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Online Conference March 2021
March 6
La Leche League of Ireland Conference 2021
Our Annual Conference goes online this year
On Saturday 6th March starting 9.15am
This year’s breastfeeding and parenting Conference will be a Webinar
There will be a full day of talks as listed on the programme below.
Speakers will include:
James McKenna, B.A., M.A., PhD.
Dr James McKenna is a leading authority on mother-infant co-sleeping in relation to breastfeeding and SIDS. He is a professor of anthropology and the director of the Mother-Baby Behavioural Sleep Laboratory at the University of Notre Dame, has published three books and over 139 referenced scientific articles in diverse medical and anthropological journals on co-sleeping, breastfeeding, evolutionary medicine and SIDS.
Amy Brown, PhD, Professor.
Prof. Amy Brown, Psychologist, is a Professor of Child Public Health at Swansea University who specialises in maternal and child health, particularly nutrition. She campaigns to bring about better support for women who want to breastfeed and to improve the UK public’s attitude towards breastfeeding in public.
Programme (please note this programme may be subject to change)
Start 9.15am. Welcome
9.30am – 10.30am How to live healthily in a Pandemic
Monica Malone, LLL
11am – 12.30pm Why Breastfeeding must be taken seriously as a public health responsibility.
Amy Brown, PhD, Professor
2pm – 3.00pm The Birth of A Mother
Deirdre Sheridan, LLL
3.30pm – 5pm A brief history of ‘normal infant sleep’ in western industrialised societies: how we got it all wrong, biologically speaking.
James McKenna, B.A., M.A., PhD
Keynote
7pm – 8.15pm The return of breastsleeping: humankind’s oldest and most successful infant sleep’ and maternal feeding arrangement.
James McKenna, B.A., M.A., PhD
Registration charge is €15 for the full day
Register in advance for this webinar:
Register in advance for this webinar:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_AV3-NOYPRM6PiUYe6fZYKg
When you register and pay you will receive a link to join. This link should not be shared with others; it is unique to you
CERP’s are €15. They can be requested and paid for at CERPS/Certificate of Attendance