Patient and Family Education

• ACT! Actively Changing Together
• Exercise and Children: Helping Your Child Move Their Body (PDF) (Spanish)

• Clogged Milk Ducts (Spanish) (American Academy of Pediatrics)
• Dysphoric Milk Ejection Reflex (D-MER.org)
• Engorgement (Spanish) (American Academy of Pediatrics)
• Hand Expression of Breastmilk (video) (Stanford Medicine)
• Increasing Breastmilk Supply (PDF) (Spanish)
• Informal Breastmilk Sharing (PDF)
• Kangaroo Care (PDF) (Spanish)
• Lactation: How to Support a Breastfeeding Mom (PDF) (Spanish)
• Lactation: How to Support a Pumping Mom (PDF) (Spanish)
• Mastitis (Spanish) (American Academy of Pediatrics)
• Maximizing Milk Production With Hands-On Pumping (video) (Stanford Medicine)
• Northwest Mothers Milk Bank
• Parent Handouts (Lactation Education Resources)
• Proper Storage and Preparation of Breastmilk (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Pumping to Start and Establish a Full Milk Supply (PDF)  (Spanish)
• Pumping to Maintain a Full Milk Supply (PDF) (Spanish)
• Relactation (PDF)
• Tips for Freezing & Refrigerating Breastmilk (Spanish) (American Academy of Pediatrics)
• What Can I Take While Lactating? (PDF) (Spanish)

• Avoiding Choking for Toddlers (English/Spanish) (PDF)
• Eating Disorders Resources
• Healthy Eating Habits (PDF) (Spanish)
• Healthy Eating: Tips for Getting Your Child to Eat (PDF) (Spanish)
• Introducing New Foods to Your Child (PDF) (Spanish)
• Mindful Eating (PDF)
• The 8 Hungers (PDF) (Spanish)

• Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis (PDF) (Amharic) (Arabic) (Russian) (Simplified Chinese) (Somali) (Spanish) (Vietnamese)
• Food Allergy Research and Education (FARE)
• Tips for Avoiding Your Allergen (PDF) (FARE)

• General Food Intake Record (PDF) (Spanish) (Vietnamese)

• Airplane Choo Choo — A Guide to Feeding Your Baby for the First Two Years (American Academy of Pediatrics and National Dairy Council)
• Calcium: Why Does My Child Need It? (PDF) (Amharic) (Arabic) (Spanish)
• Easy-to-Eat High-Calorie Foods (PDF) (Spanish)
• Easy Low-Sodium Recipes (PDF) (Spanish)
• Foods to Increase Your Child’s Calories and Protein (PDF) (Spanish)
• Healthy Fish Guide (Spanish, PDF) (Washington State Department of Health)
• Healthy Habits (PDF) (Spanish)
• High-Calorie Drinks (PDF) (Spanish)
• High-Calorie Foods (PDF) (Spanish)
• High-Fiber Foods (PDF) (Spanish)
• Low-Lactose Food Choices (PDF) (Spanish) (Vietnamese)
• Low-Sodium Eating (PDF) (Arabic) (Russian) (Spanish)
• Low-Sodium Recipes (PDF) (Spanish)
• My Goals Reminder: 7-5-2-1-0 (PDF)
• Nutrition Resources (American Academy of Pediatrics)
• Protein: Where Is Protein Found? (PDF) (Arabic) (Russian) (Spanish)
• Raise a Healthy Child Who Is a Joy to Feed (Spanish, PDF) (Ellyn Satter Institute)
• Sugar Content of Cereal (PDF) (Spanish)
• Vitamin D (PDF) (Spanish)

• Saving Dollars on Food (PDF) (Spanish)
• Resources for Food (PDF) (Amharic) (Arabic) (Russian) (Simplified Chinese) (Somali) (Spanish) (Vietnamese)
• How to Enroll in WIC: The Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (PDF) (Spanish)
• What Is WIC? The Women, Infants and Children Nutrition Program (Washington State Department of Health)

Seattle Children’s offers meals that nourish and heal. Our chefs source and prepare whole foods from scratch, and most of our recipes are made in-house. We also have menus with diet-specific meal options for your child. Talk with your child’s care team to ensure you order from the menu in your child’s care plan.

