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Supporting Sucking Skills in Breastfeeding Infants

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After working with mothers and babies for over 35 years, it is rare when I find a book on breastfeeding that really excites me or teaches me something new. This book is both challenging and thought provoking. My colleagues and I have already had discussions about re-examining how we evaluate a baby's sucking skills. I wish I could afford to give this book to every pediatrician, ENT, and speech therapist who has told me that a baby didn't have any problems suckling or wasn't tongue tied. Hopefully this book will help shift the knowledge paradigm about infant suck and a babies ability to breastfeed. It should be required reading for anyone who works with babies.
Peg Merrill, BS, IBCLC, RLC
Baltimore, Md.

Bursting with hard-to-find information, this book features some of the finest minds in the world offering cutting-edge insights on challenges that lactation consultants and other health-care professionals face every day. In her own chapters, editor Catherine Watson Genna addresses tongue tie, sensory integration problems, neurological issues and other topics. Chapter authors include international luminaries such as Nils Bergman, Christina Smillie, Rebecca Glover, Diane Wiessinger, Linda Smith, and Kerstin Nyqvist. This book is a must-have for anyone working with breastfeeding families, including occupational therapists and speech-and-language pathologists, whose training is often based primarily on bottle-feeding norms.

This book is perfect for many individuals; whether you are a medical professional, lactation consultant, or a new mom seeking the most up to date information in the field of lactation, this book covers all the bases.
Although this is a medical text(which more often than not are dry as toast,) Ms. Watson Genna's writing is absorbing and insightful. It provides answers that many pracitioners need in a clear, concise manner. Anyone working with breastfeeding mothers, either prenatally or post partum, should have this book in their library. Bravo!
C. deBrauwere BA IBCLC

Catherine Watson-Genna's wealth of experience and knowledge in the area of breastfeeding, and more specifically, the feeding of babies with various anatomical anomolies, makes for a priceless resource for lactation consultants and doctors. In my opinion, this book should be read and referred to often by any health care provider who routinely deals with breastfeeding infants and/or their mothers.

This is my new go-to book when a baby has me stumped.This book gives the lactation consultant an informed, effective way of observing, assessing,and supporting the infant's sucking skills.I am so grateful for the information in this book, but more importantly, so are my clients. This book has given me the tools to work with even the most challenging little breastfeeders.

How many ways to adore Cathy Genna for writing this book. She has created my favourite book on the baby's sucking skills. This is a book about how to evaluate and understand the baby's skills and ability to suck effectively.

You would think it's not as novel an approach for a breastfeeding professional level educational book, but not too many books are like this one!

One fabulous book written in an easy to understand friendly manner. Suitable for childbirth educators, CLC and Postpartum Doulas to add to their library and knowledge base so they can understand some of the mysteries of suck problems and then know when to make necessary referrals to IBCLC etc..

I purchased this book to help me during my consultations and as a resource for the IBCLE exam in 2012. I am very pleased with this book as a resource in my daily practice. The book offers detailed information that is readily applicable and useful for my consultations.

I bought this book when my newborn was admitted to the NICU for Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy. It helped tremendously in identifying any issues she could potentially have and I went on to breastfeed her successfully with the help of an IBCLC as well. I would recommend this to all moms because of the variety of topics covered.

I recently became a lactation specialist and this book is WONDERFUL !!! Very easy to read and very easy to use when you have issues and questions and need help.