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When you''ve just had a baby, it feels like everyone around you is suddenly telling you what to do - particularly when it comes to how to feed your newborn. It''s a highly emotional time of hormonal flux and sleep deprivation, and you can feel like a total novice if your ''mother''s intuition'' seems to be on the blink. Learning how to feed your baby can be an unexpectedly challenging experience, and has a profound impact on a mother''s mental health and sense of self-worth. Enter The Breastfeeding Mentor, Danielle Facey, with this no-judgement, evidence-based guide to help you start - and end - your breastfeeding/pumping journey feeling informed and supported. In The Breastfeeding Survival Guide , you''ll learn how to: Take care of yourself whilst breastfeeding Feel confident in your decisions Introduce breastfeeding boundaries (including night weaning) Navigate life as a nursing or pumping mother returning to work Wean your baby or toddler off the breast completely, in a gentle and responsive way. Packed full of research-led guidance, and infused with Danielle''s characteristic warmth, empathy and honesty, mums will no longer feel alone, and will be able to feel confident and empowered to make the right choices for them and their wellbeing, to ensure that both mum and baby are thriving.
About the author
Danielle Facey, @thebreastfeedingmentor, is a breastfeeding wellness and weaning specialist. A trained breastfeeding counsellor and yoga teacher, Danielle has been there, wondered that and got the milk-stained t-shirt. The Breastfeeding Mentor is the home of open, honest advice and guidance to help mothers learn how to take care of themselves as they nurture their little one(s).
