Kids These Days Podcast

INTERVIEW: Kansas Breastfeeding Coalition & the Breastfeeding Friendly Child Care Provider Designation

August 03, 2022 Kids These Days Podcast Season 3 Episode 103
Kids These Days Podcast
INTERVIEW: Kansas Breastfeeding Coalition & the Breastfeeding Friendly Child Care Provider Designation
Show Notes

On today's Q&A episode, we are talking about breastfeeding – how to support the breastfed infant in child care and the breastfeeding parent, and why it is important. 

Brenda Bandy and Jennie Toland, with the Kansas Breastfeeding Coalition, explain the important role child care providers play in supporting breastfeeding families. Kris Nicholson, with Child Care Aware of Kansas, walks us through the “Breastfeeding Friendly Child Care Provider” designation.  

Resources referenced in today’s episode:

“How to Support the Breastfeeding Mother & Family” 2-hour FREE course on KCCTO monthly

Breastfeeding Friendly Child Care Provider Designation:

 Kids These Days is a co-production of the KCCTO-KITS Infant Toddler Specialist Network (ITSN) and KCCTO Workforce Development (WFD) programs.
 The KCCTO-KITS Infant-Toddler Specialist Network is a program of the Kansas Child Care Training Opportunities, Inc. (KCCTO) and the university of Kansas Life Span Institute at Parsons. The Workforce Development Project is a program of KCCTO.  Each program is supported through a grant from the Kansas Department For Children And Families’ Child Care And Early Education Services. However, information or opinions expressed herein do not necessarily reflect the position or policy of the agency and no official endorsement should be inferred.

To learn more about the Infant Toddler Specialist Network, please visit: http://kskits.org/technical-assistance-0.  

To learn more about KCCTO and Workforce Development, please visit: https://kccto.org/ 

Contact us via email at – kidsthesedayspod@gmail.com 

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Cheery Monday by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3495-cheery-monday

License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Kids These Days is a co-production of the KCCTO-KITS Infant Toddler Specialist Network (ITSN) and KCCTO Workforce Development (WFD) programs.
The KCCTO-KITS Infant-Toddler Specialist Network is a program of the Kansas Child Care Training Opportunities, Inc. (KCCTO) and the university of Kansas Life Span Institute at Parsons. The Workforce Development Project is a program of KCCTO. Each program is supported through a grant from the Kansas Department For Children And Families’ Child Care And Early Education Services. However, information or opinions expressed herein do not necessarily reflect the position or policy of the agency and no official endorsement should be inferred.

To learn more about the Infant Toddler Specialist Network, please visit: http://kskits.org/technical-assistance-0.

To learn more about KCCTO and Workforce Development, please visit: https://kccto.org/

Contact us via email at – kidsthesedayspod@gmail.com

Follow and tag us on Instagram & Facebook @kidsthesedayspod & Twitter @ktdpod

Music credit: Hackbeat by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3843-hackbeat License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/