Baby Friendly Initiative Ontario – The Provincial Authority for the Baby-Friendly Initiative

The 10 Steps to Successful Breastfeeding

Step 1a – Comply with the WHO code

The 10 Steps to Successful Breastfeeding

Step 1b – Have an infant feeding policy

The 10 Steps to Successful Breastfeeding

Step 1c – Monitor BFI and breastfeeding rates

The Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding

Step 2 - Ensure staff competency

The Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding

Step 3 - Discuss breastfeeding with prenatal families

The Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding

Step 4 - Provide babies with immediate and uninterrupted skin-to-skin contact at birth

The Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding

Step 5 - Support mothers to initiate and maintain breastfeeding

The Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding

Step 6 - Support exclusive breastfeeding for six months

The Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding

Step 7 - Promote and support mother-infant togetherness

The Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding

Step 8 - Encourage responsive, cue based feeding and sustained breastfeeding beyond 6 months

The Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding

Step 9 - Discuss the use and effects of bottles, teats and pacifiers with parents

The Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding

Step 10 - Provide a seamless transition between hospital, community and peer support programs

Welcome to Baby-Friendly Initiative Ontario

The Provincial Authority for The Baby-Friendly Initiative

Baby-Friendly Initiative Ontario (BFION) is a not-for profit, voluntary organization consisting of health care professionals, service providers and consumers within Ontario who are interested in protecting, promoting and supporting breastfeeding through the implementation of the
Breastfeeding Committee for Canada’s (BCC) Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding in Canada.

Why Join BFI Ontario?

Networking

Connect with your colleagues and learn about implementing BFI

Standards

Access to evidence-informed information about the BFI requirements.

Communication

Direct link with the BCC so you have a voice & receive national info.

Discounts

Save on registration fees for BFION events.

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