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The Art of Breastfeeding: Completely Revised and Updated 9th Edition

by La Leche League International

A practical guide to breastfeeding and family life

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A practical guide to breastfeeding and family life

This revised edition organizes breastfeeding guidance around the changing needs of parents and babies: getting started with feeding cues and nursing positions, navigating everyday care, and addressing common challenges. It also covers expressing and storing milk, including in the context of returning to work, as well as sleep, introducing family foods, and weaning. New illustrations and accounts from mothers, fathers, and grandparents around the world add varied family perspectives. The book presents information for different stages and goals, from breastfeeding for a short period to a longer journey.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Parents preparing to breastfeed or already doing so
  • Families seeking guidance on nursing, milk storage, sleep, or weaning
  • Those interested in experiences shared by family members across the breastfeeding journey

Themes

Breastfeeding supportInfant careReturning to workFamily perspectivesIntroducing foods and weaning

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Book overview

An all-new edition of the book breastfeeding mothers have relied on for generations is here!

For many years, La Leche League has set the standard for supporting families in the art of breastfeeding. This new edition brings that support to today's parents, with up-to-date information, new illustrations, and stories from mothers, fathers, and grandparents around the world about their experiences.

What's inside?

- why breastfeeding matters
- feeding cues and nursing positions for getting started
- life with your breastfed baby
- managing common challenges (with new research)
- expressing and storing your milk, especially when going back to work
- sleep and how to get more of it
- starting family foods and weaning

La Leche League is here to help you meet your breastfeeding goals, whether you're planning to breastfeed for a few weeks or a few years. This book puts information at your fingertips, ready to help you at any point on your breastfeeding journey.
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