Healthy Moms & Babies

Here at the Florida Department of Health we provide programs and resources to support healthy moms and babies. When mom’s and babies are healthy, our families are healthy, and our communities are healthy.

WIC
The Florida Department of Health facilitates the federal nutrition program WIC (Women, Infants and Children) which provides supplemental nutrition resources for pregnant and postpartum women and children up to age 5.

Breastfeeding Help
Our WIC team operates an infant feeding line to answer all breastfeeding and infant feeding questions from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m., seven days a week. Call (386) 316-1499 (English) or (386) 871-4436 (Spanish).

Additional Breastfeeding Resources
Breastfeeding Tips
Very Well Family
Breastfeeding Your Baby (a WIC brochure)
Breastfeeding When You’re Going Back to Work or School (a WIC brochure)
For a list of support groups and classes for breastfeeding in Volusia and Flagler counties.

Baby & Me Tobacco Free
The Baby & Me Tobacco Free Program strives to help moms have healthy babies, born on time to healthy moms ready to embrace their new roll by helping moms quit using tobacco. Find out how you can quit smoking or vaping and earn free diapers and wipes while doing so. Enroll today by emailing Helena.Girouard@flhealth.gov or by calling (386) 281-6558.

Safe Sleep
Learn how to help your baby fall asleep and stay asleep in their own safe place, visit Ounce.Org.

Help Me Grow
Help Me Grow Florida is a support system of health care, early care and education providers dedicated to identifying early signs of developmental, behavioral, or educational concerns and linking families to available community resources. Children reach milestones in how they play, learn, speak, behave and move. A developmental screening can help assess if your child is achieving those milestones when appropriate. Complete your child’s free screening today or call 2-1-1 and ask for “Help Me Grow.”

Early Childhood Literacy
The first few years of life are critical for brain development so promoting literacy from a young age is always a good idea. Research shows that reading to young children not only provides healthy together time for parents and children, but also offers many lifelong benefits including increased vocabulary, curiosity and memory; positive associations with books and reading; opportunities to build listening skills, and a foundation for scholastic success. Pick up a free book for your child the next time you visit a Florida Department of Health location in Volusia County.

Car Seat Resources
For information on car seat safety and installation, visit Safe Kids Worldwide of Volusia/Flagler.

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