Beauty in the Every Day — Images of Breastfeeding Required

Australian families are being encouraged to celebrate magic moments in breastfeeding by submitting photographs to the Australian Breastfeeding Association’s (ABA) tenth annual calendar.

Calendar project manager Barb Glare says, ‘With so much emphasis placed on issues like sleepless nights and sore nipples, we don’t often see the beautiful moments breastfeeding offers a mother and her new baby’.

‘The first time your baby looks up at you and gives you a milky smile; those special night feeds when it’s just the two of you together; or those times when you’re out and about and feel a huge sense of accomplishment when you calm an upset child with ‘mummy milk’. We want everyone to know that that’s what breastfeeding’s all about.’

The breastfeeding calendar seeks to present breastfeeding as the normal way of feeding a baby by promoting images of breastfeeding to the wider community. All profits from sales of the calendar support the work of the Victorian Branch of the Australian Breastfeeding Association. www.abavic.asn.au

 

‘Breastfeeding won’t be fully accepted as the normal way to feed babies and young children until it is something that is seen and talked about, rather than being hidden away’, says Ms. Glare.

 

Australia’s breastfeeding rates fall well below the World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations. Around 90% of Australian mothers initiate breastfeeding in hospital, but by 6 months, fewer than half of babies are still breastfeed.

 

The World Health Organization recommends that for optimal brain development mothers breastfeed their babies exclusively for the first 6 months (no other foods or drinks are necessary) and gradually introduce solid foods from around 6 months. WHO also recommends mothers continue breastfeeding for 2 years and beyond, for as long as the mother and child desire.

 

Photo submissions showing babies of any age, stage and setting being breastfed can be sent to calendars@breastfeeding.asn.au by 20 May 2009. Low-resolution jpegs please.

 

Peer Support Training! Are you of Arabic, African, Vietnamese or Cambodian* heritage?

Would you like to help mums like you learn to breastfeed their babies? 

The Australian Breastfeeding Association and the City of Greater Dandenong are training peer support workers to teach breastfeeding and support mothers. 

A two-day workshop will be held in Dandenong on Thursday February 26 9.30am – 3.00pm and Thursday March 5 9.30am – 3.00pm 

To find out more phone Yvette 9791 4644 or Jan 9767 0816 or visit the Breastfeeding Centre 

*Further training sessions for other groups will be run this year - please let us know if you would like to involved.

Breastfeeding Seminar Series

The series features fantastic international and local speakers:

• Dr Nancy E Wight (USA) Improving nutrition for NICU infants, Managing infant breastfeeding challenges: Hypoglycemia, jaundice & more!
• Dr Dennis Spangler (USA)Development and prevention of allergies in the newborn
  
• Amy Spangler (USA)Keeping it simple: What mothers need to know about breastfeeding, Health risk messages: The art of persuasion
  
• Suzanne Colson (UK)Is breastfeeding a learnt skill? Don’t wake the Baby! Biological nurturing and self-attachment across the neonatal behavioural states
• Randa Saadeh (Switzerland)Strategies to promote infant and young child feeding recommendations: Where do we stand? And where do we go from here? Scientific basis for the Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding: Translating science into practical steps for BFHI
  
• Barb Glare/Nerida May '1800 mum 2 mum' the Australian Breastfeeding Association Helpline: Who’s calling and why?
• Dr Donna Geddes Suck Swallow Breathe
  
• Alicia Lynam / Heidi Jackson / Mayun Kompasouk / Yvette Defrenne Breastfeeding Education Classes: the impact of attendance on breastfeeding success
  
• Sharon Perrella Breastfeeding is a confidence trick: or is it?
  
• Dr Marnie Rowan Nipple pain: Is Staphylococcus Aureus the cause?
  
• Maryse Bannon Experiencing D-Mer (Depressive Milk Ejection Reflex)
  

Registrations are open now! Click here to get more information or to register.

NEW! Our online seminar now includes 4 additional presentations!

• Dr Nancy E Wight Improving nutrition for NICU infants
• Dr Nancy E Wight Managing infant breastfeeding challenges: Hypoglycemia, jaundice and more!
• Randa Saadeh Scientific basis for the Ten Steps to successful breastfeeding... translating science into practical steps for the BFHI
• Randa Saadeh Strategies to promote infant and young child feeding recommendations: Where do we stand? And where do we go from here?
  

These 4 additional presentations are included FREE in the cost of your online seminar and extra CERPs will be awarded! Registrations are open now! For more information or to register click here.

Encourage your friends to subscribe to ABA this month and beat the 2009 price rise!

The Australian Breastfeeding Association will increase the price of some of its subscriptions effective 1 January 2009. We have not had a price increase since 2003 and during the years since then the real costs of providing member services, including postage, stationery, printing and staff resources have increased significantly.

The annual individual subscription will be $65 ($50 concession). This continues to be wonderful value for money and we are pleased to announce that there will be no price increase on renewals.
The great news is that you can give a gift subscription or encourage your friends to subscribe during December at the existing price of $50 ($35 concession)!

Receive the ABA's book Breastfeeding ... naturally FREE

Bringing home your new baby is a time of great excitement, but it can also be a challenging time. Remember you're not alone when you go home. The Australian Breastfeeding Association is there to support you.

