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Breastfeeding Books

April Book Club Breastfeeding Book:                                                         April Bookclub Non breastfeeding book

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BreastWay Book of the month:

we at the breastway love these gals - straighttalking, non nonesense, great chapter on breastfeeding :)

Reading Recommendations and Lists:

Childrens Books with images of breastfeeding:

• We Like to Nurse Using very simple text and bright pictures, 13 mother-baby animal pairs are shown breastfeeding, with a simple statement about each.

• Mommy breastfeeds our baby by Teresa P Carroll. Breastfeeding is explained as a natural and special way to feed the baby. 1990 and 2005 editions available! 

• Only the Cat Saw (Books for Young Readers) As Amy and her family get ready to settle down for the night, the cat gets ready to explore and sees many things, including the mother breastfeeding the baby in a rocking chair at dawn..

• A Teeny tiny baby – by Amy Schwarz. "I'm a teeny tiny baby and I know how to get anything I want." His loving family gladly complies with his desire to be jiggled, tickled, patted, burped, etc. A highlight is his list of when he prefers to nurs
  
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• We Have a Baby The mother is shown nursing the new baby in one illustration, her arm around the toddler who is enjoying a drink and a coo
• Welcome With LoveJack and his family welcome a baby boy in this tranquil description of a seamless home birth.
  
• I'm Made of Mama's Milk by Mary Olsen. In simple rhyming verse, the blissful and contented nursling describes her love for nursing, how breastfeeding benefits her, and when, where and how she nurses
  
• One Round Moon and a Star for Me by Ingrid Mennen. The simple family story is universal: a new baby is born, and a boy suddenly needs reassurance that his parents belong to him, too.
• The World Is Full of Babies (Wonderwise) An entertaining and informative comparison of human infants and children with puppies, elephant calves, polar bear cubs, cuckoo chicks, seal pups, and many other familiar and exotic animals.
  
• I Eat at Mommy's by Anna E Bradley MacBeth. Hardcover. Feeding through the eyes of our children.
  
• Michele: The Nursing Toddler - A Story about Sharing Love by Jane M Pinczuk. With mother's milk and daddy's hugs and special visits from grandparents, Michele blooms from an infant to a toddler, developing confidence and pride along the way.
  
• I Want a Brother or Sister by Astrid Lindgren. Peter thinks baby sister Lena cries too much and takes too much of Mama's time until he learns to help take care of her.
• Maggies Weaning. By Mary Joan Deutschbein.
• The Best Gifts by Marsha Skrypuch.

CUIDIU-IRISH CHILDBIRTH TRUST TRAINEE BREASTFEEDING COUNSELLORS reading list

ESSENTIAL READING

• Breastfeeding in Ireland – A five year strategic action plan – October 2005
• The Breastfeeding Answer Book by La Leche League 2004 Audrey Naylor,Nancy Mohrbacher, and Julie Stock
• Counselling the Nursing Mother by Lauwers & Shinskie 2005
• Dr Jack Newmans Guide to Breastfeeding – Dr Jack Newman & Teresa Pitman 2003
• Successful Breastfeeding by Royal College of Midwives Handbook 2001

GENERAL READING

• Bestfeeding: Why Breastfeeding Is Best for You and Your Baby by Mary Renfrew, Chloe Fisher, and Suzanne Arms 2004
• Breastfeeding Made Simple: Seven Natural Laws for Nursing Mothers by Kathleen A. Kendall-Tackett and Nancy Mohrbacher 2005
• Birth and Breastfeeding: Rediscovering the Needs of Women During
• Pregnancy and Childbirth by Michel Odent 2007
• Breast is Best by Penny and Andrew Stanway (Pan)-updated 1996
• Breastfeeding Matters by Maureen Minchin (Alma Publications) 1992
• Breastfeeding your baby, Experience of breastfeeding both by Sheila Kitzinger 1990
• NCT: Breastfeeding for Beginners by Caroline Deacon 2002
• National Breastfeeding policy for Ireland – Dept. of Health 1994

RECOMMENDED FOR TEACHING CLASSES/GROUPS

• Red Book of Groups by Gaie Houston (Rochester Foundation)
• Once upon a Group by Kindred
• Adults Learning by Jenny Rogers 2007
• Adult Learning-Adult Teaching by Daines, Daines and Graham.
• First Steps in Counselling Ursula O'Farrell
• Basic Counselling Skills: A Helper's Manual by Richard Nelson-Jones 2007

EXTRA READING / PARENTING ISSUES

• The Art of Breastfeeding by La Leche League International
• Women as mothers by Sheila Kitzinger (Fontana)
• The year after Childbirth Sheila Kitzinger
• Your Child's Development in the First Five Years by Illingworth Churchill Livingstone)
• Dibs: In Search of Self by Virginia Axline (Pelican)
• Breastfeeding & Natural Child Spacing by Sheila KippleyThe Family Bed by Tina Thevenin
• Postnatal Depression by Katerina Dalton
• WHO/IMF Codes
• A Little Lifetime – Health Education Bureau & ISANDS
• Food for Thought – A Parent's Guide to Food Intolerance by Maureen Minchin (Oxford University Press)
• Politics of Breastfeeding by Gabrielle Palmer 2008
• New Generation- NCT quarterly publication
• Mothering Your Nursing Toddler by Norma Jane Bumgarner

REFERENCE

• Breastfeeding: A Guide for the Medical Profession by Ruth Lawrence 2006 update
• Counselling the Nursing Mother by Lauwers & Shinskie 2005
• Breastfeeding & Human Lactation by Riordan & Auerbach 2008
• Journal of Human Lactation – Quarterly from ILCA – see website for details
• IMpact of Birthing Practices on Breastfeeding – Protecting the Mother & Baby Continuum – Mary Kroeger & Linda Smith
• Immunobiology of Human Milk – How Breastfeeding Protects babies - Lars A Hanson
• Checklist for Breastfeeding Counsellors by NCT