For many years La Leche League has set the standard for supporting families with breastfeeding. This new edition of their classic bestseller brings generations of wisdom to today’s parents, with up-to-date information, new illustrations, and stories from mothers, fathers, and grandparents around the world who share their own experiences.



What’s inside?



• Why breastfeeding matters

• Getting started – how to learn your baby’s feeding cues and positions to try

• Life with your breastfed baby

• Managing common challenges – includes new research

• Going back to work – expressing and storing your milk

• Sleep (and how to get more of it), starting family foods, and weaning



Whether you’re planning to breastfeed for a few weeks, or a few years, this book puts all the information at your fingertips, ready to help you when you need support at any point on your breastfeeding journey.



Whether you read the whole book from cover to cover, or dip in and out as you need to, you’ll find everything you need in this indispensable volume that has supported countless mothers to breastfeed their babies.