Earn two lactation and/or nursing credits. Purchase now and have one year to complete courses.
Results from pre- and post-course testing and evaluation are available for group purchases.
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Helping parents understand their Newborn
An introductory course for parenting professionals
Understanding baby’s development increases parent confidence and attachment.
Identify baby’s “Resting, Ready and Rebooting Zones” and when baby “sends out an “SOS - Sign of Over-Stimulation.”
Share information to prevent problems around baby’s crying, sleeping and eating.
The Roadmap to Breastfeeding Success
A course for all lactation professionals, connecting child development and breastfeeding information and resources
Mothers who misunderstand baby’s behavior often add formula or give up breastfeeding altogether.
Discover 10 surges in baby’s development (birth to one year) that can change baby’s eating, sleeping and/or general behavior.
Explore easy-to-share multimedia parent education resources.
Dynamic HUG Strategies
A course for all birth, lactation and parenting professionals
Parents don’t care how much you know … until they know how much you care!
Discover 3 HUG Strategies: “Start here, not there,” “See, then share,” “Gaze, then engage.”
Explore how “Broadcasting and Commentating” can enhance the parent-provider relationship and enhance parent learning.
Certified HUG Teacher
A course for all professionals who complete the above 3 courses
Review key concepts of the three primary HUG courses (described above) and current research about HUG Your Baby.
Utilize engaging template to master your observational skills.
Boost your confidence, teaching skills and reputation in your community.
The late preterm Infant (LPI)
A course for lactation professionals likely to encounter the LPI (37-40 weeker)
Most LPIs, who suffer lower breastfeeding rates and higher readmission, are often discharged with information pertinent to a full-term baby.
Discover medical conditions and confusing LPI behaviors that contribute to decreased breastfeeding and increased parental anxiety and depression.
Click here to explore newly released parent education resources that promote LPI parent confidence and care.
the secret life of a nursing strike
A course for lactation professionals working with babies 3-12 months old
24% of babies (3- to 12-months-old) “go on strike,” causing mothers to add formula or abandon breastfeeding altogether.
Explore how baby’s development, temperament and family changes might trigger a “strike.”
Discover innovative actions that boost mother’s confidence, knowledge of her baby, and breastfeeding duration.
Birth, Breastfeeding and Beyond
An overview course for hospital staff, nursing schools, or birth/lactation/parenting faculty and their students
Research shows that students benefit from connecting child development literature with a lactation curriculum. Help parents identify baby’s “Resting, Ready and Rebooting Zones” and when she “sends out an “SOS - Sign of Over-Stimulation.”
Help parents prevent problems around baby’s crying and sleeping and appreciate baby’s capabilities.
Explore Brazelton’s “Touchpoints” — when surges in development (birth to one year) cause changes in baby’s eating, sleeping and general behavior.
Discover crucial parent education resources: Roadmap to Breastfeeding Success and Digital Parent Resource Page.
Consider research potential for your students.
Available as two-hour online course (with lactation or nursing credit) or as 1.25-hour course (without credit).
Faculty considering this course for their students should contact Jan Tedder, BSN, FNP, IBCLC for FREE PREVIEW of this course and fee schedule.
Disclosure: Jan Tedder, BSN, FNP, IBCLC, is founder and president of HUG Your Baby, an international organization whose sole purpose is to provide evidence-based education for birth, lactation and parenting professionals and the parents they serve. These courses are designed for educational purposes only and are relevant to the continued learning needs of birth, lactation and parenting professionals.
Continuing Education Credit: Jan Tedder’s Virtual Lactation Education has been accepted by the International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners® (IBLCE®) as a Preferred Provider for the listed Continuing Education Recognition Points (CERPs) program. Determination of CERPs eligibility or CERPs Provider status does not imply IBLCE’s endorsement or assessment of education quality. As a Preferred Provider, Jan Tedder’s Virtual Lactation Education attests that it complies with the WHO Code and subsequent WHA resolutions.