Breastfeeding and breastfeeding during a growth spurt is a comprehensive guide that provides valuable information and practical tips for mothers who are navigating the challenges of breastfeeding during their baby's growth spurts. This short read book covers everything from the importance of breastfeeding to adjusting your breastfeeding routine during growth spurts, boosting milk supply, and taking care of yourself as a breastfeeding mother. The book begins by highlighting the importance of breastfeeding for both the baby and the mother. It emphasizes the numerous benefits of breastfeeding, including providing essential nutrients, boosting the baby's immune system, and promoting bonding between mother and child. Next, the book delves into the topic of growth spurts in infants. It explains what growth spurts are and how they can affect breastfeeding patterns. The signs of a growth spurt are discussed in detail, helping mothers recognize when their baby is going through this phase. The duration of growth spurts is also explored, giving mothers an idea of how long they can expect their baby's increased feeding demands to last. The book then provides practical advice on adjusting breastfeeding during growth spurts, including increasing the frequency of feedings and ensuring a proper latch. To help mothers cope with the increased demands of breastfeeding during growth spurts, the book offers strategies for boosting milk supply. These strategies include frequent breastfeeding, power pumping, and the use of herbal supplements. Recognizing the importance of self-care for breastfeeding mothers, the book dedicates a section to discuss rest and sleep, nutrition and hydration, and the importance of having a support system. It emphasizes the need for mothers to take care of themselves in order to meet the demands of breastfeeding during growth spurts. The book also addresses when to seek professional help, highlighting signs such as insufficient weight gain and lack of wet diapers that may indicate a problem. It encourages mothers to reach out to healthcare professionals for guidance and support. In conclusion, Breastfeeding and breastfeeding during a growth spurt is a valuable resource for mothers who are navigating the challenges of breastfeeding during their baby's growth spurts. With its practical tips and comprehensive information, this book is a must-read for any breastfeeding mother. If you have any questions or comments, the book also provides a Frequently Asked Questions section where you can find answers and additional support. This title is a short read. A Short Read is a type of book that is designed to be read in one quick sitting. These no fluff books are perfect for people who want an overview about a subject in a short period of time. Table of Contents Breastfeeding and breastfeeding during a growth spurt Importance of Breastfeeding Growth Spurts in Infants Signs of a Growth Spurt Duration of Growth Spurts Adjusting Breastfeeding during Growth Spurts Increased Frequency of Feedings Ensuring Proper Latch Staying Hydrated Boosting Milk Supply during Growth Spurts Frequent Breastfeeding Power Pumping Herbal Supplements Self-Care for Breastfeeding Mothers Rest and Sleep Nutrition and Hydration Support System When to Seek Professional Help Insufficient Weight Gain Lack of Wet Diapers Conclusion Frequently Asked Questions Have Questions / Comments?

"This is not a book about how to make your child into a genius, however. We firmly believe that every child is unique and intelligent in his own way. It is a book on how to understand and cope with your baby when he is difficult and how to enjoy him most as he grows. It is about the joys and sorrows of growing with your baby."--Publisher's website.

This book brings together international academics, policy makers and practitioners to build bridges between the real-world and scholarship on breastfeeding. It asks the question: How can the latest social science research into breastfeeding be used to improve support at both policy and practice level, in order to help women breastfeed and to breastfeed for longer? The edited collection includes discussion about the social and cultural contexts of breastfeeding and looks at how policy and practice can apply this to women’s experiences. This will be essential reading for academics, policy makers and practitioners in public health, midwifery, child health, sociology, women's studies, psychology, human geography and anthropology, who want to make a real change for mothers.

The Model Chapter on Infant and Young Child Feeding is intended for use in basic training of health professionals. It describes essential knowledge and basic skills that every health professional who works with mothers and young children should master. The Model Chapter can be used by teachers and students as a complement to textbooks or as a concise reference manual.

"Lyndsey Hookway's Holistic Sleep Coaching is the book parent-child health professionals have been waiting for regarding infants', children's, and parents' sleep! The comprehensive content is comprised of an exhaustive review of the sleep literature, but it is written in a reader-friendly discussion format. (References are cited in text with the complete reference list in APA alphabetical style at the end.) I appreciate Hookway's evidence-based approach with its emphasis on human sleep biology. Yet her words constantly model sensitivity and empathy for both babies/children and their parents who live in our current cultural landscape of isolated nuclear families dependent on two incomes and often miles from physical support." -Karen Kerkhoff Gromada, MSN, RN, IBCLC, FILCA Author: Mothering Multiples: Breastfeeding and Caring for Twins or More "There is much to like in Hookway's book, including her clear understanding of the link between breastfeeding and sleeping, and the importance of sleep for parental mental health. Educating practitioners about normal infant sleep is an important task. Too many are only aware of extinction methods for addressing parental sleep concerns: with Holistic Sleep Coaching Hookway is laying the groundwork for the development of a more evidence-based and systematic approach." -Helen Ball, Professor of Anthropology, Director of the Durham Infancy & Sleep Centre (DISC), Founder of the Baby Sleep Info Source (Basis) "As a breastfeeding professional, I was curious and hopeful when I began reading Lyndsey Hookway's book, Holistic Sleep Coaching. One of the biggest worries for most new parents is how lack of sleep will impact their family, particularly within the context of breastfeeding. This book is not about training a baby how to sleep, or using dangerous methods that can comprise the breastfeeding relationship. This book IS about understanding how sleep works and how to use that knowledge to understand one's baby. It enables parents to support the uniqueness of their child, continue breastfeeding effectively, and identify how to create the most supportive environment possible to optimize sleep within their distinct family. I would definitely recommend this book as a MUST for new parents before their baby arrives, as well as an integral resource for all perinatal professionals! -Laurel Wilson, IBCLC, RLC, CLE, CLD, CCCECo-Author of The Attachment Pregnancy and The Greatest Pregnancy Ever Infants are probably sleeping no differently now than they were 1000 years ago. However, parenting has changed. We are dealing with the paradox of parenting information overload, coupled with time-poverty. Parents know more than ever about the importance of love, attachment and security to young children. They may know about good nutrition, stress management, toxins, skin to skin, breastfeeding, one-to-one time, emotion coaching and organic food. Parents are bombarded with appliances that are supposed to make their lives easier, and yet end up confused about what is really necessary. At the same time, modern parents are leading busy, expensive lives, and have jobs that they love or need. And within all this, their babies are still sleeping the same as they always have. Some sleep experts are quick to suggest quick fixes to lengthen infant sleep, but there is growing concern that techniques such as extinction may have negative outcomes for infants as well as being stressful for parents. Holistic Sleep Coaching is a multi-dimensional approach that looks at the big picture and recognises that babies' needs are not just physical but psychological, emotional and relational. Holistic Sleep Coaching provides an evidence-based overview of how to optimise sleep without leaving babies and children to cry for health and child care professionals.