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Infant Safe Sleep and Breastfeeding Webinar Series

This three-part webinar series will discuss how infant safe sleep and breastfeeding work together. The first webinar will cover the American Academy of Pediatrics guidelines on infant safe sleep and breastfeeding, as well as other professional guidelines, such as those from the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine. The webinar will also address how to have conversations with families about breastfeeding and infant safe sleep, including strategies for risk reduction. The second webinar offers an opportunity for professionals to share how they support a family’s ability to meet their breastfeeding goals while practicing safe sleep. In the third webinar, we will hear from breastfeeding families on their lived experiences as they share methods that helped them to successfully meet their breastfeeding goals and practice safe sleep.

Please note that each webinar will have a separate registration.

Webinar 1 – Breastfeeding and Safe Sleep
Speakers:
Lizzy McDonald, MPH, BSN, RN, MDHHS Nurse Consultant and Colleen Nelson, LMSW, MDHHS Infant Safe Sleep Program Coordinator
When: July 22, 2025 at 1 PM
Webinar recording will be posted in September 2025.

Webinar 2 – Breastfeeding and Safe Sleep Professional Panel
When: August 5, 2025 at 1 PM
Speakers: Elizabeth Montez, Flower Moon Families IBCLC, Michigan WIC Indigenous Breastfeeding Community Liaison, Open Arms Perinatal Services Community Education and Clinical Lactation Lead, Southeast MI IBCLCs of Color Board Member at Large, Ogimaa Board Member; Natosha Bylsma, IBCLC, CPST and Executive Director of Next Generation Family Services; Steph Thornton, CHW, Trained Doula and MSW Student, Perinatal Community Health Worker at SAGA Farms.
Register: https://www.eventsquid.com/register/29261

Webinar 3 – Breastfeeding and Safe Sleep Parent Panel
When: August 26, 2025 at 1 PM
Speakers: Hoda Winkler, Jiah-Rebekah Israel, Briana Phelps, and Jenilee Moody
Register: https://www.eventsquid.com/register/29262

These webinars have been approved for nursing, social work and IBCLC contact hours.

If you have questions about this webinar series, contact the Infant Safe Sleep Program at MDHHS-InfantSafeSleep@michigan.gov