View a list of all our menus.

• Blenderized Tube Feedings During Your Child’s Hospital Stay (PDF) (Spanish)
• Formula for Your Child When Staying Overnight at Seattle Children’s (PDF)

• Child Wellness Clinic Resources

• How to Make Formula 20kcal: Alimentum, Elecare Infant, Elecare Jr., Prosobee, Similac Advance, Similac PM60/40
• How to Make Formula 20kcal: Nutramigen
• How to Make Formula 20kcal: Lipistart

• How to Make Fortified Breastmilk 22kcal: Alimentum, Elecare Infant, Neosure, Prosobee, Similac Advance, Similac PM60/40, Similac Sensitive
• How to Make Fortified Breastmilk 22kcals: Nutramigen
• How to Make Formula 22kcal: Alimentum, Elecare Infant, Elecare Jr., Prosobee, Similac Advance, Similac PM60/40, Similac Sensitive
• How to Make Formula 22kcal: Neosure
• How to Make Formula 22kcal: Lipistart
• How to Make Formula 22kcal: Nutramigen

• How to Make Fortified Breastmilk 24kcal: Alimentum, Elecare Infant, Neosure, Prosobee, Similac Advance, Similac PM60/40, Similac Sensitive
• How to Make Fortified Breastmilk 24kcal: Nutramigen
• How to Make Formula 24kcal: Neosure
• How to Make Formula 24kcal: Alimentum, Prosobee, Similac Advance, Similac PM60/40 (Spanish)
• How to Make Formula 24kcal: Nutramigen
• How to Make Formula 24kcal: Elecare Infant, Elecare Jr.
• How to Make Formula 24kcal: Lipistart

• How to Make Formula 26kcal: Alimentum, Prosobee, Similac Advance, Similac PM60/40, Similac Sensitive
• How to Make Formula 26kcal: Neosure
• How to Make Fortified Breasmilk 26kcal: Alimentum, Elecare Infant, Neosure, Prosobee, Similac Advance, Similac PM60/40, Similac Sensitive

We recommend that babies on 27 calories/ounce formula or fortified breastmilk be followed by a registered dietitian.

• How to Make Fortified Breastmilk 27kcal: Alimentum, Elecare Infant, Neosure, Prosobee, Similac Advance, Similac PM60/40, Similac Sensitive
• How to Make Formula 27kcal: Alimentum, Prosobee, Similac Advance, Similac PM60/40
• How to Make Formula 27kcal: Neosure

We recommend that babies on 28kcal/oz formula or fortified breastmilk be followed by a Registered Dietitian.

• How to Make Formula 28kcal: Alimentum, Prosobee, Similac Advance, Similac PM60/40, Similac Sensitive
• How to Make Formula 28kcal: Neosure
• How to Make Fortified Breastmilk 28kcal: Alimentum, Elecare Infant, Neosure, Prosobee, Similac Advance, Similac PM60/40, Similac Sensitive

We recommend that babies on 30 calories/ounce formula or fortified breastmilk be followed by a registered dietitian.

• How to Make Fortified Breastmilk 30kcal: Alimentum, Elecare Infant, Neosure, Prosobee, Similac Advance, Similac PM60/40, Similac Sensitive
• How to Make Formula 30kcal: Alimentum, Elecare Infant, Elecare Jr., Prosobee, Similac Advance, Similac PM60/40
• How to Make Formula 30kcal: Neosure

• Meal Support Training for Parents (PDF)
• List of support groups at Seattle Children’s:
  • Diabetes and Me
  • Little Kids With Insulin Dependent Diabetes (L’Kidds)
  • NICU and Preemie Parent Support Group
  • Celiac Support Group