Breastfeeding

Breastfeeding is one of the most important things you can do to give your child the very best start in life. Breast milk provides the optimum nutrition for your baby. Despite their efforts, formula companies simply CANNOT duplicate the amazing benefits of breast milk. The World Health Organization recommends breastfeeding for AT LEAST two years.

Websites

• Breastfeeding.com - Information, support, & attitude!
• La Leche League - Founded in 1956 by seven women who had learned about successful breastfeeding while nursing their own babies, La Leche League is the only organization with the sole purpose of helping breastfeeding mother
• Mothers Milk Bank at Austin - Resource for donor breast milk
• Houston Area Lacation Consultants and Educators Association - Resources for locating a Lactation consultant in the Houston area.
• Breastfeeding Guide for African American Women

Articles

• Beyond One Year - Breastfeeding beyond the first year
• 101 Reasons To Breastfeed Your Child 
• Full-Term Breastfeeding - Keep a Good Thing Going
• Throughout Time, Throughout The World - Breastfeeding

Book Recommendations

• Black Womans Guide to Breastfeeding - Katherine Barber
• The Breastfeeding Book: Everthing You Need to Know About Nursing Your Child From Birth Through Weaning - William Sears, Martha Sears 
• Breastfeeding with Comfort and Joy - Laura Keagan
• The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding: Seventh revised Edition - La Leche League International