Lactation toolkits and resources
Lactation friendly toolkits, handouts, and resources for workplaces, child care, health care, and families to promote, protect, and support breastfeeding.
Colorado lactation laws
- Colorado lactation laws support breastfeeding (English). (PDF)
- Leyes de lactancia materna de Colorado (Spanish). (PDF)
- Colorado lactation laws. (Colorado Breastfeeding Coalition webpage)
- Colorado lactation laws PDF handout. (Colorado Breastfeeding Coalition)
- Colorado WIC Breastfeeding Laws Explained. (Colorado WIC website)
- Colorado breastfeeding in public law. (PDF)
- Colorado Workplace Accommodation for Nursing Mothers Act. (PDF)
- Summary of breastfeeding state laws. (National Conference of State Legislatures website)e)
Federal laws
- Federal workplace legislation under health care reform PUMP Act. (US Department of Labor website)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- The CDC Guide to Strategies to Support Breastfeeding Mothers and Babies. (PDF, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website)
- The CDC Guide to Breastfeeding Intervention. (CDC website)
- Breastfeeding reports and toolkits. (CDC website)
National Library of Medicine
- Medline Plus: Breastfeeding. (National Library of Medicine website)
Surgeon General
- Surgeon General's call to action to support breastfeeding. (US Department of Health and Human Services website)
U.S. Breastfeeding Committee
The U.S. Breastfeeding Committee (USBC) is a national coalition of organizational members representing nonprofits (national, state, local, and community), breastfeeding coalitions, and federal agencies working to protect, promote, and support breastfeeding and human milk feeding.
- U.S. Breastfeeding Committee (USBC). (USBC website)
World Breastfeeding Week
- Colorado World Breastfeeding Week/National Breastfeeding Month campaigns. (Google Drive folder)
Data
Lactation data is mostly self-reported data from families collected through various surveys.
- Breastfeeding data. (web page)
- Colorado breastfeeding rates data slides and graphs. (Google Drive folder)
- National Immunization Survey breastfeeding rates. (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website)
- Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System data
- National PRAMS data. (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website)
- Colorado Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) data. (CDPHE website)
- Healthy People 2030 sets data-driven national objectives to improve health and well-being over the next decade. (U.S. Department of Human Services website)
- Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity data. (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website)
- Colorado data and statistics. (CDPHE website)
- Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC website)
- WIC breastfeeding data local agency report. (USDA website)
- Colorado WIC data. (Colorado WIC website)
Lactation-friendly child care providers and child care resources
- Find a Lactation-Friendly Child Care Provider in Colorado. (Healthy Child Care Colorado website)
- Breastfeeding in child care Toolkit: For Child care Center Professionals. (PDF)
- Breastfeeding in child care Toolkit: For family Child Care Home Professionals. (PDF)
- Manual para la lactancia en las guarderías infantiles: para profesionales al servicio de guarderías infantiles. (PDF)
- Manual para la lactancia durante el cuidado infantil: para familiares y profesionales al cuidado infantil en el hogar. (PDF)
- Choosing a breastfeeding-friendly child care. (PDF)
- Tips for Starting Your Breastfed Baby in Child Care: A toolkit for parents. (PDF)
- Consejos para que Su Bebe Comience a ir a la Guarderia: Un manual para los padres o tutores. (PDF)
Lactation-friendly jails
- Lactation-Friendly Jails toolbox. (Google Drive Folder)
Lactation friendly food pantry guidelines
- Guidelines for the Breastfeeding-Friendly Food Pantry. (PDF) (Colorado Breastfeeding Coalition)
Lactation-friendly health care provider
- Lactation-Friendly Health Care Provider. (PDF) (Colorado Breastfeeding Coalition)
Toolkits
- Lactation-friendly toolkits, handouts, and resources for workplaces, child care, health care, and families. (webpage)
- Life with Breastfeeding Toolkit for Parents (English). (PDF)
- Tu Vida y la Lactancia (Espanol). (PDF)
- Lactation-Friendly Workplace. (PDF) (Colorado Breastfeeding Coalition)
Colorado lactation laws handout
- Colorado Laws Support Breastfeeding (PDF). (Colorado Breastfeeding Coalition)
- Leyes de lactancia materna de Colorado (PDF). (Colorado Breastfeeding Coalition)
Thinking about breastfeeding
- Breastfeeding. (PDF) (Colorado Breastfeeding Coalition)
- Lactancia. (PDF). (Colorado Breastfeeding Coalition)
Guide to Breastfeeding
- Guide to Breastfeeding English (PDF). (WIC Colorado)
- Guia Para la Lactancia Spanish (PDF). (WIC Colorado)
Hospital information and birth plans
- My birth plan
- English and Spanish. (PDF) (WIC Colorado)
- My Birth Plan printable/fillable
- Baby-Friendly hospitals: A handout for families. (PDF)
- Baby-Friendly hospitals: A handout for hospital staff. (PDF)
Hand Expression
Pumping breast milk
- English. (PDF)
- Spanish. (PDF)
- Pump providers. (Health First Colorado)
Lactation Friendly Workplaces recognition program
- Employers info flyer. (PDF) (Colorado Breastfeeding Coalition)
Being an advocate
- How to be an advocate flyer. (PDF) (Colorado Breastfeeding Coalition)
Lactation-friendly child care providers and child care resources
- Find a Lactation-Friendly Child Care Provider in Colorado. (Healthy Child Care Colorado website)
- Breastfeeding in child care. (PDF)
- Choosing a breastfeeding-friendly child care. (PDF)
- Tips for Starting Your Breastfed Baby in Child Care: A toolkit for parents. (PDF)
- Consejos para que Su Bebe Comience a ir a la Guarderia: Un manual para los padres o tutores. (PDF)
Human milk storage guidelines
Paced bottle feeding
- Colorado WIC: Paced bottle feeding English and Spanish. (PDF)
- Toddlers, Breast Milk and Child Care. (PDF)
- Colorado WIC: Breast milk sharing. (PDF)
- Feeding Both Breast Milk and Formula English and Spanish. (PDF)
- Breastfeeding and Jury Duty English and Spanish. (PDF)
- Breastfeeding at Swimming Pools English and Spanish. (PDF)
- Colorado World Breastfeeding Week/National Breastfeeding Month campaigns. (Google Drive folder)
- Breastfeeding resources. (Google Drive folder)
Cannabis Use in Pregnancy and Lactation
- Cannabis: Health care provider resources. (CDPHE webpage)
- Cannabis, You and Your Baby handout for parents in a variety of languages
WIC Colorado Preparing Infant Formula
Colorado resources
- Colorado local lactation resources. (Google Drive folder)