Lactation Toolkits and Resources

Colorado Lactation Toolkits

• Life with Breastfeeding - A Guide for Parents and Families | Spanish.

• Lactation Friendly Workplace.

• Lactation Friendly Child Care:

  • For Early Childhood Centers | Spanish.
    

  • For Family Child Care Homes | Spanish.

• Lactation Friendly Health Care Provider.

• Guidelines for the Breastfeeding Friendly Food Pantry.

• Lactation Friendly Jails toolbox.

Colorado Lactation Handouts

• Colorado lactation laws handout - English and Spanish.

• Thinking about breastfeeding - English and Spanish.

• Guide to Breastfeeding | Spanish.

• Hospital information and birth plans.

  • My birth plan - English and Spanish.

  • My Birth Plan printable/fillable - English | Spanish.

  • Baby-Friendly hospitals - handout for families.

  • Baby-Friendly hospitals - handout for hospital staff.

• Hand Expression | Spanish.

• Pumping breast milk | Spanish.

• Pump providers - Health First Colorado.

• Lactation Friendly Workplaces - recognition program:

  • Employers info flyer.

  • How to be an advocate flyer.

• Finding a Breastfeeding Friendly Child Care - English and Spanish.

• Human milk storage guidelines | Spanish.

• Paced bottle feeding - English and Spanish.

• Toddlers, Breast Milk and Child Care.

• Breast milk sharing.

• Feeding Both Breast Milk and Formula - English and Spanish.

• Breastfeeding and Jury Duty.

• Breastfeeding at Swimming Pools.

• Colorado World Breastfeeding Week/National Breastfeeding Month campaigns.

• Cannabis Use in Pregnancy and Lactation:

  • Clinical guidance and resources for health care providers.

  • Cannabis, You and Your Baby - handout for parents.

• Preparing Infant Formula | Spanish.

Colorado local lactation resources.

Workplace lactation accommodation - Google folder for partners with sample policies, corporate policies, spaces ideas, and more.

Breastfeeding resources - Google folder with all available resources.

Colorado lactation data

Lactation data is mostly self-reported data from families collected on a variety of surveys.

• Colorado breastfeeding rates - data slides and graphs.

• National Immunization Survey breastfeeding rates - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

• Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS):

  • National PRAMS data - CDC.

  • Colorado PRAMS data - CDPHE.

• Healthy People Objectives - U.S. Department of Human Services.

• Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity data - CDC.

• Colorado obesity data - CDPHE.

• Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC):

  • National WIC breastfeeding data - USDA.

  • Colorado WIC data - CDPHE.

Breastfeeding laws and legislation

• Colorado lactation laws | handout.

• Colorado breastfeeding in public law.

• Colorado Workplace Accommodation for Nursing Mothers Act.

• Federal workplace legislation under health care reform - PUMP Act.

• State summary of breastfeeding legislation at National Conference of State Legislatures.