Breastfeeding Friendly Leitrim
We're Breastfeeding Friendly Leitrim!
We're Breastfeeding Friendly aims to help improve the health and well-being of breastfeeding mothers, babies and their families through the development and promotion of breastfeeding friendly businesses, organisations and communities.
Together, we will:
- Support business, community and public service settings to welcome breastfeeding mothers and families.
- Support breastfeeding mothers and families to be active in the community.
- Support parents during the key life transition of becoming a parent.
- Support a strong culture of connectedness - between agencies and within communities (and of course, between mother, family, baby and community).
Generally, mothers who breastfeed their babies out and about do so with ease. Some mothers say they feel a little self-conscious breastfeeding out and about the first time, particularly when latching baby on. More often than not, a mother will breastfeed her baby and other people around her will not take notice. A key part of successful breastfeeding is feeding baby when baby wants to be fed ("feeding on demand"). research tells us the two things that make mothers feel comfortable when breastfeeding out and about are:
- A welcoming helpful attitude from staff
- Other patrons knowing and accepting that children may be breastfed there.
(The Breastfeeding Manifesto Coalition and National Childbirth Trust, 2018)
By signing up to We're Breastfeeding Friendly Leitrim, private, community and statutory organisations across Leitrim can show they welcome and support breastfeeding mothers and families by some easy and no cost actions.
Who Can Join?
Any business, community group or organisation that has premises open to the general public is eligible to join, for example customer services, hotels, community centres, sports and recreation facilities, restaurants, libraries and health centres. In order to join, a business group or organisation must fulfil the criteria contain in the We're Breastfeeding Friendly booklet. WBF-Leitrim-A5-Booklet
Management of your business, group or organisation will inform themselves on We're Breastfeeding Friendly by reading this booklet WBF-Leitrim-A5-Booklet. or contacting healthyleitrim@leitrimcoco.ie
Useful Information
If you would like more information about breastfeeding or Healthy Ireland, there are a number of useful links below as well as helpful brochures you can download.
Useful links
Free Breastfeeding Supports & Meetings