Breastfeeding resources

Please call the Healthy Families Information line at 1-800-563-2808 ext. 5351 or email us at healthy.families@healthunit.ca for more information.

Breastfeeding Answers Information Sheets

These sheets provide information on popular breastfeeding topics that people often have questions about:

• Breastfeeding and Sleep
• Cup Feeding
• Finger Feeding
• Increasing Milk Production
• Lactation Aid at the Breast
• Nipple Shields
• Responsive Bottle Feeding
• Tongue Tie

Online Breastfeeding Education

The following is a list of online breastfeeding education courses.  All courses are free unless otherwise stated. 

• Halton BFI Education Courses
• RNAO Breastfeeding e-Learning
• Best Start Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Breastfeeding Web Course
• Toronto Public Health E-Learning modules
• University of British Columbia Latching On: How Family Physicians Can Support Breastfeeding Patients online module for physicians (1.5 Mainpro credit)
• WHO Growth Chart Training (cost associated)
• Mohawk College Breastfeeding Program (cost associated)
• International Breastfeeding Centre E-Learning webinars (cost associated)

  More Resources

  Best Start website

  Infant Formula: What You Need to Know

  Nutrition for Healthy Term Infants: Recommendations from Birth to Six Months

  Nutrition for Healthy Term Infants: Recommendations from Six to 24 Months