Tummies To Toes

Happy breastfeeding week!

After teaching an incredible birthing class this weekend, I realized that many people are not aware of the conflict of interest regarding the marketing around commercial milk formula. Here are some links that you might be interested in during Canada's Breastfeeding Week:

World Health Organization/UN report summary: https://news.un.org/en/story/2022/02/1112452

Babies Before Business BJM article:https://gh.bmj.com/content/bmjgh/7/8/e009640.full.pdf

Tigers (movie) on some streaming services or at your public Library
: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tigers_(2014_film)

Baby formula marketing ‘pervasive, misleading and aggressive’ – UN report Parents and pregnant women globally are exposed to aggressive marketing for baby formula milk, according to a report launched jointly by two UN agencies on Tuesday.

Heads up!

Interim guidance: Public health management of cases and contacts associated with novel coronavirus disease 2019 (2019-nCoVCOVID-19) - Canada.ca Interim guidance for federal/provincial/territorial (F/P/T) public health authorities (PHA) in the event that a case of human illness caused by a novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is suspected or confirmed within their jurisdictions.

So many questions about COVID-19. Here are the US guidelines from the ACOG.

Practice Advisory: Novel Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) - ACOG Clinical Guidance Search Clinical Guidance Practice Bulletins Committee Opinions Practice Advisories Obstetric Care Consensus Series Task Force and Work Group Reports Technology Assessments ACOG Collaboration with Peer Organizations ACOG Collaboration with Peer Organizations on Clinical Documents AC...

There is a wonderful speaker, Dr. James McKenna coming to Waterloo this Fall. Speaking about: The Return of Humankind's Oldest and Most Successful Sleep and Feeding Arrangement
Save the date - Oct 1 and 2!

Save the Date! Ontario BFI Expo 2020 – Baby Friendly Initiative Ontario BFION is the provincial representative for the Breastfeeding Committee for Canada. BFION partners with hospitals and community health services to assist and support them to achieve and maintain Baby-Friendly designation.

FYI:

Infant formula recalled due to rancidity, off colour | CBC News Canadian Food Inspection Agency says the product has been associated with reports of illness

So sad-it was such a great resource

The Hospital for Sick Children - Motherisk April 16, 2019 - Today, the Motherisk Helplines are closing. The decision follows years of declining grant funding leading to staff reductions, as well as unsuccessful efforts to secure an alternative host for the program.

Survey Sharing Request for the Baby Friendly initiative

We are seeking feedback from parents who have given birth within the past few years in Ontario.

Please pass the following link along to mother-to-mother support groups or any families that have given birth in the last 3 years Here is the link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/VMSNL6Q

The survey is easy to complete, asks 10 questions, and should not take long to finish. Participation is voluntary and no identifying information will be shared. The information summarized from the survey will enrich a BFI report card for Ontario.

BFION Parent Survey BFI Ontario appreciates your time to complete this short survey. There are 10 questions. Participation is voluntary and no identifying information will be shared. Take this survey powered by surveymonkey.com. Create your own surveys for free.

I love this resource from the UK! Hope you enjoy it too!

www.unicef.org.uk

I get questions about Iron and breastfeeding all the time, and recently came across this article

internationalbreastfeedingjournal.biomedcentral.com

This just out, new guidelines about Physical activity in pregnancy:

csepguidelines.ca