Samuel U. Rodgers WIC

09/05/2025

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A Cochrane review determined that breastfeeding before and during vaccination injections helped to reduce pain in most babies up to the age of one year?

Results showed that breastfeeding reduced crying in babies having vaccinations. On average, breastfed babies cried for 38 seconds less than babies who were not breastfed, and pain scores were significantly lower too.

Similarly breastfeeding during blood tests in newborn babies reduces pain, and it’s likely has similar results for older babies too.

Breastfeeding is a useful tool for breastfeeding parents and babies for so many reasons, not least when it comes to unpleasant procedures; where possible breastfeeding through these can make the whole experience more bearable for both parties.

08/29/2025

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WIC provides breastfeeding support for moms through family, community and partner engagement by hosting prenatal breastfeeding classes for pregnant women and their support. Dads, grandparents, sisters and friends are always welcome at WIC!

08/19/2025

Did you know that your breast milk changes to meet your baby's needs? Contact your WIC local agency if you have questions about changes in your milk. Learn more about each phase and why each phase is good for your baby. yourhttps://wicbreastfeeding.fns.usda.gov/phases-breast-milk

08/19/2025

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All over the world, many mothers and other nursing parents stop breastfeeding soon after they start due to early challenges. This free video (scroll down for the Spanish version) shows an approach that can make early nursing much easier. What was your experience? Did you ever try this? https://naturalbreastfeeding.com/

08/15/2025

08/08/2025

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It's .

Breastfeeding is easier when mums have our support!

👨‍👧‍👦 Families
🫂 Friends
💻 Work
🩺 Health workers
💼 Governments

Let’s support mums everywhere to breastfeed as long as they would like.

08/08/2025

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Cluster feeding is one of those parts of breastfeeding nothing can really prepare you for.

It’s when your baby seems to want to nurse nonstop for hours. When you feel like you can’t get off the couch. When you wonder if you even have enough milk to keep up. And when the thought of latching your baby on again makes you want to cry.

It’s exhausting. It’s draining. It can make you feel like you’re failing.

But here’s the thing cluster feeding is completely normal. It doesn’t mean you don’t have enough milk. It doesn’t mean your baby isn’t satisfied. It means your baby is growing, adjusting, and building your supply to meet their needs.

Those endless nights and long afternoons of back-to-back feeds are your baby’s way of telling your body what to do. And while it feels like forever when you’re in it, it won’t last forever.

So if you’re sitting there with a baby who wants to nurse every twenty minutes, know that you aren’t broken. You aren’t doing anything wrong. You’re doing exactly what your baby needs.

You’re enough. And your baby is thriving because of you.

08/06/2025

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It's already day 6! Can you believe it? Only one more day to help us bring awareness to the normalization and importance of breastfeeding for mom and baby.

08/06/2025

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Support: WIC provides breastfeeding support by giving participants access to a support network that includes IBCLCs, peer counselors, breastfeeding supplies, referrals, breastfeeding classes and support groups. Contact your WIC local agency to learn about all the resources your agency provides.
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08/06/2025

Support: WIC provides breastfeeding support by giving participants access to a support network that includes IBCLCs, peer counselors, breastfeeding supplies, referrals, breastfeeding classes and support groups. Contact your WIC local agency to learn about all the resources your agency provides.
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08/03/2025

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Especially in the first months, letting your baby suckle whenever they want to is essential to establishing a good milk supply, including at night, and including in that sleepy, fluttering haze that causes the well-meaning “they’re not getting any milk” advice.

Our babies are born with no blueprint for manipulation. None whatsoever. Let them feed as much as they want to; that's how your milk production is stimulated, and it’s how your baby fully relaxes into the world.

Night feeds also protect against SIDS, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, reducing the risk by as much as 50%.

Follow your gut and your baby, not the books, the well-meaning advice, or the clock.

While we’re here, your baby falling asleep at your breast is healthy and normal too. Waking up the second we put them down is also normal.

It’s intense for you, it can be overwhelming and it can take you out of the rhythm of everything you’ve ever known. It feels like forever whilst we’re in it. Go with it as best you can.

Re-watch every single one of your favourite series, movies and Instagram videos. 4 times. Feed wherever you are (in the UK you're protected by law to breastfeed anywhere in public), wear a sling if you can, like a snack bar.

Drink pints of water, eat whatever you like.

You've got this.

Visit our website for a wealth of wisdom from mothers who have been there, at https://human-milk.com/pages/is-this-normal

08/02/2025

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is celebrated every year in the first week of August to recognize breastfeeding as a powerful foundation for lifelong health, development, and equity.

This year, we shine a particular light on the ongoing support women and babies need from the healthcare system through their breastfeeding journey.

Read more: https://www.who.int/campaigns/world-breastfeeding-week