Breastfeeding

Breastfeeding provides your baby with the perfect food, food that is made to order for all that your baby needs. Nothing can replace breastmilk as the nutrition of choice for newborns and babies.

You can attend a breastfeeding class as part of your prenatal care or the midwife will give you one-on-one instruction. Fathers are strongly encouraged to attend these sessions which give you hands-on practice about how to hold the baby during breastfeeding. The dolls, Thud and Princess, stand in for the baby.

My favorite book on breastfeeding technique is "BestFeeding: Getting Breastfeeding Right for You" by Mary Renfrow, Chloe Fisher and Suzanne Arms.

If you are still breastfeeding a child while pregnant, you will want to read a La Leche League book written by Hilary Flower, "Adventures in Tandem Nursing". She discusses breastfeeding while pregnant and also, nursing a new baby as well as an older sibling.