AR WIC Breastfeeding

02/02/2026

Children up to the age of five may qualify for WIC! 🍎 Enrolling your family doesn’t take resources away from anyone else. There’s no limit to the number of families who can receive WIC support🤩

02/02/2026

Van Buren County WIC is offering free breastfeeding classes for WIC families February 11th! Call the clinic to sign up and mark your calendar 🗓️ 501-745-2485 ☎️

01/28/2026

Let’s see your snow pictures! 😍❄️☃️ we hope you’re staying safe and warm!

01/27/2026

Happy World Breast Pumping Day! 😍🥳 Pumping is Breastfeeding! 💜

01/25/2026

Governor Sarah Sanders has closed state office buildings except for critical operations Monday, January 26th, 2026. This means your WIC offices will likely be closed. Stay safe & and warm!

01/23/2026

If you have a power outage, keep these food safety tips in mind:

❄ Keep refrigerator and freezer doors closed.

❄ If the doors stay closed, food will stay safe up to 4 hours in a refrigerator, 48 hours in a full freezer, and 24 hours in a half-full freezer.

❄ If the power has been out for 4 hours, put refrigerated perishable foods in a cooler with ice to keep food at 40 degrees F or below.

Find more tips on food safety: https://bit.ly/winter-storm-food-safety

01/22/2026

Will you be making any soups this weekend? 🥶🥘🍲

01/22/2026

“Loss of electricity creates many challenges for families. Prepare to safely store and prepare breast milk, infant formula, and solid foods for infants and young children when there is a power outage.”

https://www.cdc.gov/infant-feeding-emergencies-toolkit/php/special-considerations.html

🤱For breast milk⬇️

If you have any breast milk in the freezer, help keep the freezer cold by packing any empty spaces with crumpled newspaper, frozen containers of water, or frozen gel packs. Keep the freezer door closed. This will help prevent the milk from completely thawing.

Your breast milk may still be safe once your power comes back on. However, this depends on how long the power is out and how defrosted or warm the breast milk becomes.

Once the power is back on, check your stored breast milk. Milk is still considered frozen if ice crystals can be seen in it. Frozen breast milk that has started to thaw but still contains ice crystals can be refrozen. If your breast milk has completely thawed but still feels cold, put it in the refrigerator and use it within the next day or throw it away.

Thawed milk cannot be refrozen. After 24 hours, throw out unused, thawed milk. When it comes to safe storage of breast milk, remember "when in doubt, throw it out."

01/19/2026

Your Arkansas WIC Offices will be closed today in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day 🇺🇸

01/19/2026

01/14/2026

Setting goals 😊

01/14/2026

Join us at noon today! We’re talking about making breastfeeding goals 💜🤱