Mothers breastfeeding and bottle-feeding babies.

Fed is Best Foundation Charm Fundraiser

We are the Fed Is Best Foundation and we thank you for visiting our page and supporting our work with your donation! Your donation of any size is greatly appreciated – and will help us meet our goals and work to ensure that all babies are fed and nourished with safe, evidence-based practices.

A special bonus for this fundraiser is that gifts of $20 or more get a special thank you! #FedIsBest Advocates donating $20 and up will receive a #FedIsBest charm (only available here!) just in time for the holiday season.

Proudly show your support for all parents and feeding methods and help us reach our goal to ensure all babies are fed and nourished in the ways that are best for them and their families.

You can donate by clicking here for our Indiegogo fundraiser tool:

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Mother breastfeeding her newborn baby.

Recent Article Discusses WHO Recommendation to Avoid Supplementation in Newborns Involves Risks and Does Not Improve Breastfeeding Rates

Written by Fed is Best Co-Founder, Christie del Castillo-Hegyi, M.D.

In the latest issue of The Journal of the American Medical Assocation (JAMA), pediatricians and public health investigators Dr. Valerie Flaherman, M.D., M.P.H. and Dr. Isabelle Von Kohorn, M.D., Ph.D. co-wrote an editorial on the United States Preventative Services Task Force (USPSTF)’s updated recommendations for primary care interventions that support breastfeeding. Continue reading

Infant girl in pink dress, bandage on nose.

A Tube-feeding Mom Shares Her Story

Written by a mother who asked to remain anonymous

My daughter was born with a condition called PRS (Pierre Robin Sequence) she has a cleft pallet and a smaller then average chin, she was in the NICU for a month in a children’s hospital a few hours from home and had a feeding tube til she was 6 months old. I follow a group on Facebook with other families with children that have the same condition.

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