Subscribe and receive a copy of ABA's comprehensive book Breastfeeding ... naturally (usually $34.95). Yours to keep for ever, for FREE. This book contains all you need to know about breastfeeding your baby with confidence, including gorgeous photos and anecdotes from real mums. It's the perfect 'manual' for a new mum, and it also makes a great gift. Subscribe here.

Receive Pinky McKay's new book Toddler Tactics FREE
Well-known parenting author Pinky McKay's exciting new book Toddler Tactics has just been released - and you can get it free! Just renew your ABA subscription before 28 February 2009, and you will receive a FREE copy of Toddler Tactics, usually $24.95!

Being the parent of a toddler can be exciting, inspiring and exhausting - all at once! Your adorable little baby has now become a moving, grooving tot with attitude and it will take all your patience and skill to deal with these changes. Pinky McKay explains what to do at each stage of development and offers fuss-free advice on: · Communicating with your toddler· Discipline and good manners· Good eating habits· Routines for play and sleep· Toilet training· Family dynamics
Pinky McKay is the author of five parenting books, including Sleeping Like a Baby and Parenting By Heart, is a columnist for Practical Parenting magazine and a popular guest on television shows such as A Current Affair, The Today Show and Nine AM with Kim and David.This book tells you all you need to know about the next amazing stage of parenting. Renew your subscription here.

LRC Chat night - 10 December

Featuring
Dr DAI Yaohua - Director/Professor, Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing
Mr LU Ping - Vice President, Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing
Dr ZHANG Shuyi – Research Fellow, Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing

Date: Wednesday 10 December 2008
Time: 7.00 - 9.00pm

Where: Lighthouse - Ashburton Uniting Church Hall
3 Ashburn Grove (off High Street)
ASHBURTON (Melbourne metro) Melway 60 D10
Easy access from Monash Freeway; close to Ashburton Station, Alamein line
Cost: Gold coin donation
RSVP: 5th December at latest

Numbers are limited so book your place ASAP 9885 0855 or lrceducation@breastfeeding.asn.au
CERPs: Applied for

Talks for Parents with Pinky McKay

Confused about baby sleep advice?

Concerned about the impact of baby sleep training regimes such as controlled crying?

Looking for gentle baby sleep and settling techniques that WORK?

Best selling baby sleep author, Pinky McKay presents a 'not to be missed' seminar for both parents and health professionals!

Sleep, Love and Your Baby's Brain
New evidence shows that some approaches to 'teaching babies to sleep' may cause long term, adverse changes to a baby's developing brain. Pinky McKay (author, Sleeping Like a Baby, 100 Ways to Calm the Crying, Internationally Certified Lactation Consultant and infant massage instructor), examines this evidence and offers gentle options to encourage infant sleep and settling that also promote optimum brain and emotional development, along with a secure parent-infant bond.
Babies welcome!

7.15 pm to 9pm Tuesday December 2ndDarebin GymbaROO, Darebin Community Sports Stadium857 Plenty Road, Reservoir/ Kingsbury ( Victoria - interstate seminars will follow) 7.15pm - 9pm Wednesday December 3rdBellyBelly Pregnancy Centre, Level 1/89 Canterbury Road, Canterbury ( Melbourne) Cost: $25 per person, $30 per couple
Includes supper

Register online NOW!!!

Or email pinkymckay@optusnet.com.au for registration forms to print and share

'Toddler Tactics' ....Making Magic From Mayhem!
Confused About Discipline?
Concerned About Your Toddler's Eating Habits?

Toilet Training Troubles? Pinky McKay is a mother of five, Internationally Certified Lactation Consultant and author of the bestselling TODDLER TACTICS. Breathe a sigh of relief in these informative talks designed to help you unravel all your toddler woes as Pinky shows you how to make magic from mayhem. · Learn practical strategies you can adapt right NOW to make parenting your toddler more enjoyable.

· Unleash your child's natural potential to be happy, bright and sociable without too many tears and tantrums (for you, as well as your child!) 7.30 - 9pm Tuesday November 25thDarebin GymbaROO, Darebin Community Sports Stadium857 Plenty Road, Reservoir/ Kingsbury 7.30 - 9pm Wednesday December 10thBellyBelly Pregnancy Centre, Level 1/89 Canterbury Road, Canterbury Cost: $25 per person, $30 per couple Register online NOW!!!

Or email pinkymckay@optusnet.com.au for registration forms to print and share

What's On Wednesday?

Starting November 19, Wednesday is our new drop in day at the Breastfeeding Centre in Dandenong.

3/71 Robinson Street Dandenong VIC 3175 9791 4644

We welcome mothers, members and volunteers to visit, enjoy free tea and coffee, chat about breastfeeding, watch DVDs, browse our library and connect.

The kids come too and will love our play corner!

You are welcome to bring along some fruit or other healthy foods to share for morning tea/lunch.

We welcome mums from all suburbs and are located just 3 mins from Eastlink, very close to Princes Highway in Dandenong. Bring a friend or two!!!

Dates for the year are November 19, 26 and December 3, 10 and 17. Drop in is welcome between 10.30am and 3.30pm. We will resume in late January after the summer break.

Hoping to see lots of visitors!