Hi, Lactnetters, I need a little help with this idea:
we now have an electric pump at the WIC office, and moms can use the pump
while at WIC, they keep the tubing so they can come back and use it
again, plus they get an accessory part that allows them to use the pump
at home as a manual pump. Having the pump in the office is a big help in
breastfeeding promo in lots of ways...
I thought that a cute promotional idea would be to list the amount of
ounces pumped to date, sort of like 20 billion served, or something like
that. What do you think would be a good graphic to use? Obviously, I
wouldn't want to use a baby bottle! I drew a pretty flask of some kind,
but I thought I would turn to you, and see if you had any other ideas.
What I thought of doing was to draw in a line every time a mom used the
pump and write in the amount of ounces with her initials and the date.
Maybe have a big date at the top  SO FAR with the date...we have a
locked bulletin board that we can use for posters, notices etc. and I'd
like to keep it in there.
Please send me your ideas!Guess what-we've had LOTS of ounces pumped-one
mom got 10 ounces!!! (she had left her  two month old at home and was
feeling engorged! I'll say!!)Another mom got six ounces from one breast,
the milk she could express from the first breast barely covered the
bottom of the bottle, but the other breast which always produces more
went to six ounces. The mom who got 10 ounces-we used the four ounce
baby bottle and then pumped right into a freezer bag! And guess
what-breast milk does NOT look like skim milk! I hate it when booklets
describe mother's milk as "bluish". Yuk.
TIA
Pearl Shifer, IBCLC