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WIC Helps Moms & Babies with Breastfeeding

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Breastfeeding is the most natural, healthy, and loving gift a mother can give to her baby. Mother's milk has everything a baby needs to grow and stay healthy.

  • WIC provides answers to breastfeeding questions. Breastfeeding help is available at your local WIC clinic or in your home from a breastfeeding peer counselor.
  • WIC has feeding specialists who can help moms and babies with breastfeeding problems.
  • WIC helps Moms who continue breastfeeding when they go back to work or school.  Breastfeeding mothers may receive a breast pump to use.

WIC Moms who are breastfeeding can continue to receive a food package for up to one year. 

Each month a fully breastfeeding mother may receive:

  • 4 ½ gallons milk
  • 3 pounds cheese
  • 2 dozen eggs
  • 3 cans juice
  • 36 ounces cereal
  • 18 ounces of peanut butter
  • 6 cans tuna
  • $10.00 fresh fruits and vegetables
  • 16 ounces of dry beans or peas

Even Moms who breastfeed only part time can receive these foods:

  • 4 ½ gallons milk
  • 1 pound cheese
  • 1 dozen eggs
  • 3 cans juice
  • 36 ounces cereal
  • 18 ounces of peanut butter or 16 ounces of dry beans/peas or canned beans/peas

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