Feeding
Awareness
AUGUST is BREASTFEEDING AWARENESS MONTH.
We're celebrating the beauty and diversity of all the ways we're...
FEEDING OUR BABIES.
Download and share images from our breastfeeding diversity library, including images of supplemental feeding systems, G-tubes, NG-tubes,
pumping, combination feeding, and chestfeeding.
We support breastfeeding and
we acknowledge and support your choice of Best Milk for you and your baby.
Every August we celebrate
Breastfeeding Awareness Month
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National Breastfeeding Month Theme: Forward Together
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World Breastfeeding Week August 1-7 Theme: Prioritise Breastfeeding: Create Sustainable Support Systems
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Indigenous Milk Medicine Week August 8-14 Theme: Unapologetically Indigenous: Love, Landback, & Liberation.
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Asian & Pacific Islander Breastfeeding Week August 15-21 Theme: Theme: Diverse Voices, One Vision
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Military Lactation Celebration August 22-24
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Black Breastfeeding Week August 25-31 Theme: Boots on the Ground; Rooted in Breastfeeding Success, Grounded in Community Support
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Workplace Lactation Week September 1-7 Theme: A World of Support: Creating Breastfeeding-Friendly Workplaces Everywhere
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Latina/x Breastfeeding Week September 8-14 Tema: Territorio del Corazon/Latancia sin Fronteras Theme: Territory of the Heart/Breastfeeding without Borders
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Deaf and Hard of Hearing Breastfeeding Week September 16-22 Theme: Policy to Practice: Making Lactation Support a Reality
FREE RESOURCES.
The National Perinatal Association honors and supports the work of advocates who are serving their communities in ways that are innovative, informed, and culturally-specific.
We invite you to learn more about these initiatives.
WORLD BREASTFEEDING WEEK.
August 1-7
World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA) is a global network of individuals and organisations dedicated to the protection, promotion and support of breastfeeding worldwide.
Annually, WABA coordinates and organises the World Breastfeeding Week (WBW) between Aug 1-7.
Since 2016, we have aligned our WBW campaign to United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
We call this WBW-SDGs Campaign.
No matter how you do it ...
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nursing
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pumping
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hand expressing
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breastfeeding
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chestfeeding
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body feeding
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on your own
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with support
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with the help of a donor
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for one day
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or one year
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or maybe longer
... and especially when you make the choice that is best for you and your baby.
We recognize and honor everyone who does their best to give our babies what they need.
Because what babies need are people who love them, care about them, and nurture them.
INDIGENOUS MILK MEDICINE WEEK.
August 8-14
Indigenous Milk Medicine Week is to highlight the
Native Breastfeeding experience in all forms
through the visibility of personal testimonies,
partner experiences, research, articles, barriers,
and/or success.
Indigenous Milk Medicine Collective sponsors the
annual Indigenous Milk Medicine Week.
The annual week begins on the 2nd Sunday in August
during National Breastfeeding/Lactation Month.
Unapologetically Indigenous: Love, Landback, & Liberation
BLACK BREASTFEEDING WEEK.
August 25-31
Boots on the Ground; Rooted in Breastfeeding Success, Grounded in Community Support
Black Breastfeeding Week was created in 2014 by a collective of Black leaders from the breastfeeding field and is celebrated annually from August 25-31. The observance was developed as a response to the high black infant mortality rate, the lack of diversity in the lactation field, and unique cultural barriers among Black women, and shines a lot on efforts and initiatives that support breastfeeding among Black families.
WORKPLACE LACTATION WEEK.
September 1-7
A World of Support: Creating Breastfeeding-Friendly Workplaces Everywhere
Workplace Lactation Week was created in 2023 and is celebrated annually from September 1-7. The observance celebrates the contributions of nursing mothers and parents in the workplace and aligns with Labor Day, highlighting the vital role working and pumping parents play in the workforce.
SEMANA de LA LACTANCIA LATINA.
September 8-14
Latina/x Breastfeeding Week
Nos unimos para celebrar y generar conciencia sobre las barreras de nuestras comunidades.
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End of Poverty
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Zero Hunger
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Health and Well-being
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Quality Education
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Gender Equality
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Clean Water and Sanitation
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Affordable and Clean Energy
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Decent Work and Economic Growth
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Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructures
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Reduction of Inequalities
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Sustainable Cities and Communities
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Responsible Production and Consumption
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Climate Action
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Life Underwater
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Life on Land Ecosystems
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Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions
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Partnerships to Achieve Goals
DEAF & HARD of HEARING BREASTFEEDING WEEK.
September 16-22
Close the Gap, Bridge the Divide: Establish Breastfeeding Support Access
This year, the DC Breastfeeding Coalition announced the Inaugural Deaf and Hard of Hearing Breastfeeding Week.
The purpose of this initiative is to provide the nation's marginalized and underrepresented Deaf community with accessible breastfeeding education, support, and community, because language and breastfeeding access matters from birth.
