New Beginnings, Issue 1, 2012

First issue of New Beginnings in 2012!  Includes:

• "You'll Spoil Him!" And Other Sure-Fire Ways to Sabotage Breastfeeding
• Eating Wisely: The Wonderful World of Chicken Soup
• Staying Home: The Neighborhood Hangout
• Mothers' Stories: Breastfeeding Through Pregnancy and Loss, A One-Sided Story, Breastfeeding with Lupus 
• Giving Birth: My Struggles with Low Milk Supply and Postpartum Depression

and more!

New Beginnings, Issue 5, 2011

In the last issue of New Beginnings:

• Breastfeeding Success Tips for the Expectant and New Father
• Gentle Discipline: Staying Connected to Your Children
• A Gentle Weaning: Sean's Story
• Eating Wisely: Healthy Winter Eating
• United States Breastfeeding Committee Report: Improving Hospital Maternity Practices
• Hide the Sugar: Hypoglycemia in Newborns

Breastfeeding Today, Issue 8, September 2011

Check out the latest issue of Breastfeeding Today:

Cover story - "Holding My Baby"- why babies need to be carried and held

Plus, 

• Mothers' Stories
• Baby Blues
• Excerpt from The Breastfeeding Mother's Guide to Making More Milk
• GlobaLLL - LLL around the world
• Preview of LLLI's new book, Feed Yourself, Feed Your Family
• Donors Making a Difference

New Beginnings, Issue 3, 2011

In the latest issue of New Beginnings:

• breastfeeding after breast reduction or augmentation surgery
• nursing twins with confidence
• a report from the United States Breastfeeding Committee
• fruits that may help milk production 
• dealing with toddler tantrums

and more!

New Beginnings, Issue 2, July 2011

Breastfeeding Today, Issue 7, June 2011

July Meeting

Our monthly meeting is Wednesday, July 14 at 10 am at our regular location (Fairfax Christian Church on Main Street).

Join us! Our topic is "The Art of Breastfeeding - Avoiding Difficulties". Bring your questions. Bring a friend.

Not a member yet? Please join LLL USA--it's $40/yr. Help make sure LLL is around for your grandchildren. You can join via PayPal over on the right side of this page.

LLLI is publishing a completely new edition of The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding. Help the book make it to the NY Times bestseller list by pre-ordering. Donate $20 to Fairfax City LLL to reserve your copy. This book makes a terrific gift. Consider ordering a copy for yourself and a copy for someone else.

Email marianne.vakiener@gmail.com to order.

Monthly Meeting this week

Our monthly meeting is this Wednesday, June 9 at 10 am at our regular location (Fairfax Christian Church on Main Street).

Join us! Our topic is "Getting Started Breastfeeding - The Baby Arrives". Bring your questions. Bring a friend.

Not a member yet? Please join LLL USA--it's $40/yr. Help make sure LLL is around for your grandchildren. You can join via PayPal over on the right side of this page.

LLLI is publishing a completely new edition of "The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding". Help the book make it to the NY Times bestseller list by pre-ordering. Donate $20 to Fairfax City LLL to reserve your copy. This book makes a terrific gift. Consider ordering a copy for yourself and a copy for someone else.

Email marianne.vakiener@gmail.com to order.

New! "Breastfeeding Today" magazine debut!

LLLI has launched a new global magazine! You can read it online or order a print copy.

World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action statement on Norwegian Research

Norwegian researchers recently published a study that says breastfeeding is not important to babies or mothers.

WABA (World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action) has issued a statement analyzing and refuting the Norwegian researchers.

It makes for good reading if you are interested in dissecting research reports:

http://www.waba.org.my/pdf/StmtNwR02-10.pdf