| Edition |
Second edition, Bantam books trade paperback edition. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 254 pages) : illustrations |
| Note |
Description based on print version record. |
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Includes index. |
| Contents |
Choosing to breastfeed -- A perfect design: how breastfeeding works -- Getting ready for your baby -- The first feedings -- Special situations -- Going home -- Good nutrition helps -- Common problems: solutions and treatments -- Breastfeeding beyond infancy -- When you and your baby are apart -- The father's role -- Weaning your baby. |
| Summary |
"With everything new mothers need to know about breastfeeding, this fully revised and updated edition covers more than a decade's worth of the latest research, including: information for mothers preparing for the first feeding and adjusting to home, family, and work as a nursing mother; new research on ways breastfeeding can stave off childhood allergies and obesity; expanded coverage of proper nutrition for nursing mothers, including vitamin, mineral, and supplementation recommendations; ideal ways to establish a nursing routine and what to do when returning to work; the father's role and creating a postpartum support network; solutions to common breastfeeding challenges"--Page 4 of cover. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 239) and index. |
| Subject |
Breastfeeding.
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Breastfeeding. (OCoLC)fst01429962
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Breast feeding.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Meek, Joan Younger, editor.
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Scherer, Winnie, editor.
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American Academy of Pediatrics, issuing body.
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| Added Title |
New mother's guide to breastfeeding |
| ISBN |
9780553908237 (electronic bk.) |
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0553908235 (electronic bk.) |
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9781581106466 (electronic bk.) |
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1581106467 (electronic bk.) |
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9780553386660 |
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0553386662 |
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9781581104592 |
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1581104596 |
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