{"id":1705,"date":"2018-07-26T14:50:12","date_gmt":"2018-07-26T18:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ona18.journalists.org\/?p=1705"},"modified":"2018-09-06T18:10:01","modified_gmt":"2018-09-06T18:10:01","slug":"nursing-pumping-family-resources-ona18-austin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ona18.journalists.org\/2018\/07\/26\/nursing-pumping-family-resources-ona18-austin\/","title":{"rendered":"Nursing, pumping and family resources at ONA18 and in Austin"},"content":{"rendered":"
ONA has reserved a private suite,\u00a0Hospitality Suite 555, on the fifth floor of the JW Marriott as a secure and quiet space to breastfeed or pump during ONA18. The space will be equipped with comfortable seating, a bathroom and sink, purified water and a small refrigerator to store expressed milk or bottles \u2014 as well as some other goodies to keep moms comfortable.<\/p>\n
Keys to access this space will be available at the Help area of the main registration desk, and\u00a0this sign-up sheet is available<\/a>\u00a0for women who wish to secure space in advance. The room can accommodate at least two people at a time and will be accessible from Thursday to Saturday night.<\/p>\n For families seeking child care during ONA18, we suggest reaching out to Mom’s Best Friend<\/a>\u00a0or using Care.com<\/a> for your needs. Some parents also post in the ONA18 Facebook group<\/a> looking to share short-term nanny or babysitting resources.<\/p>\n Austin is full of fun activities for kids of all ages \u2014 from checking out the bats at dusk at the\u00a0Congress Avenue Bridge<\/a>\u00a0just down the street from the JW Marriott, to the rescue-focused Austin Zoo<\/a>, the nearby Capitol Visitors Center<\/a>, the unique Austin Toy Museum<\/a> and plenty of parks and other outdoors spaces<\/a>.<\/p>\n This Curbed article details 26 options<\/a> for exploring the city with little ones in tow, and Austin Family Magazine has a daily calendar of family events<\/a> across the region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" ONA has reserved a private suite,\u00a0Hospitality Suite 555, on the fifth floor of the JW Marriott as a secure and quiet space to breastfeed or pump during ONA18. The space will be equipped with comfortable seating, a bathroom and sink, purified water and a small refrigerator to store expressed milk or bottles \u2014 as well […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1766,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"start_time":0,"end_time":0,"moderators":[],"hashtag":[],"soundcloud":[],"scribble":[],"viafoura":[],"youtube":[],"vimeo":[],"facebook":[],"trint":[],"slideshare":[],"livestream":[],"resources":[],"video_embed":[],"first_name":"","last_name":"","title":"","organization":"","website":"","twitter":"","_sponsor_url":"","_sponsor_tagline":"","_sponsor_level":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[55,1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/ona18.journalists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2018\/07\/33589593566_d09231bda7_k-e1533304281805.jpg","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\n