About La Leche League

La Leche League Mission

Our Mission is to help mothers worldwide to breastfeed through mother-to-mother support, encouragement, information, and education, and to promote a better understanding of breastfeeding as an important element in the healthy development of the baby and mother.

La Leche League Philosophy

·  Mothering through breastfeeding is the most natural and effective way of understanding and satisfying the needs of the baby.

·  Mother and baby need to be together early and often to establish a satisfying relationship and an adequate milk supply.

·  In the early years the baby has an intense need to be with his mother which is as basic as his need for food.

·  Breast milk is the superior infant food.

·  For the healthy, full-term baby, breast milk is the only food necessary until the baby shows signs of needing solids, about the middle of the first year after birth.

·  Ideally the breastfeeding relationship will continue until the baby outgrows the need.

·  Alert and active participation by the mother in childbirth is a help in getting breastfeeding off to a good start.

·  Breastfeeding is enhanced and the nursing couple sustained by the loving support, help, and companionship of the baby's father. A father's unique relationship with his baby is an important element in the child's development from early infancy.

·  Good nutrition means eating a well-balanced and varied diet of foods in as close to their natural state as possible.

·  From infancy on, children need loving guidance which reflects acceptance of their capabilities and sensitivity to their feelings.

Discover more about La Leche League’s Mission at :

http://www.llli.org/about_us.html?m=1,0

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