Book description
Breastfeeding is
easy when you follow
your baby's natural instincts
Forget stressful routines, painful breasts and problems with milk
supply. This straightforward guide shows you how to follow your baby's
lead so you can enjoy relaxed and pain-free breastfeeding.
With practical advice on interpreting your baby's needs, Baby-led
Breastfeeding explains in simple terms how breastfeeding works
and why staying in tune with your baby is the key to effortless feeding.
Discover how to:
- help your baby follow his instincts from the very first feed
- make the most of the first few weeks to get breastfeeding up and running
- hold your baby in ways that will help him to feed effectively
- recognise when breastfeeding is going well and be confident that
your baby is getting plenty of breast milk
- avoid common problems - from sore nipples to mastitis
Baby-led Breastfeeding is a sensible and sensitive guide that
will help you and your baby develop a happy and fulfilling
breastfeeding relationship.
Gill Rapley has been a lactation consultant and a voluntary
breastfeeding counsellor and is a former deputy director of the UNICEF
UK Baby Friendly Initiative. She is also a qualified midwife and
worked for 20 years as a health visitor. Her three children, now grown
up, were all breastfed.
Tracey Murkett is a writer and journalist. She breastfed her
daughter, now aged six, and is a voluntary mother-to-mother
breastfeeding helper.
