Breastfeeding Book

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Does anyone have any recommendations for a great breastfeeding book? Thanks!

[SnuggleBuggles]

I liked "The Nursing Mother's Handbook" by Kathleen Huggins more than the La Leche League's book. I found "The Baby Book" by Dr. Sears to be helpful with all things, including bf'ing.

kellymom.com is *the* link to bookmark for bf'ing questions. I referred to it probably more than any of my books because it is so comprehensive and helpful.

Beth

[justincase]

I liked "The Nursing Mother's Handbook" by Kathleen Huggins more than the La Leche League's book. I found "The Baby Book" by Dr. Sears to be helpful with all things, including bf'ing.

kellymom.com is *the* link to bookmark for bf'ing questions. I referred to it probably more than any of my books because it is so comprehensive and helpful.

Beth

:yeahthat: ITA with all of the above! :)

[nrp]

I liked "The Nursing Mother's Handbook" by Kathleen Huggins more than the La Leche League's book. I found "The Baby Book" by Dr. Sears to be helpful with all things, including bf'ing.

kellymom.com is *the* link to bookmark for bf'ing questions. I referred to it probably more than any of my books because it is so comprehensive and helpful.

Beth

I didn't read the Sears book, but I also loved The Nursing Mother's Companion as well as kellymom.com. Both are terrific resources.

[Momof3Labs]

I found that the best way to gain bf'ing knowledge was the combo of a good breastfeeding class (with support of the LCs available after birth - most hospitals offer this) with kellymom.com

And we've had a lot of good bf'ing threads here, too!

[WatchingThemGrow]

For another general feeding book - starts with BF but goes on to include solids up through the teen years, Ellyn Satter's Child of Mine is a classic.

[ahrimie]

I didn't read the Sears book, but I also loved The Nursing Mother's Companion as well as kellymom.com. Both are terrific resources.

:yeahthat:

[KarenLud]

I read So That's What They're For which was a pretty quick read with some good info. But I agree with the others..kellymom and la leche league's websites are great!

[jerseygirl07067]

Another vote for the Nursing Mother's Companion by Kathleen Huggins and for kellymom.com!

I will say that before I had my first, I never bought a book beforehand, but a friend gave me a little book called Nursing - the First Two Months. It's actually just 60 pages taken directly from the Nursing Mother's Companion, made into a little book. Interestingly, it's often in the "breastfeeding" formula bags you get when you leave the hospital. I just got another copy which was great since my old one was stained badly with breastmilk! But nonetheless, it's a really good little book. It hits a lot of what you need to know for the first two months and is easy to read without getting too technical.

[SnuggleBuggles]

I knew I got the title wrong. Handbook just didn't sound right. The Nursing Mothers' Companion is the book I meant.

I also liked this ancient book called "Bestfeeding" that my SIL gave me because it had great pictures that were very helpful.

Beth

[pamxch]

I read "So That's What They're For!: The Definitive Breastfeeding Guide 3rd edition" by Janet Tamaro (http://www.amazon.com/Thats-What-Theyre-Definitive-Breastfeeding/dp/159337285X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1241923435&sr=8-1).

I really liked it. It was humorous and really made me want to stick with breastfeeding, even in the beginning when it was so painful. When maternity leave ended, I found I really related to the anecdotes in the book about other women's experiences pumping at work.

[JTsMom]

I also really liked So That's What They're For. LLL's Womanly Art of BF'ing is good too, but a tad preachy at times. Just take what works for you and leave the rest, and I think it's a keeper.