Breastfeeding – La Leche League International
There are many support groups available for breastfeeding mothers but the most famous is the La Leche League International. The organization began with seven women and strives to help mothers worldwide to breastfeed through mother-to-mother support, encouragement, information, and education, and to promote a better understanding of breastfeeding as an important element in the healthy development of the baby and mother.
The mission of Le Leche League International is ten fold and covers:
Breastfeeding provides a mother the most natural and effective way of understanding and satisfying the needs of the baby.
Bringing the mother and her child together early and often will bring about a more satisfying relationship and help the mother begin generating an adequate milk supply.
Your child has an strong need to be with its mother, in the same base way it needs nourishment.
Breastfeeding provided the best food for your baby.
Solely Breastfeeding a healthy full-term baby will meet your child’s nutritional needs through the middle of its first year of life when your child will begin to want more solid food.
To permit breastfeeding to continue until the child outgrows the need.
A good start to breastfeeding your child is helped by participation and awareness of the mother.
The support of the father during the beginning of breastfeeding will dramatically help the chances for success.
A well balanced diet with a good variety of foods eaten in as close to their natural state as possible will help the mother produce the best breast milk for her child.
Breastfeeding your child helps to establish the loving and nurturing relationship needed as your child matures and grows.
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