“Create an environment that supports and sustains breastfeeding success in Northern Colorado.”
Northern Colorado Breastfeeding Resources
COVID-19
Local breastfeeding resources reflecting changes to services specifically in response to COVID-19.
Workplace
Working breastfeeding individuals need the support of their employers. Their needs are simple: A safe, private, and comfortable location at the worksite and the opportunity to breastfeed or pump two or three times during the work day.
Venues
Supporting breastfeeding in public is good for business and health, and it’s the law. The Northern Colorado Breastfeeding Coalition is honored to support, educate, and recognize public venues who support breastfeeding families!
Colorado Supports Breastfeeding
The coalition is excited to join forces to reduce barriers so that breastfeeding is the norm and success is attainable. A few barriers to breastfeeding successfully include lack of support from family members, lack of peer support for breastfeeding parents, lack of instruction and education from health care professionals, hospital practices that may make it hard to start breastfeeding, and lack of employer support for breastfeeding employees. We desire to address these issues.
With strong laws in place to protect the right to breastfeed both at work and in public, Colorado breastfeeding individuals have the ability to breastfeed wherever they have a right to be. For more information regarding the right to breastfeed and exciting work taking place in our state, visit the Colorado Breastfeeding Coalition’s website.
The Northern Colorado Breastfeeding Coalition works closely with local employers to help support individuals returning to work who wish to continue offering the best nutrition possible to their children while they are away via specific trainings and recognition of local breastfeeding friendly businesses.
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