Understanding a baby’s behavior boosts parent’s confidence and baby’s development.
MISSION
Based on child development, lactation and pediatric literature, HUG Your Baby’s trainings and resources help parents (and the professionals who serve them) understand a baby’s body language in order to prevent and solve problems around eating, sleeping, crying, and parent-child interaction and to promote breastfeeding duration.
VISION
HUG Your Baby provides evidence-based online training, engaging “live” workshops, family-friendly educational materials, and competent HUG Teachers and Trainers around the world.
VALUES
HUG Your Baby believes that parents want to be effective mothers and fathers, that caring and confident parents raise capable and happy children, and that professionals serving young families want to provide effective, evidence-based education and support.
HISTORY
Jan Tedder, BSN, IBCLC, FNP, is the creator and president of HUG Your Baby. After decades of working as a nurse practitioner and lactation consultant with expectant and new parents, she researched and developed HUG Your Baby. This work has been presented at hundreds of national and international conferences and is available worldwide in HUG Your Baby online courses. HUG Your Baby research and literature reviews are published in peer-reviewed journals. Birth, parenting and lactation professionals in 50 countries and tribal nations have responded positively to the vision, tools and resources this award-winning program provides. Jan was the recipient of the 2020 American Nurses Association’s Innovation Award for creating and developing HUG Your Baby.