Do you want to be able to offer Breastfeeding Peer Support?
About this Event

Our Breastfeeding Peer Support 2 course is our intermediate course, designed for those with some existing breastfeeding knowledge, such as that gained on our Breastfeeding Peer Support 1 course, or those further along in their own feeding journey, you need to have breastfed (chestfed, nursed or given human milk) for a minimum of 4 weeks to attend this course. It’s perfect for mothers/parents wanting to develop their breastfeeding knowledge and peer support skills, with a view to becoming a Breastfeeding Peer Supporter. Opportunities and requirements for volunteering or paid work are variable dependant on area and organisation.

What you’ll learn:

- How to communicate as a Breastfeeding Peer Supporter.
- Health benefits of breastfeeding.
- The benefits of skin to skin contact.
- How to support a mother with positioning and attachment.
- How to support a mother with hand expression.
- Responsive feeding and why responding to babies matters.
- Common breastfeeding problems.
- Safer sleep and breastfeeding.
- What The Unicef Baby Friendly Standards are.
- About the marketing of breastmilk substitutes.
- How we can educate and support women and families.

Course Details

Course Duration - 2 Sessions

Session Duration - 3 Hours

Dates : Saturday 5th October & Sunday 6th October 2024

Times : 10am-1.15pm

This course is 2 x 3 hour sessions (each with a 15 minute comfort break) delivered online by an experienced infant feeding practitioner and trainer.

Breastfeeding Together are a registered Charity, who as well as having over 10 years experience in providing infant feeding support to families, are also well recognised as specialists in delivering breastfeeding training.

You can also purchase our ‘add on’ items when booking this course. These various support resources e.g. knitted breast, tummy balls and nappy may be of benefit whilst supporting breastfeeding families.

After attending our course you will be emailed an E-certificate of attendance from Breastfeeding Together. This training will provide you with 6 Continued Professional Development (CPD) points which can be listed on your college /UCAS application or added to your CPD log.

Our goal is to keep our training as low cost as possible to ensure accessibility for all. By attending our training and purchasing add on items you also help to support the work our charity does, and enable us to continue to provide Breastfeeding Peer Support to families.

If you have any questions, please email [email protected]