Parent Teacher Magazine Cabarrus County School September 2014

Breastfeeding Helps Treating your childMothers and Children like our own A special contribution from Novant Health • Find a caregiver near work so you can visit and nurse during your lunch break. • Buy a reliable, comfortable breast pump. • Tell your employer about breastfeeding’s benefits. A healthier baby means you miss less work. Also, many employers have rooms available for August was National Breastfeeding Month and we know there’s nothing nursing mothers. like breastfeeding to put kids on the path to good health. Breastfeeding has • Start to pump before you head back to work, and store the milk in the multiple benefits for babies, including lower risk for ear and respiratory freezer. You’ll feel better with a infections, allergic skin disorders, intestinal infections, type 2 diabetes, and backup supply. You can store your suddenNovant Health Rowan Pediatrics infant death syndrome (SIDS). The benefits of breastfeeding extend milk in special bags. Milk can be beyond the time of infancy. At Novant Health Rowan Pediatrics, we know that your child’s health Research shows that children who were breastfed are less likely tothing to your stored in a standard freezer for up be is the most important family. Our physicians provide to six months. overweight adolescents than children who were formula-fed as infants. And, through early adulthood. Keeping expert pediatric care from birth the longer a baby is breastfed, the odds of being an overweight is at the heart of everything we do, and it shows. We child decrease your child well even more. Novant Health Rowan work hard to ensure you see the same physician at each visit, so that Medical Center has the doctor you know and trust can be there for your child. And we’re Mom wins, too breastfeeding resources available when you need us most with special conveniences like Benefits for breastfeeding moms include decreased risk for breast and same-day sick appointments. Dr. Torres is fluent in Spanish and loves to connect availableSpanish-speaking with local to you and your ovarian cancer and type 2 diabetes. Breastfeeding can also help you lose the family. To families. We look forward to meeting you and having the opportunity to care for your child. learn more, visit Scott Agbuya, DO Ashley Ferguson, MD Jomari Torres, MD pounds you put on during pregnancy. www.novanthealth.org or call our lactation specialists at 704Tips for moms who work 210-5188. Here To make an appointment, call breastfeeding easier for working are some suggestions to make 704-638-1550. Visit nhrowanpediatrics.org moms: to learn more about our physicians and services. • Start the day with a long nursing session so your baby is content during the morning rush. www.novanthealth.org Join the Beachbody Challenge! 530 Corporate Circle, Suite 200, Salisbury . Isn’t it time YOU came first? Get In The Best Shape Of Your Life Today! Fitness - reach your goals with world-class at-home programs. Support - meal planning, expert advice, motivation, accountability & more! Girl Scouts builds leaders, one girl at a time. Through hands-on learning, connecting with others and mastering life skills; girls try new things, love transformational experiences and share their adventures along the way. Join today for nonstop fun, www.hngirlscouts.org Business Opportunity Get paid to help others as you get fit & healthy. Free Personal Coaching www.ncfamilyfitness.com 8 •Sept/Oct 2014 • Parent Teacher Magazine

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