Promoting breastfeeding

breastfeeding display copy

Angela Aucoin, winner of the local Northwestern Health Unit’s “Breastfeeding Star” photo contest, and her three-month-old son, Jarrett, received a framed copy of her winning photo from public health nurse Miranda Sigurdson on Monday. Oct. 1-7 is “World Breastfeeding Week 2007.” This year’s theme is “Early to Breast, Early to Thrive,” with the focus on initiating breastfeeding in the first hour of life.