RESOURCE NAME

Breastfed Infants and You

 DATE CREATED/REVISED 

Revised 2001

BRIEF DESCRIPTION (include major objectives)

The purpose of this curriculum is to assist the child care provider in the understanding the benefits of breastfeeding, to enable her to help the new mother and infant in the transition to child care, and to provide her with information on the safe collection and handling of breast milk.

Objectives:  Following this session, the participant will be able to:

1.        State five reasons why breastfeeding is best for the baby, mother, and the child care provider.

2.        Describe how the child care setting acts to coordinate the various roles involved in supporting the breastfeeding infant and working mother.

3.        List at least five steps in transitioning an infant from his/her home into the child care setting.

4.        Describe why preattendance visits and a feeding plan are important to successful care of breastfed infants.

5.        List two needs of the breastfed infant in the child care setting.

6.        Describe how to safely collect, handle, and store breast milk.

LONG-TERM INTENDED OUTCOMES

Healthy Eating and Physical Activity

Healthy Sustainable Communities

Positive Child, Youth, and Family Development

Positive Adult Quality of Life

Safe, Secure, High-Quality Food Supply

Enhanced Nutritional Quality of the Food Supply

TIME COMMITMENT

Fewer than 5 hours per week

DURATION

Less than 1 week

DIFFICULTY

Introductory

READING LEVEL

6^th grade

High school

AUDIENCE (no more than 9, if possible)

Child care providers

SUBJECT

Breast feeding

COMPONENTS

AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION

Notebook

Evaluation tools

Group meetings

Leader’s guide

Leader’s training resources

SKILL EMPHASIS

LEADER TRAINING REQUIRED?

SPECIALIST SUPPORT

Knowledge

No

AGENT TRAINING LEVEL

FREQUENCY OF AGENT TRAINING

PROGRAM RESOURCES LIST

CONTACT PERSON/ADDRESS/PHONE

Sandy Procter, M.S., R.D., L.D.

EFNEP Coordinator

Human Nutrition

204 Justin Hall

Manhattan, KS  66506-1407

785-532-1675

E-mail: procter@ksu.edu       

ORDER FROM

Shelly Burklund

Human Nutrition

207 Justin Hall

Manhattan, KS  66506-1407

785-532-1670

E-mail: sburklun@ksu.edu