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EarlyON Child and Family Centres

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Fully referenced educational articles to support the lactation journey of mothers and their babies. Articles are being published at least weekly as we work through the list of requests we have received from families.  

If there is something that you can't find, or want further information about, please reach out.

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EarlyON Child and Family Centres

EarlyON Child and Family Centres

EarlyON Child and Family Centres

EarlyON Child and Family Centres offer free, high-quality programs for families and children from birth to 6 years old. You can learn and play with your child, meet people and get advice from early childhood professionals. 


Please note this is for families living in 

Ontario Canada


EarlyOn
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Crying

EarlyON Child and Family Centres

La Leche League Canada

The Period of PURPLE Crying is a new way to help parents understand this time in their baby's life, which is a normal part of  every infant's development. It is confusing and concerning to be told your baby "has colic" because it sounds like it is an illness or a  condition that is abnormal. When the baby is given medication to treat symp

The Period of PURPLE Crying is a new way to help parents understand this time in their baby's life, which is a normal part of  every infant's development. It is confusing and concerning to be told your baby "has colic" because it sounds like it is an illness or a  condition that is abnormal. When the baby is given medication to treat symptoms of colic, it reinforces the idea that there is something wrong with the baby, when in fact, the baby is going through a very normal developmental phase. That is why we prefer to refer to this time as the Period of PURPLE Crying.  This is not because the baby turns purple while crying. The acronym is a  meaningful and memorable way to describe what parents and their babies  are going through.  


Ask how breastfeeding help can help with crying with a lactation consultation with one of our breastfeeding consultants (IBCLCs).

PURPLE Crying Site
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La Leche League Canada

Drugs and Lactation Database (LactMed®)

La Leche League Canada

La Leche League Canada is a registered charity that provides peer support for pregnant women, new moms and beyond needing free peer-supported help. 


Volunteer leaders we are accredited within La Leche League Canada after a detailed  training program and have access to current scientific and legal information to help support moms. 



LLL Canada
infant formula

Infant formula

Drugs and Lactation Database (LactMed®)

Drugs and Lactation Database (LactMed®)

Did you know? 

A consultation with an IBCLC can help with formula supplementation as well, not just breastfeeding help as some people think because of our name. 


IBCLCs are actually infant feeding specialists from birth through to solids and weaning safely when ready.


Young children, especially infants, are vulnerable to food-borne illness. 

Did you know? 

A consultation with an IBCLC can help with formula supplementation as well, not just breastfeeding help as some people think because of our name. 


IBCLCs are actually infant feeding specialists from birth through to solids and weaning safely when ready.


Young children, especially infants, are vulnerable to food-borne illness. Babies can have difficulties fighting off infections because their immune systems are not yet fully developed. 


Health Canada recommends breastfeeding your baby. Human milk is the best food for your baby. When a baby is not breastfed, liquid infant formula and powdered infant formula are acceptable alternatives. 


Here is a great resource to help with the different types of formula available. 


https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/milk-infant-formula/preparing-handling-powdered-infant-formula.html


Also, please note that it is important to keep track of the brand of formula and the batch number in case of adverse reactions and recalls. 


To check to see if a formula has been recalled in Canada type in word formula to the search here: https://recalls-rappels.canada.ca/en



breastfeeding medications

Drugs and Lactation Database (LactMed®)

Drugs and Lactation Database (LactMed®)

Drugs and Lactation Database (LactMed®)

The LactMed® database contains information on drugs and other chemicals  to which breastfeeding mothers may be exposed.

It includes information on the levels of such substances in breastmilk and infant blood, and  the possible adverse effects in the nursing infant. Suggested therapeutic alternatives to those drugs are provided, where app

The LactMed® database contains information on drugs and other chemicals  to which breastfeeding mothers may be exposed.

It includes information on the levels of such substances in breastmilk and infant blood, and  the possible adverse effects in the nursing infant. Suggested therapeutic alternatives to those drugs are provided, where appropriate.  All data are derived from the scientific literature and fully  referenced. A peer review panel reviews the data to assure scientific validity and currency. 


It is common to need additional breastfeeding help when using medications, herbs and supplements. Book a lactation consultation to see where we can help!



LactMed
baby sleep

Sleep

KellyMom

KellyMom

Sleep is a developmental process, and our sleep needs change throughout our lifetimes. Babies’ sleep patterns mature over the first several years of life, and the sleep architecture of newborns is very different to that of adults. Newborns sleep for 18-20 or so hours a day, but only for 2-3 hours at a time. During the first year overall s

Sleep is a developmental process, and our sleep needs change throughout our lifetimes. Babies’ sleep patterns mature over the first several years of life, and the sleep architecture of newborns is very different to that of adults. Newborns sleep for 18-20 or so hours a day, but only for 2-3 hours at a time. During the first year overall sleep duration falls to around 15 hours, and the majority of sleep becomes consolidated during night-time as circadian rhythms develop  


Mother-Baby Behavioral Sleep Lab  

  

This website is intended to give scientifically –based information, provide downloadable scientific articles, as well as provide access to educational PowerPoint presentations and television appearances about Dr. McKenna's on mother-infant cosleeping and breastfeeding.  


https://cosleeping.nd.edu/


Basis (The baby sleep info source)

formerly Infant Sleep Info Source (ISIS)  

The aim of Basis (the Baby Sleep Information Source) is to provide access to research based evidence about biologically normal infant sleep, in forms that are accessible to parents and health practitioners, supported by references to research relevant to families in the UK. We conceptualise ‘biologically normal infant sleep’ as being the sleep of babies who are exclusively or predominantly breastfed to at least 6 months of age and cared for in a responsive manner. We do not consider sleep training methods that require leaving babies alone for sleep in the first year of life to be biologically normal. 


 https://www.basisonline.org.uk/


An IBCLC, through a lactation consultation, can help with more than breastfeeding help and feeding concerns, we can help with sleep concerns as well. 

baby breastfeeding

KellyMom

KellyMom

KellyMom

This website was developed to provide evidence-based information on breastfeeding, breastfeeding help and parenting. Kelly is a mother of three lovely  children, and an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant  (IBCLC).






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