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🌟 Save the Date for the 12th PPS Breastfeeding Congress! 🌟

"Breastfeeding 2.0: Triumphs and Trends"
📅 August 12–13, 2025
📍 Space at One Ayala, Makati

🩺 Hosted by Makati Medical Center Department of Pediatrics in partnership with the Philippine Pediatric Society

📣 Calling all pediatricians, healthcare professionals, and breastfeeding advocates!

This year’s host, Makati Medical Center, brings us full circle. Back in 2016, they held one of the most memorable breastfeeding conferences we've ever attended—marked by professionalism, warmth, inclusive organization, and deep commitment to advancing BFLM. We’re excited to gather again as a collective network.

🔥 Expect two days of expert sessions, thought-provoking discussions, and renewed energy for improving breastfeeding care at all levels.

"Breastfeeding 2.0: Triumphs and Trends"
📅 August 12–13, 2025
📍 Space at One Ayala, Makati

💻 REGISTER NOW:
https://forms.gle/vcCeWzFRCDcES6Cz5
💸 Registration Fees:
🕓 Pre-registration (until June 30)
* MDs: ₱3,500
* Allied Health/Trainees: ₱3,000
🗓 Regular Rate
* MDs: ₱4,000
* Allied Health/Trainees: ₱3,500
*
📘 Program at a glance:
https://heyzine.com/flip-book/d0400bec87.html /1

Let’s reconnect, learn, and celebrate how far we’ve come in the science, systems, and spirit of breastfeeding. 💙

August.💕 Happy Breastfeeding Month!🥰

PSNbM Official is inviting you to the Mother and Baby Dialogue Series 5

Topic: Happy Mommy, Happy Baby: Nurturing Mental Health of Breastfeeding Mothers on
Wednesday August 6 at 2:30- 5:00PM

JoinZoom Meeting
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Meeting ID: 852 8001 5715
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Did you know… humans are biologically designed to nurse anywhere from 2 to 7 years?

That’s called natural term breastfeeding, and while it might sound shocking in some places (hi, Western culture 👋), it’s totally normal — even expected — in many parts of the world. Some littles wean earlier, some keep going longer. It’s all within the range of what’s biologically normal

✨ Here’s what’s wild (and amazing) about human milk as baby grows:
🧠 Milk composition changes over time — becoming richer in fats, proteins, and immune-boosting components
🛡️ Lysozyme, an anti-inflammatory enzyme that fights bacteria, increases steadily after 6 months and keeps rising into toddlerhood
💪 Lactoferrin (a protein that blocks harmful bacteria, supports iron absorption, and even inhibits cancer cell growth) also goes up as breastfeeding continues
🦷 Lactoferrin also helps kill the bacteria that cause cavities (👋 strep mutans!), which is pretty amazing since it’s often misunderstood how milk supports, rather than harms, oral health

💡 Your child’s immune system doesn’t fully mature until around age 6. Providing breast milk past infancy is just one additional way to support their overall health

For parents, natural term breastfeeding can also lower risks of things like breast cancer and offer a continued emotional and biological connection that feels grounding for some families

That said… 🫶

We know not everyone gets to choose their breastfeeding journey.
We see how many families struggle to even get started — and how that struggle is often made worse by the lack of support, misinformation, or cultural judgment

💬 Whether you nurse for 3 days, 3 months, or 3+ years…
You deserve support. You deserve facts. You deserve choices.

We’re here for all of it 💛

Last day of Early Bird Registration!

Is your teen’s behavior just a phase—or something more? Learn how to recognize early warning signs of anxiety, depression, and other mental health concerns.

✅ Understand what’s normal and what’s not
✅ Spot red flags before they escalate
✅ Take steps to support your teen effectively

See you!

Hello, Parents! 🙂

We hear you—raising a teenager comes with many challenges, but we can learn together and help each other navigate adolescence together.

In partnership with Liceo de Cagayan University, we are having a one-of-a-kind parenting workshop this coming March 8, 2025.

Our experience tells us that the parents’ involvement is one of the most important factors that protects and promotes our teen’s mental health. And so, our goal is to equip parents to understand and support their children as their family goes through this unique life stage.

We will cover these topics:

1. The Adolescent Brain
2. Communicating with the Adolescent
3. Self-Worth and Self-Esteem
4. Parenting Styles in this Generation
5. Parenting the Neurotypical and Neurodivergent Adolescent
6. School Accommodation

Scan the QR code or click this link for more details and to register :

https://bit.ly/OverhaulParenting

EARLY BIRD RATE is 2000 PHP per participant, 3800 PHP per couple until February 15, 2025.

Come and join us!😊

Struggling with mealtimes or a picky eater?

Join "Feeding Them Right: Expert's Guide to Nourishing Your Kids" 🍎

Discover:

1. The root causes of feeding challenges.
2. Practical strategies to encourage healthy eating.
3. Skills to handle picky eating tailored to your child.

📅 February 15, 2025
🕒 2:00 PM |
📍 Online via Zoom
💰 P600 (via bank transfer)

Register now: http://bit.ly/FeedingThemRightFeb2025 🌟

Merry Christmas!

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“I can’t do this without You.” ♥️🙏

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It's World Breastfeeding Week! 🌎🤱

To all of the mamas out there on their own unique breastfeeding journeys, we support you 💛