The Grey Bruce Health Unit is launching a new Breastfeeding Friendly Business Toolkit to assist local business and organizations to support both their customers and employees to continue to breastfeed their children. Breastfeeding is one of the most important starts to healthy infant and child development. A measure of wellness of a community is reflected in the number of mothers who start and continue breastfeeding.
The local rates for women starting to breastfeed are good but what we see is a significant drop after six months and again after one year.” says Dr. Hazel Lynn