Beebe, Nemours set World Breastfeeding Week event July 26

Beebe Healthcare and Nemours Children’s Health are partnering to celebrate World Breastfeeding Week with a free, family-friendly event from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Friday, July 26, at Lewes Public Library.

Powered by Breast Milk will be an open-house style event for families to have access to numerous breastfeeding and breast milk feeding resources, alongside a variety of kids’ activities and raffle prizes. There will be nearly 20 vendors, and stations for parents and children.

Representatives from Delaware State Police will provide education around car seat safety. Katy Jonas from Feelings Rock and Andrea Kennedy from the Yoga Studio will share information about their offerings. Feelings Rock is a music and movement-based class designed to help preschoolers and their families navigate social-emotional development. Kennedy will provide yoga demonstrations that focus on the neck and back for breastfeeding mothers.

Registration is requested but not required. To sign up, go to tinyurl.com/38ux6sm6.

Raffle items include breast pumps, breastfeeding pillows and accessories, diaper bags and baby carriers, and breastfeeding-related gift baskets.

Nemours Children’s Health serves as the pediatric partner at Beebe’s Margaret H. Rollins Lewes Campus, providing world-class pediatric care to children in the emergency department, and newborn babies in the women’s and children’s units. The partnership ensures children receive the highest level of care right in their own community.

Beebe is a Baby-Friendly designated hospital recognized for its educational efforts and practices surrounding infant feeding and mother-and-infant bonding.

Both Beebe and Nemours Children’s are Safe Sleep-certified healthcare systems committed to providing the optimal level of care for safe sleep practices. Both organizations offer board-certified lactation consultants to assist with newborn feeding, breastfeeding classes, support groups and interpreter services.