Re: favorite basic breastfeeding book for parents

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oh how cool! thank for the heads up!

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Hi Lyla, Kathleen Huggin's and I will have "25 Things Every Nursing Mother should Know" coming out in March: http://harvardcommonpress.com/content/books/details/25-things-every-nursing-mother-needs-to-know/

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oh and about NMC - i would have to get it from my colleague to find the parts i wasn't thrilled with - it was nothing terrible, but i remember some of the latch stuff (the descriptions and the pictures) wasn't ideal - the hand was ON the back of the head, etc. and i think there was one section where a pacifier was recommended as something to try - i can't remember what section...

Lyla

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I love breastfeeding made simple and “So

that’s what they are For “ its humorous and has good solid info . Don’t

think its written by a IBCLC though L

Best wishes

Nicola

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I think you raised some good points. I know of a fellow LC who had a non latching baby, and described running home to say hello to her pump rather than her baby- because she was so busy getting that milk out.

Billowitz, IBCLC

Israel

Re: favorite basic breastfeeding book for parents

I would like to have something in there about being careful to keep the mother-baby relationship as a top priority. I am concerned about some mothers who are so driven to make breastfeeding work that they lose their joy and closeness with their baby in the process. They fight with the baby to get him to latch, or let others bottle-feed so they can pump every 2 hours around the clock. I don't say this to criticize or add another layer of guilt onto overwhelmed mothers, but to suggest that it's ok to just be with their baby and do whatever level of breastfeeding is reasonable given the cards they have been dealt. Some mothers might feel that there is a medical need to avoid even a drop of formula, and I respect that; but babies need their mother's love even more than they need to have only 100% mother's milk (IMNSHO.

I am also very concerned about the increasing overuse of pumps. I am concerned that pumps are becoming the new formula. Like formula, pumps are a tool that can help a mother and baby, or come between them. Pumps can be reassuring to mothers, or make her worry when she wouldn't have otherwise worried about her supply.

It might also be helpful to have some information to empower mothers to ask questions of a breastfeeding helper, such as "describe your training," or "how do you approach a low supply situation"? Mothers need some way to sift through all the breastfeeding advice they get from various professionals who often know squat about breastfeeding yet spout opinions as if they were facts.

I am so glad you are doing this, ! This is going to be the best edition yet!

Lynnette

Speaking of this (and not to hijack your post, Lyla), but I would love to hear any feedback about the Womanly Art of Breastfeeding and any suggestions for the next revision, because Diane Wiessinger, Pitman, and I will be writing the next revision. We plan to completely rewrite it, in a much more basic, accessible, girlfriend-to-girlfriend style. We'd love to hear any ideas you have or suggestions for improvements.

we are trying to decide what basic book to carry in our boutique, along with the ultimate breastfeeding book of answers, making more milk, cathy genna's book - those all being for more complex issues/reference. i looked through the latest edition of nursing mother's companion and was disappointed in enough of the info/advice that i don't think it's the right one. i am a leader, but i will admit i have not read the latest edition of the womanly art, and i am hoping for feedback on that, specifically whether it would be a good "all purpose" book without a ton of philosophy - and also how up to date the actual latch and breastfeeding advice is. my business partners are going to look at jack newman's "the latch" and also breastfeeding made simple - feedback on these? other books you prefer? thanks!!

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diana has posted here the DYOS i outdated and that "making more milk" has more up to date info and she would recommend that.

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Breastfeeding made Simple helps women who don't realize that their baby has instincts to survive, and in my opinion, can reduce some stress. I would also have Dianna's book on Defining your own success. It seems like I loan my copy out on a regular basis until mom can get her own. I'm always amazed that they think of things during their pregnancy that might be cause for a challenge, but don't do much research on them... DaltonPS Just got my Making More Milk book, haven't had time to get past the intro...

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I love BMS, too!

I was about to translate it into Dutch, but a Belgian lady got ahead of me and Kathy was 'appalled', like she said, that this happened, because we had already made sort of intentional appointments about the translation. As the translation was already half way, I decided not to get involved in it anymore, as editing someone else's work is a lot of work that won't bring any credits or satisfaction (or money to pay for the time!)

Anyway, we spoke in October and she said, after I explained to her what kind of book I would like to make available for the Dutch market, that she would definitely be able to make suggestions for a project that emphasizes what I am so interested in: secure attachment, biological needs of babies, co-sleeping (and co-bedding), brain development as an explanation for baby's dependence on mom, keeping breastfeeding basic and not let all kinds of rubbish get in the way of the natural process, the value of a good breastfeeding relationship for the mother's self esteem and thereby for a strong parent-child relationship in the years to come, the importance of oxytocine for not only MER, but so incredibly many other aspects in development of personality (drawing on the marvellous work of Kerstin Moberg, who told me she is working on a new book for HCP's), societal responsibility for protection of the vulnerability of the mother-baby-dyad in the early pp phase, and so on.

So, Diane and partners... if all of that could be included in the book.. hahaha... I would love to find an editor and translate it into Dutch, so that I can present a book I could really be proud of to recommend to mothers in my practice! ;o))

Warmly,

nne Vanderveen-Kolkena IBCLCBorstvoedingscentrum Panta RheiIepenlaan 109401 LT ASSENthe Netherlands

tel. 0592 - 40 53 47mobiel 06 - 3049 0022info@...www.borstvoedingscentrumpantarhei.nl (to be launched 16th January, with the official opening of my pp, only intro page right now)

RE: favorite basic breastfeeding book for parents

I love breastfeeding made simple and “So that’s what they are For “ its humorous and has good solid info . Don’t think its written by a IBCLC though L

Best wishes

Nicola

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At 08:49 PM 1/9/2009 -0500, you wrote:

>Speaking of this (and not to hijack your post, Lyla), but I would love to

>hear any feedback about the Womanly Art of Breastfeeding and any

>suggestions for the next revision, because Diane Wiessinger,

>Pitman, and I will be writing the next revision. We plan to completely

>rewrite it, in a much more basic, accessible, girlfriend-to-girlfriend

>style. We'd love to hear any ideas you have or suggestions for improvements.

Hi ,

I think it might be helpful and interesting to have a section in the book

with " words of wisdom " shared by current and former LLL Leaders, based on

their experiences working with mothers. You could poll all of us current

and former LLL Leaders and have us send you a paragraph or so of something

that we think would be useful (such as what a LLL meeting is all about,

what moms' common concerns are, which bit of advice we find ourselves

giving out time and again, dispelling myths about LLL, etc., etc.), and

then you could pick and choose which ones you would like to include in the

book.

I bet you'd get a lot of

interesting feedback! :-)

~Dianne Oliver, IBCLC (former LLLL)

Simi Valley, CA

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