Supporting the Formula Fed Infant: Informed Decision Making
Mon, Jan 19
|Zoom webinar
This is a 3 hour course that explores the Baby-Friendly Initiative and how it supports and protects all types of infant feeding, including formula feeding.
Time & Location
Jan 19, 2026, 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Zoom webinar
About the event
Course Overview:
3 hour course
1:00 – 4:00 pm
Application for IBLCE CERPs has been submitted
Pre-requisite: None
Facilitator: Kathy O'Grady - RN, IBCLC
Participants: Health care workers looking for information about partial or complete formula feeding.
Goals and Objectives: To provide factual and scientific information about infant formula in order to provide knowledgeable support for families to make informed infant feeding decisions without any commercial/financial interest or product promotion.
Course Content:
A Brief History of Infant Feeding
· An interesting look at infant foods and feeding equipment
· Social influences and infant feeding decisions
Infant Formula: the product and the process
· Composition and manufacturing process
Global and National strategies to protect infant health
· The updated BFHI (2017): the approach towards non-breastfeeding families
· How the WHO Code influences the quality and safety of artificial baby foods for the protection of infants and young children
· Codex Alimentarius
· Health Canada recommendations
Caring for the Formula Fed Infant
· What should be considered when making a decision
· Cue based responsive feeding and optimal outcomes
· Recognizing issues: sensitivities and discomforts
· Finding resources and support
Registration is not complete until payment has been received. Courses are held virtually on Zoom
A minimum of 10 enrollments is needed in order to run this course.
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Supporting the Formula Infant
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