Breastfeeding and Parenting – Bookshelf

Save Breastfeeding and Parenting – Bookshelf to favourites
Health Pregnancy tagsHealthy Baby tagsInfant Feeding tags

We’ve hand-picked a great selection of books for you, and they are all available to borrow at North Somerset Libraries. You’ll find books on breastfeeding and specialist titles on other topics including sleep and introducing solid foods.

There’s also a great selection of children’s books which feature images of breastfeeding and help you talk to your child about breastfeeding or having a new baby in the family.

Breastfeeding and Parenting Library Book Leaflet (PDF, 556 KB)

You can become a member of North Somerset libraries by completing the online form, you will then need to visit your local library with some I.D to obtain your membership card and be able to borrow books.

You can search for the book title in the library catalogue or click on the book titles below which will take you to North Somerset Library catalogue. More books will be added below soon!

Breastfeeding

These books can help answer your breastfeeding questions and support you with evidence-based information on what to expect along the way.

You’ve got it in you: a positive guide to breastfeeding – Emma Pickett IBCLC You may be worried about breastfeeding and worried that it might 'not work'. This is a common feeling, this guide gives you all the answers to your questions about breastfeeding.Follow link toYou’ve got it in you: a positive guide to breastfeeding – Emma Pickett IBCLC 
The Positive Breastfeeding Book – Professor Amy BrownThe Positive Breastfeeding Book doesn't promise to make it easy, nor will it get up in the middle of the night for you, but it will empower you.Follow link toThe Positive Breastfeeding Book – Professor Amy Brown
Breastfeeding and the Fourth Trimester – Lucy Webber IBCLCThis is not just a guide to breastfeeding, but to both feeding and parenting a new baby, with a responsive and gentle theme throughout (for parents and little ones). Follow link toBreastfeeding and the Fourth Trimester – Lucy Webber IBCLC
Biological Nurturing – Suzanne ColsonBiological Nurturing describes a new, proactive, mother-led approach to breastfeeding. Follow link toBiological Nurturing – Suzanne Colson
Supporting Breastfeeding Past the First Six Months and Beyond – Emma Pickett IBCLCSupporting Breastfeeding is written from the perspective of a parent who has breastfed and raised children and who also supports parents as an International Board Certified Lactation Consultants professional.Follow link toSupporting Breastfeeding Past the First Six Months and Beyond – Emma Pickett IBCLC
The Importance of Dads and Grandmas to the Breastfeeding Mother – Dr Wendy Jones MBEThe Importance of Dads and Grandmas to the Breastfeeding Mother provides an overview of breastfeeding and offers many specific suggestions on how to support breastfeeding mothers.Follow link toThe Importance of Dads and Grandmas to the Breastfeeding Mother – Dr Wendy Jones MBE
Why Mother’s Medication Matters – Dr Wendy Jones MBE'Why Mothers' Medication Matters' addresses common misunderstandings that surround the use of medication during pregnancy and breastfeeding. Offering evidence-based, expert and helpful advice, this is essential reading for mothers and healthcare providers.Follow link toWhy Mother’s Medication Matters – Dr Wendy Jones MBE
Why Infant Reflux Matters – Carol Smyth IBCLCIn this book, Carol Smyth provides a simple and practical guide to understanding reflux that will help you avoid unnecessary medication if a simple change in feeding technique or care can help reduce your baby's symptoms.Follow link toWhy Infant Reflux Matters – Carol Smyth IBCLC
Relactation: A Guide to Rebuilding Your Milk Supply – Lucy Riddle IBCLCThis book is a guide to rebuilding your milk supply after a gap in breastfeeding. It doesn’t matter whether you stopped breastfeeding a week or even several years ago. It doesn’t matter if you want to return to breastfeeding the same baby, relactate to feed an adopted baby, or any other circumstance. The process is the same, and relactation IS possible.Follow link toRelactation: A Guide to Rebuilding Your Milk Supply – Lucy Riddle IBCLC
Why Breastfeeding Grief and Trauma Matter – Professor Amy BrownProfessor Amy Brown has researched what breastfeeding really means to women, how they can feel when things don't go according to plan and importantly, how we can change things for the next generation of womenFollow link toWhy Breastfeeding Grief and Trauma Matter – Professor Amy Brown
Why Tongue Tie Matters – Sarah Oakley IBCLCA guide through the confusion and challenges surrounding infant tongue-tie.Follow link toWhy Tongue Tie Matters – Sarah Oakley IBCLC
Why Formula Feeding Matters – Shel banks IBCLCMaking infant feeding decisions relies on parents having access to evidence-based information - but when it comes to formula feeding that can be hard to come by. Commercial interests and misunderstandings about the way breastfeeding is promoted can mean that important knowledge about formula feeding is not communicated to parents.Follow link toWhy Formula Feeding Matters – Shel banks IBCLC

Further reading

InformationEat Well tagsInfant Feeding tagsSmokefree Pregnancy tagsWeight Management tagsHealthy Start Scheme- Get Help to Buy Food and Milk by Anna DedmanWhat is Healthy Start? Healthy Start is a scheme to help towards the cost of buying healthy food, milk and…Find out more about 'Healthy Start Scheme- Get Help to Buy Food and Milk'Save Healthy Start Scheme- Get Help to Buy Food and Milk to favourites
SupportInfant Feeding tagsBreastfeeding WelcomeFind out which settings have signed up to our North Somerset Breastfeeding Welcome schemeFind out more about 'Breastfeeding Welcome'Save Breastfeeding Welcome to favourites
Breastfeeding support groupSupportInfant Feeding tagsBreastfeeding support groupsAll the support groups are friendly and welcoming and run by local peer supporters in conjunction with North Somerset Children’s…Find out more about 'Breastfeeding support groups'Save Breastfeeding support groups to favourites