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Books and leaflets on breastfeeding

If you want to read more about breastfeeding and parenting the books listed below are a good start. You can also download or order leaflets from the sources listed below.

In the UK:

La Leche League GB Online Shop 
The Breastfeeding Network
Association of Breastfeeding Mothers (ABM) Online Shop
The National Childbirth Trust  Online shop
Unicef Baby Friendly Initiative
Department of Health   Leaflets to Download   Leaflets in many languages  
Welsh Assembly Government  Unicef Leaflets in Welsh 
UK Health & Safety Executive New and Expectant Mothers at Work Leaflet

International:

La Leche League International information and articles
Dr Jack Newman & Edith Kernerman Handouts, Video Clips and DVD
Articles by Diane Weissinger 
Kellymom Breastfeeding and Parenting

Books sold by The Baby Café Charitable Trust

Exciting new book offer from The Baby Café Charitable Trust

 

 

THE WOMANLY ART OF BREASTFEEDING
La Leche League International
BESTFEEDING:GETTING BREASTFEEDING RIGHT FOR YOU
Renfrew, Fisher and Arms, 2002
BREASTFEEDING PURE AND SIMPLE
Gwen Gotsch
SO THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE FOR: THE DEFINITIVE BREASTFEEDING GUIDE
Janet Tamaro
Comprehensive guide to making breastfeeding work written by the women who founded La Leche League International. A practical book ideal for those helping women to breastfeed.  Lots of pictures illustrating babies latching. A succinct guide to breastfeeding. Accurate but humorous book on breastfeeding - great cartoons.
 

 

 

BREASTFEEDING YOUR PREMATURE BABY
Gwen Gotsch

 

MOTHERING MULTIPLES
Karen Gromada
DEFINING YOUR OWN SUCCESS: BREASTFEEDING AFTER BREAST REDUCTION SURGERY
Diana West
BREASTFEEDING THE ADOPTED BABY
Debra Stewart Peterson
How you can help your premature baby learn to breastfeed.

 

Breastfeeding twins or more and coping with life before and after the birth.  Written by a mother of twins. Recommended for any mother who has undergone breast reduction surgery and plans to breastfeed.  For a mother planning to breastfeed an adoptive baby.
 

 

 

NURSING MOTHER, WORKING MOTHER
Gale Pryor
NIGHTTIME PARENTING
William Sears
THE NO CRY SLEEP SOLUTION
Elizabeth Pantley
THE NO CRY SLEEP SOLUTION FOR TODDLERS AND PRESCHOOLERS
Elizabeth Pantley
Comprehensive guide to getting breastfeeding established and continuing to breastfeed while returning to work.  Really practical information on pumping, storing milk and on managing it all.  By a mother who's been there.  How and why babies sleep differently to adults and how you can all sleep at night. Gentle ways of helping your baby learn to sleep all night.  A refreshing approach.  Written by a mother of four. Gentle ways of helping your toddler or older child learn to sleep all night.
 

 

 

BECOMING A FATHER
William Sears

MOTHERING YOUR NURSING TODDLER
Norma Jane Bumgarner
HOW WEANING HAPPENS
Diane Bengson
ADVENTURES IN TANDEM NURSING
Hilary Flower

Written for dads.  How to nurture and enjoy your family.

Support for mothers nursing older babies in a less than supportive society. Lots of personal stories of the many different ways babies wean from the breast. Comprehensive book covering breastfeeding while pregnant and then nursing siblings.
 

 

MY CHILD WON'T EAT
Carlos Gonzalez
THE FUSSY BABY
William Sears

WHAT MOTHERS DO ESPECIALLY WHEN IT LOOKS LIKE NOTHING
Naomi Stadlen

EAT WELL, LOSE WEIGHT WHILE BREASTFEEDING
Eileen Behan
Explains why babies and young children may not eat as much as their parents think they need and how to prevent mealtimes becoming a battle. Information on colic and the challenges of breastfeeding a fussy baby. Includes lots of parenting tips. Quotations from mothers show how often the subtle process of mothering and creating a warm relationship with a child can seem to others like 'doing nothing'. A 'must read' for every new mum. Explains the weight loss process whilst breastfeeding and includes information on dieting, exercise and realistic goal setting. With recipes.

 

 

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