policy – Part 1
- Writing a Breastfeeding Policy – Part 2