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COVID-19 Children’s Health

March 26, 2020 | COVID-19

Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Information for Children’s Health Advocates Updated March 24th, 2020 Coronaviruses are a family of viruses that cause symptoms similar to the common cold, like a runny nose, cough, and sore throat. They can also lead to more serious respiratory diseases, like ... Read More

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Celebrate International Women’s Day March 8, 2020

March 9, 2020 | Community Women's Health

How do we ensure that a woman's right to breastfeeding support is realised in the era of generation equality? The solution includes: more equal sharing of care work within the parenting team, enhanced community understanding of existing inequalities, engaging with men and boys to support ... Read More

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FDA on Marijuana, THC, CBD-Breastfeeding and Pregnancy

November 14, 2019 | Breast Feeding Community News Pregnancy

New Alert from the FDA on Marijuana, THC, CBD Now that the sale and use of marijuana is legal in many states for medical use and in some states for recreational use, do you discuss the use of cannabis and cannabis-derived products with your pregnant ... Read More

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Only a Third of Pregnant Women Getting Vaccinations They Need

October 10, 2019 | Pregnancy Vaccinations

TUESDAY, Oct. 8, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- About two-thirds of pregnant women in the United States don't get vaccinated against both flu and whooping cough, putting them and their newborns at risk, a new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says. ... Read More

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Exercise While Breastfeeding

September 19, 2019 | Breast Feeding Exercise Wellness Women's Health

Exercise While Breastfeeding Moms face many barriers in the postpartum period, in regards to life balance, motherhood, breastfeeding, and maintaining a healthy lifestyle that includes a healthy diet and exercise program. In the August 2019 Journal of Women’s Health Physical Therapy, authors surveyed more than 600 moms ... Read More

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Anyone can be a superhero!

August 6, 2019 | Breast Feeding

Celebrate World Breatfeeding Month Protect your right to breastfeed! Anyone can be a superhero. Colorado laws allow breastfeeding in public. Employers in Colorado are required to provide private space, not a toilet stall, and break time to pump or breastfeed. #COHealthyKids #WBW2019 #COBreastfeeds Talk to ... Read More

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Fathers are Key Team Players to Breastfeeding Success

June 17, 2019 | Breast Feeding Fathers

Fathering norms are constantly changing. Fathers nowadays are more involved in the day-to-day care of children and share more work at home, a vital and ongoing change in the long road towards gender equality. Fathers are more and more involved in caring for babies and have a profound influence on ... Read More

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Reality-New moms fall asleep feeding their babies…

April 30, 2019 | Breast Feeding

Where will you be when (not if) you fall asleep while feeding your baby? Dr. Ann Kellams-breaks down the reality of feeding your baby at night, and how to prepare safe feeding spaces, in her blog written for the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine. Healthy newborns wake easily and ... Read More

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Product Recall-Fisher Price “Rock and Play”

April 11, 2019 | News

Public service announcement: MONDAY, April 8, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Ten infants are known to have died in the Fisher-Price Rock 'n Play sleeper since 2015, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) warns. In a joint statement with Fisher-Price, the CPSC said it voted ... Read More

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