by The 2023 National Breastfeeding Month (NBM) theme, This is Our Why, will help shine a light on why this work is so important and center the conversation on the babies and families who need our support. Join us as we celebrate mothers and lactating parents and work to protect, promote, and support breastfeeding and human milk feeding for the 13th annual National Breastfeeding Month this August!
Special Recognition Weeks
World Breastfeeding Week and National WIC Breastfeeding Week August 1-7
World Breastfeeding Week 2023 | WABA
Theme: Enabling Breastfeeding: Making a difference for working parents
2023 World Breastfeeding Week Action Folder and Social Media Kit
National WIC Breastfeeding Week | WIC Works
Infographics from NWA’s Breastfeeding Promotion Committee: English and Spanish
2023 USDA Proclamation: National WIC Breastfeeding Week
Indigenous Milk Medicine Week August 8-14
Indigenous Milk Medicine Collective
Theme: From the Stars to a Sustainable Future
Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Breastfeeding Week August 15-21
Asian & Pacific Islander Breastfeeding Task Force
Theme: Telling Our Stories, Elevating Our Voices!
Black Breastfeeding Week August 25-31
Theme: We Outside! Celebrating Connection & Our Communities
Latina/x Breastfeeding Week September 5-11
Semana de la Lactancia Latina 2023
Theme: Our Stories Make the World/Nuestras Historias Crean el Mundo
| Hashtags | |
| National Breastfeeding Month | #NBM23 #nationalbreastfeedingmonth |
| World Breastfeeding Week | #WBW2023 #WABA #worldbreastfeedingweek2023 #warmchain #enablingbreastfeeding #makingadifference |
| Indigenous Milk Medicine Week | #indigenousmilkmedicineweek #indigenousmilkmedicine #sacredfirstfood |
| AANHPI Breastfeeding Week | #AAPIBreastfeedingWeek #AANHPIBreastfeedingStory |
| Black Breastfeeding Week | #BBW23 #weoutside #blackbreastfeedingweek |