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by Martha Sears, R.N. and William Sears, M.D.

What a life-saving book for me! After I gave birth, they brought my little one to the NICU because she had a little bit of a temperature at delivery. She was fine but the hospital kept her there for two days (two excruciating long days) just to be sure. I had been very enthusiastic about breastfeeding when I was pregnant and through my readings, people have suggested that introducing the bottle and/or pacifier would make it more difficult to breastfeed, both of which the hospital nurses did, to make sure my daughter was getting enough fluids etc. I can’t tell you how livid I was when it started getting very challenging to breastfeed from my very engorged right breast, as I had a good first latch-on. That, on top of the fact that I was so exhausted from tracking back and forth from my hospital room to the NICU every two hours, sometime less, whenever the nurses called to let me know my baby was crying.

My dearest husband, being the problem-solver he is, went out to purchase this book for me, and reading it through tears of frustration and wailing baby helped me tremendously. The tone of the book was firm, and encourages patience and perseverance, even at the time when I was going to wring the next person who shoved a bottle under my nose for my baby to give me “some rest”. It had very specific and excellent instruction and suggestions, and very well-organized compared to the other multiple books I read.

Ladies, after about four or five days, breastfeeding went really well. It WAS possible after bottle introduction, and actually, the hospital-grade pacifiers facilitated the process. I found my quiet spot at home, held my hungry baby with this book next to my rocking chair, and it happened.

Negative: I read a few reviews that mentioned if you have The Baby Book by the same authors, this book will be a duplicate.

My ratings: 4.5 stars out of 5