Expectations versus reality

The meeting today was really enjoyable, thanks so much for coming and sharing your experiences. We talked about many different things, but here are some links to further information on some of the topics.

We talked about things that we would have liked to have known about breastfeeding before we had our baby. Some mothers mentioned positioning and how to know if baby is latched on well. Here is the La Leche League information on positioning and latch: http://www.llli.org/NB/NBlatch.html

We also talked about 'laid back' breastfeeding and some further information can be found at www.biologicalnurturing.com There are also videos of babies self attaching on youtube and this behaviour is retained for months if not years. Babies who have not breastfeed before have self attached at 3 months.

There are some good video clips of babies breastfeeding at www.drjacknewman.com

There were concerns about how to know if a young baby is getting enough milk. Here is our page on how to access this: http://www.llli.org/FAQ/enough.html And you can get our fact sheet on this subject here http://www.lllgbbooks.co.uk/product/192/is_my_baby_getting_enough_milk_-_pad_of_50/default.aspx (75p)

Also here http://www.llli.org/thewomanlyartofbreastfeeding you can download Chapter 20 of the new Womanly Art of Breastfeeding which has a 'Tear Sheet Tool Kit' which is single pages of helpful information for new parents, including a nappy log.

We also talked about breastfeeding past the first year and here is a link to some of the benefits http://www.kellymom.com/bf/bfextended/ebf-benefits.html

And we mentioned baby led weaning which you can find out more about here www.babyledweaning.com and is one of the ways in which you can introduce babies to solids at the middle of the first year.

Finally, all this information and much more can be found in the fabulous Womanly Art of Breastfeeding which you can get from here http://www.lllgbbooks.co.uk

The next meeting will be in Southville on 9 March as there is no Coffee Morning this month.

The Bristol Leaders

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