Early childhood teachers and providers with lactation knowledge and supportive practices can increase the length of time babies are breastfed, leading to better health for parents and babies.
Lactation Friendly Child Care Toolkits
Toolkit resources
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Tips for Starting your Breastfed Baby in Child Care – a toolkit for parents/guardians | Spanish.
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Lactation-Friendly Child Care Self-Assessment
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Colorado lactation laws (bilingual).
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Child Care Breast Milk Storage Guidelines (bilingual).
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Paced bottle feeding handout (bilingual).
Toolkit training
For partners
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Webinar: Breastfeeding in Child Care Toolkit Training - a train-the-trainer webinar for partners.
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Partner slide deck: Breastfeeding in Child Care Toolkit Training Presentation for Partners - a presentation for partners to adapt and use to train child care professionals.
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Spanish toolkit training webinar and slides to adapt and use to train providers.
For child care providers
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Supporting Breastfeeding in Child Care - free, interactive online lactation training available for any early childhood teacher:
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PDIS (Professional Development Information System) - Colorado Shines training site. Search “breastfeeding” in the Training or Learning sections.
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Lactation-Friendly Recognition
Become officially recognized as a Lactation-Friendly location by implementing written policy and practices, as outlined in the lactation-friendly toolkits.
- Colorado Breastfeeding Coalition resources and information.
- Healthy Child Care Colorado statewide recognition program and application.
- See a list of Lactation-Friendly sites in Colorado.
Guidance for early childhood educators
Lactation information for early childhood educators
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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Breastfeeding - national guidelines and recommendations, handling and storage, policies, FAQs and more.
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Infant Hygiene – information on infant feeding and diapering.
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Office on Women’s Health (OWH) Breastfeeding - general breastfeeding information, pumping tips, and employer information. Call the OWH Helpline at 1-800-994-9662 7 a.m. - 4 p.m. MT, Monday-Friday.
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Business Case for Breastfeeding - education and resources for employers.
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Lactation break time and space in all industries - resources for how to create lactation spaces in all types of workplaces.
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Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine - helpful information and protocols on breast milk benefits, storage, and more.
Human Milk Storage & Feeding Tips
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Colorado human milk storage guidelines for licensed child care programs.
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Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) – breast milk exposure.
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Paced bottle feeding
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Video: Paced Bottle Feeding, Breastfeeding Success.
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Video: Paced Bottle Feeding Best Feeding Lactation Services LLC.
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Video: Spanish - Alimentar a un Bebé, Boulder County Public Health.
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Handouts.
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Lactation Education Resources (bilingual).
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Paced bottle feeding handout (bilingual).
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Starting solid foods
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Starting solid foods – parent education handouts.
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Is baby ready for solid foods? - KellyMom.
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Healthy Children: Ages and Stages - AAP food and nutrition guidelines for all stages of child development. Available in Spanish.
National standards on quality health and safety practices and policies for early childhood educators:
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Carolina Global Breastfeeding Institute (CGBI) – materials and handouts for child care professionals.
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Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) - provides reimbursement for healthy meals and snacks served to Colorado’s children and adults in care centers and homes.
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Boulder County - breastfeeding toolkits, materials, and local resources.
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Healthy Kids, Healthy Future - useful breastfeeding and infant feeding materials.
Info and handouts to provide to families
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Parents and families - useful links and resources for families.
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Breastfeeding in child care - helpful resources for families.
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Colorado Breastfeeding Coalition - free handouts and useful web pages to share with parents.
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La Leche League Colorado - Support groups and resources for breastfeeding families in Colorado. Available in Spanish.
- Lactation education resources – free downloadable handouts for parents in English, Spanish, Chinese, Arabic and Vietnamese.
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WIC Works Resource System – free downloadable handouts for parents on breastfeeding and nutrition.
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Colorado WIC - breastfeeding information for all parents, resources and printable/virtual handouts.
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Healthy Children: Ages and Stages - Food and nutrition guidelines for all stages of child development. Developed by the American Academy of Pediatrics. Available in Spanish.
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Feeding Cues handouts.
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BreastfeedLA – handouts in multiple languages.
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Paced bottle feeding handout – Lactation Education Resources.
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Hunger cues – Lactation Education Resources.
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Hunger cues - KellyMom.
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Infant Developmental Skills - USDA WIC.
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Carolina Global Breastfeeding Institute (CGBI) – education and reference materials for child care centers.
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KellyMom – Professional Handouts.
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Nutrition.gov – breastfeeding handouts.
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Spanish for Breastfeeding Support – resources and handouts.
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American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) – Bright Futures resources and handouts for families.
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MedlinePlus – Breastfeeding information in multiple languages.
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Solid foods.
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Starting solid foods – AAP parent education handouts.
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Guide to Solid Foods | Spanish.- Colorado WIC.
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Colorado lactation laws – Colorado Breastfeeding Coalition.
Communicating with families
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extension – Child care resources.
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Zero to Three – How to Communicate with Parents.
Baby behavior
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How to calm a crying baby.
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Video: How to Calm a Crying Baby.
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Video: Crying.
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Feeding cues.
Additional breastfeeding training options
Additional resources
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National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care.
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Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine protocol on human milk storage.
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How to Support Breastfeeding Mothers at Work and Child Care: A Simple Guide for Child Care Providers.
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Seeking Support for Breastfeeding at Work and Child Care: A Parent Guide.
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Colorado child care breastfeeding standards and best practices.
Pumping and feeding
Paced bottle feeding
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Video: Paced Bottle Feeding, Breastfeeding Success.
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Video: Paced Bottle Feeding Best Feeding Lactation Services LLC.
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Video: Spanish - Alimentar a un Bebé, Boulder County Public Health.
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Handouts.
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Lactation Education Resources (bilingual).
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Paced bottle feeding handout (bilingual).
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Pumping breast milk, breast massage, hand expression
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Breast Pumps.
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Breast massage and hand expression.
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Video: Milk expression tips.
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Video: Pumping Strategies: Maximizing Your Output – breast massage.
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Video: The Basics of Breast Massage and Hand Expression (Spanish subtitles).
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Stanford Medicine
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Video: Hand expression.
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Video: Maximizing milk production.
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Marmet Technique of hand expression videos.
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Starting solid foods
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American Academy of Pediatrics.
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Starting solid foods – parent education handouts.
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Is baby ready for solid foods? - KellyMom.
Education and promotion
Breastfeeding posters
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Carolina Global Breastfeeding Institute (CGBI) – education and reference materials for child care centers.
Breastfeeding toys and books
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Toys and activities.
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Nursing Pets – Manhattan Toy.
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Videos and Breastfeeding coloring books – Noodle Soup, Inc. and others.
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Books.
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My New Baby – by Rachel Fuller.
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If My Mom Were a Platypus: Mammal Babies and Their Mothers – by Dia L. Michels.
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Mama’s Milk – by Michael Elsohn Ross. (Available in Spanish.)
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Supermom and The World is Full of Babies! – by Mick Manning.
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What Baby Needs and Baby on the Way – by William Sears MD and Martha Sears RN.
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We Like to Nurse – by Chia Martin.
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Best Milk – by Kate Carothers.
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Helpful links
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Breastfeeding in the workplace - policies, information, lactation space ideas, etc. for employers.
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