Fed Is Best
The Unintended Harms of the 'Breast Is Best' Message and How to Find the Right Approach for You and Your Baby
$54.94
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
25 June 2024
Summary
A revolutionary look at infant nourishment for every family, regardless of whether you feed your baby with breast milk, formula, or both, from the founders of the Fed Is Best Foundation.
For babies, like for all living things, being fed is best. But the current stringent focus on exclusive breastfeeding is putting some babies at risk by depriving parents of a full understanding of how to tell when breastfeeding alone doesn’t provide enough-and what to do about it.
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781637744628 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1637744625 |
| Author: | Christie del Castillo-Hegyi, B. Jody Segrave-Daly, Lynnette Hafken |
| Publisher: | BenBella Books |
| Imprint: | BenBella Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 25 June 2024 |
| Weight: | 329g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
”““Masterfully written … a profound contribution to making medicalcomplications from insufficient feeding of breastfed babies a ‘never-ever event.’ It is amust-read for every lactation care provider, pediatrician, and expectant parent.””—Marianne Neifert, MD, pediatrician and cofounder of the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine“
About The Author
Christie del Castillo-Hegyi
Christie del Castillo-Hegyi, MD is a board-certified emergency physician who studies newborn brain injury and developmental disabilities caused by insufficient feeding. She cofounded the Fed Is Best Foundation when her own first-born son was harmed by unsafe advice on exclusive breastfeeding from breastfeeding books, breastfeeding classes, and health professionals. She has advocated for safer breastfeeding practices at the NIH, the USDA, and to members of Congress, and, with Segrave-Daly, has met with the top officials of the World Health Organization breastfeeding guidelines program. She is a member of the Global Developmental Disabilities Research Collaborators and has coauthored papers documenting the rise in prevalence of multiple neurological and developmental disabilities among children across the globe.
Jody Segrave-Daly, RN and retired IBCLC is a newborn nursery and newborn intensive care unit nurse and a staunch advocate for evidence-based feeding practices and perinatal mental health. Jody’s entire 30-year nursing career has been dedicated to caring for healthy and medically fragile babies in the nursery and NICU and has been providing community-based infant feeding support as a neonatal nurse and IBCLC for 12 years. Jody is the Fed is Best Foundation’s Clinical and Education Director, Director of Global Outreach, and Social Media Content Developer.
Lynnette Hafken, MA, IBCLC is a hospital and private practice lactation consultant, former La Leche League Leader, and advocate for family-centered lactation and infant feeding support. As the Foundation’s director of support services, Lynnette applies her gift for listening to and connecting with parents to the advancement of the Fed Is Best vision for inclusive infant feeding support.
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