Stories Archives - Baby-Friendly USA Upholding the Highest Standards of Infant Feeding Care. Wed, 10 Jul 2024 15:43:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 146047820 What SHOULD Happen With Rooming-In https://www.babyfriendlyusa.org/news/what-should-happen-with-rooming-in/ Mon, 10 Jul 2023 18:39:40 +0000 https://www.babyfriendlyusa.org/?p=19624 Step 7 of the Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding calls for facilities to “enable mothers and their infants to remain together and to practice rooming-in 24 hours a day.” Regardless of whether a mother is breastfeeding or formula feeding, they should room-in with their newborn. This helps mothers and babies get to know each Read more

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]]> 19624 What SHOULD Happen When a Mother Who Planned to Breastfeed Asks for Formula https://www.babyfriendlyusa.org/news/what-should-happen-when-a-mother-who-planned-to-breastfeed-asks-for-formula/ Thu, 22 Jun 2023 14:58:11 +0000 https://www.babyfriendlyusa.org/?p=19597 “The best laid plans…” Things don’t always go as planned for moms who enter the hospital with a goal of breastfeeding their infant. Sometimes the mom and baby initially struggle with breastfeeding. Some popular social media videos have recently put forth some inaccurate information on this subject and BFUSA would like to set the Read more

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]]> 19597 UNC Hospitals – Chapel Hill First to Be Successfully Assessed on New Step 2 Competencies https://www.babyfriendlyusa.org/news/unc-hospitals-chapel-hill-first-to-be-successfully-assessed-on-new-step-2-competencies/ Thu, 08 Jun 2023 14:20:34 +0000 https://www.babyfriendlyusa.org/?p=19574 When Debbie Gordon, MSN, RN, IBCLC, joined the UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill as Manager of Lactation Services in September 2021, her primary mandate was to lead the UNC team through a successful Baby-Friendly redesignation process. As this was in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, this would not be an easy task. “The Read more

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]]> 19574 Authors of Three-Paper Series in The Lancet Call for End to Exploitative Marketing of Formula https://www.babyfriendlyusa.org/news/authors-of-three-paper-series-in-the-lancet-call-for-end-to-exploitative-marketing-of-formula/ Sat, 29 Apr 2023 15:54:03 +0000 https://www.babyfriendlyusa.org/?p=19510 BFUSA would like to draw your attention to the excellent presentations and panel discussion which supported the launch of a three-paper series in The Lancet, in which the authors collectively argue that breastfeeding is a collective responsibility and needs to be effectively protected, promoted and supported. CLICK HERE TO VIEW A VIDEO OF THE Read more

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]]> 19510 What Does It Take to Sustain Baby-Friendly Designation for 25+ Years? https://www.babyfriendlyusa.org/news/what-does-it-take-to-sustain-baby-friendly-designation-for-25-years/ Wed, 08 Mar 2023 02:28:12 +0000 https://www.babyfriendlyusa.org/?p=19434 “The 10 Steps were a way to standardize our practice across the unit and across the hospital, because there was basically nothing back then. We were really building it from scratch.” Sharon Baker, RN That’s how Sharon Baker, RN, remembers the early days of Baby-Friendly at Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital (NVRH) in Read more

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]]> 19434 Addressing Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Breastfeeding Through Community and Hospital-Based Approaches https://www.babyfriendlyusa.org/news/addressing-racial-ethnic-disparities-in-breastfeeding-through-community-and-hospital-based-approaches/ Wed, 11 Jan 2023 23:37:30 +0000 https://www.babyfriendlyusa.org/?p=19322 Baby-Friendly USA encourages you to watch this informative "Breastfeeding Grand Rounds" webcast sponsored by the University at Albany School of Public Health, in partnership with the New York State Department of Health's WIC program. The rich discussion addresses reducing racial/ethnic breastfeeding disparities through both hospital and community efforts, and features panelists Anne Merewood, PhD, Read more

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]]> 19322 Entire NYC Health + Hospitals System Is Baby-Friendly After Kings County Designation https://www.babyfriendlyusa.org/news/entire-nyc-health-hospitals-system-is-baby-friendly-after-kings-county-designation/ Mon, 05 Dec 2022 18:42:55 +0000 https://www.babyfriendlyusa.org/?p=19251 The key members of the Baby-Friendly team at NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County in Brooklyn, NY, remember with fondness the moment they heard the news that their facility had finally achieved Baby-Friendly designation in August 2022. “I was so excited when I got the call from BFUSA,” says Chantal Turnier, CLC, Kings County’s Breastfeeding Read more

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]]> 19251 Cape Cod Hospital Perseveres to Achieve Baby-Friendly Designation https://www.babyfriendlyusa.org/news/cape-cod-hospital-perseveres-to-achieve-baby-friendly-designation/ Thu, 10 Nov 2022 17:02:07 +0000 https://www.babyfriendlyusa.org/?p=19215 “We were 10 days from our assessment date when COVID shut everything down.” That’s how Heather Lakatos, one of Cape Cod Hospital’s Lactation Consultants remembers the first of several unexpected hurdles she and the team at the hospital needed to overcome in order to achieve their goal of Baby-Friendly designation. L to R: Read more

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]]> 19215 BFUSA Welcomes Brianna Clark as New Board Member https://www.babyfriendlyusa.org/news/bfusa-welcomes-brianna-clark-as-new-board-member/ Thu, 10 Nov 2022 16:13:00 +0000 https://www.babyfriendlyusa.org/?p=19222 As a primary care physician in a rural environment, Brianna Clark, DO, MPH, CNPM, CLC, the newest member of BFUSA’s Board of Directors, encounters the full spectrum of care in her practice. “I cover ER clinic, inpatient medicine, nursing home care management, etc. I do a little bit of everything,” she says. But her Read more

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]]> 19222 A Life and Career Enhanced by Baby-Friendly https://www.babyfriendlyusa.org/news/a-life-and-career-enhanced-by-baby-friendly/ Tue, 12 Apr 2022 00:59:52 +0000 https://www.babyfriendlyusa.org/?p=18918 Natashia Conner Goes from Mom to Mother Partner to IBCLC to Health Equity Advocate We met Dr. Natashia Conner where so many people meet these days – on Facebook. In a moment of reflection during National Black History Month 2022, she posted about her journey and the impact Baby-Friendly has had on her life Read more

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