#NationalBreastfeedingWeek

This year National Breastfeeding Week will be taking place from 18th – 24th September. Continuing and building on last year’s theme, ‘Everyone has a part to play in helping mums to breastfeed‘.

• Our Breastfeeding Friend support tool for voice, available on Amazon Alexa is now new and improved.
• Get a personal Feeding Guide and NHS-approved advice 24/7 to help answer all your breastfeeding questions.

• Partners and family members can be a hugely important source of breastfeeding support.

• Here are a few ways you can help to support breastfeeding.
• for more information visit: www.nhs.uk/start-for-life/baby/feeding-your-baby/breastfeeding/breastfeeding-help-and-support/

• Have you got questions about breastfeeding?
• Start for Life’s Breastfeeding Friend Chatbot has lots of useful information and advice.
• Available whenever you need it, get the answers you need now: http://m.me/Start4LifeBreastfeedingFriend

• A happy baby isn’t just a fed baby. Every cuddle, smile and interaction counts, for you and your baby.
• Here are some top tips for keeping your little one happy.
• for more information visit: www.nhs.uk/start-for-life/baby/learning-to-talk/learning-to-talk-0-to-6-months/

• There are many ways you can get support with breastfeeding. Health visitors, midwives, peer supporters, helplines, grandparents – who helped when you were learning how to breastfeed?
• Call the National Breastfeeding Helpline on 0300 100 0212.
• or for more information visit: www.nhs.uk/start-for-life/baby/feeding-your-baby/breastfeeding/breastfeeding-help-and-support/

• Can you breastfeed in public?
• Breastfeeding in public may make you nervous, but you have a legal right to breastfeed anytime and anywhere. Remember, if you are asked to leave somewhere whilst breastfeeding, you’re within your rights to challenge this.
• for more information visit: www.nhs.uk/start-for-life/baby/feeding-your-baby/breastfeeding/breastfeeding-in-public/

• If you’re returning to work, you might wonder whether you can continue breastfeeding. The answer is yes – it’s completely possible!
• Here are some tips to help you with breastfeeding and going back to work.
• or for more information visit: https://www.nhs.uk/start-for-life/baby/feeding-your-baby/breastfeeding/

• Everyone plays a unique role in supporting breastfeeding.
• Could you support with cooking food, running errands or looking after older children? This can all help to make breastfeeding more achievable as a family.
• More advice: www.nhs.uk/start-for-life/baby/feeding-your-baby/breastfeeding/