Breastfeeding: your baby with Down syndrome

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Breastfeeding: your baby with Down Syndrome uses practical information from research and from mothers’ experiences in breastfeeding babies with Down Syndrome.

It contains:
• Why breastmilk is important for your baby
• Common concerns and challenges that mothers have in breastfeeding their baby with Down Syndrome
• Strategies to help breastfeed your baby successfully
• Other ways to feed breastmilk to your baby
• Tips to help introduce family foods to your baby
• Suggestions for coping with advice and comments from others
• Experiences from other parents with a baby who has Down Syndrome
• A list of other organisations where you can get support

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