- The Nursing Mother’s Companion
- 20th Anniversary Edition
- By Kathleen Huggins
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The 5th edition of this best-selling, widely acclaimed guide for nursing mothers has been completely revised and updated to reflect the needs of today’s nursing moms. Dressed up with a new 2-color interior, this reassuring, accessible, and comprehensive book has been helping new mothers nurture their babies for a generation.
Still here are Kathleen Huggins’s indispensable “Survival Guide” sections to help troubleshoot each stage of breastfeeding—now set off by colored bands on the pages, making them an even quicker and easier reference for nursing mothers.
Updated and expanded topics in this edition include nursing older babies, feeding babies only pumped milk, correcting a low milk supply (for women working away from home), inducing lactation, and bed sharing with babies. The sections on breast pump models, environmental pollutants (such as mercury), and resources for nursing women are fully updated. There is also all-new information on vitamin D supplementation in breast-fed babies and the effects of Reynaud’s Syndrome on breastfeeding. The special appendix on drugs and their effects on lactation and on breast-fed babies, a unique resource among breastfeeding books, has also been completely revised and updated.
Parenting magazine declares The Nursing Mother’s Companion “. . . an excellent book, particularly for first-time nursers.”
Book Details
- Paperback, $14.95
ISBN 978-1-55832-304-9
- Total Pages: 320 pg.
- Trim Size: 6 x 9
- Interior Design:
2 Color
From the Press Room
Praise
“This is an excellent book, particularly for first-time nursers. You know how they say the most important thing about nursing is relaxing? Well, it would be impossible to read this book and have an anxiety attack at the same time. The tone is very reassuring, the chapters well organized. The book is thorough—and never gets on the breast-or-bust bandwagon.”
—Parenting
“[Kathleen Huggins]’s reassuring, practical suggestions make this book an excellent informational companion.”
—Publishers Weekly
“The real strength of this book is the accessibility of the information. A new mother can easily find answers to her questions and concerns within a few minutes. Also, it seems more ‘mainstream’ than some of the other books on the market, yet presents information on topics such as toddler nursing or co-sleeping in a non-threatening way.”
—Doula Magazine
“. . . a sensitive, thoroughly written book . . . an excellent choice for breastfeeding mothers [and] an exemplary basic resource for the lactation consultant.”
—The Journal of Human Lactation