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Breastfeeding Books for Parents
Breastfeeding Friendly Books for Children
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Breastfeeding Books for Parents

General Breastfeeding Information

  1. The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding: La Leche League 2004
  2. The Ultimate Breastfeeding Book of Answers: Dr. Jack Newman & Teresa Pitman, 2006
  3. Breastfeeding Made Simple: Nancy Mohrbacher & Kathleen Kendall- Tackett, 2005
  4. The Breastfeeding Answer Book: La Leche League International, 2003
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Breastfeeding an Older Child
1. Mothering Your Nursing Toddler : Norma Jane Bumgarner 2000

Breastfeeding Multiples
1. Mothering Multiples: Breastfeeding and Caring for Twins or More: Karen Kerkhoff, 2007

Weaning
1. The Nursing Mother’s Guide to Weaning: Kathleen Huggins & Linda Ziedrich, 2007
2. How Weaning Happens: Diane Bengson , 2000

Breastfeeding and Returning to Work
1. Working without Weaning: A working Mother’s guide to Breastfeeding: Kristen Berggren, 2006
2. Nursing Mother, Working Mother: Gale Pryor & Kathleen Huggins, 2007

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Breastfeeding Friendly Books for Children

This bibliography of children's books has been compiled to help us create a more visible and positive culture where
"breastfeeding is the norm."
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Recommended Websites

Halton Baby Friendly Initiative
www.babyfriendlyhalton.ca

Breastfeeding Committee of Canada
www.breastfeedingcanada.ca

Ontario Breastfeeding Committee
www.breastfeedingontario.org

Motherisk
www.motherisk.org/women/breastfeeding.jsp

Tom Hale: Breastfeeding Pharmacology
www.infantrisk

Breastfeeding after Breast surgery
www.bfar.org

INFACT Canada
www.infactcanada.ca

La Leche League Canada
www.lalecheleaguecanada.ca

Health Canada
www.hc-sc.gc.ca

Best Start/ Health Nexus
www.beststart.org/resources/breastfeeding/index.html

UNICEF
www.unicef.org/programme/breastfeeding

World Health Organization (WHO)
www.int/nutition/topics/intandfeeding/en/index.html

Peel Region
http://www.peelregion.ca/health/family-health/just-for-dad/pdf/FHE0108-PEEL.pdf (PDF)

THE BREASTFEEDING MATTERS HANDBOOK
"Breastfeeding Matters: An important guide to breastfeeding for women and their families" (Source: Best Start by Health Nexus)

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