Today is National Coffee Day! To celebrate, many coffee places are offering specials to their patrons. Here’s some information for you.
...WooHoo! If a nursing mom at Super Bowl LII in 2018 needs to nurse or pump when she’s in Minneapolis, there will be a lactation suite available. This would make the Minnesota Vikings the first NFL franchise to provide lactation suites in an NFL Stadium.
...We nursing moms know that breastmilk is best, but several articles recently published by well-regarded research groups have shaken some of our thoughts about the topic. I reached out to Bundoo’s OB/GYN Jennifer Lincoln (who is also an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant) on the topic.
...In honor of September being Baby Safety Month, I want to share some non-traditional baby safety tips that can be very helpful.
...We moms know how difficult it can be to find time and places to pump milk for our babies, but imagine how hard that is on teen moms who want to breastfeed. They need to go to school and may only have less than five minutes between classes? Switching to formula is always an option – especially because it seems easier and faster, but California’s teenage mothers may soon be provided with resources to help them continue breastfeeding their children when they return to school.
...A nursing mother was visiting a popular Spanish tourism spot, historic Corral del Carbon monument in Granada, when her nine-month-old began to cry so she decided to feed her baby at her breast.
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1:(r)An employer shall provide—
(A) a reasonable break time for an employee to express breast milk for her nursing child for 1 year after the child’s birth each time such employee has need to express the milk; and
(B) a place, other than a bathroom, that is shielded from view and free from intrusion from coworkers and the public, which may be used by an employee to express breast milk.
2: An employer shall not be required to compensate an employee receiving reasonable break time under paragraph (1) for any work time spent for such purpose.
3: An employer that employs less than 50 employees shall not be subject to the requirements of this subsection, if such requirements would impose an undue hardship by causing the employer significant difficulty or expense when considered in relation to the size, financial resources, nature, or structure of the employer’s business.