"2024 Bantam Books Trade Paperback Edition."--Title page verso

Choosing to breastfeed -- A perfect design: how breastfeeding works -- Getting ready for your baby -- The first feedings -- Special birthing and breastfeeding situations -- Going home -- Good nutrition helps -- Common problems: solutions and treatments -- When breastfeeding doesn't happen as planned -- The partner's role -- When you and your baby are apart -- Breastfeeding beyond infancy -- Weaning your baby -- Appendix 1: breastfeeding resources -- Appendix 2: breastfeeding record

"Why is breastfeeding the optimal choice? What happens when my family leave is over? What's the safest way to store pumped milk? The American Academy of Pediatrics answers these questions and many more in this invaluable resource for helping you and your baby get the healthiest possible start"--

Includes index