Baby Café - Breastfeeding Support Group

The Pettis County Baby Café opened in 2014 and is the first and only Baby Café USA in Missouri. Baby Café is a community-based, proven model of free infant feeding assistance open to anyone who is breastfeeding or interested in breastfeeding.

Baby Café provides social connection and support between local moms and babies while also guaranteeing available professional help with breastfeeding at every meeting. A lactation consultant is available for walk-in assistance and can also do things like weigh your baby, check your breast pump and more.

If you have questions about feeding your baby, are having trouble getting your baby to latch, having pain while breastfeeding, or just need a social hour with some other moms and babies, Baby Café is open for two hours each week.

No appointment is necessary, and refreshments are available. Check the Pettis County Baby Café Facebook page for updates, news and announcements about meeting times. We strive to meet the needs of the community as best as possible and do occasionally change meeting days and times.

Do you know?

• The more times you gather with a group of supportive friends, family, or your local Baby Café the more likely you are to meet and exceed your goals.
• Coming to a group like Baby Café while pregnant can help you learn and prepare things that make your breastfeeding journey easier and more successful. It also helps build an extra support system that you can return to after baby is born to help you along your journey.
• Seeing people like you breastfeeding and having help and expertise from trained lactation professionals can be the key to reaching your goals with your baby.