Created by a leading breastfeeding and phone care practitioner, this newly revised problem-solver helps nurses, lactation professionals, and other medical staff confidently advise breastfeeding mothers. It is ideal for use with the acclaimed Pediatric Telephone Protocols. Key features include - Completely updated and revised - Enhanced from black-and-white to more than 50 illuminating color photos to help triage professionals zero in on caller problems - More information included on maternal depression, which a high risk for early cessation - New protocols on child care policies/suggestions, separate from returning to work and early weight loss at birth hospital, first week - Stresses the importance of support groups vs. the abundance of apps and blogs that perpetuate myths Important content updates include: - Swaddling and safe sleep added to co-sleeping protocol - More information on tongue tie - Update on idiopathic granular mastitis and breast pain - Caution in exclusive pumping protocol - New chart on donor human mild vs commercial fortifiers - New chart on making the office breastfeeding friendly - Early weight loss graphs and information added to the low milk supply protocol - Special circumstances added like placental encapsulation, tattoos, etc.


Maya Bunik, MD, MSPH, FABM, FAAP, is a professor of pediatrics at the University of Colorado School of Medicine and director of the Primary Care Teaching Clinic at Children’s Hospital Colorado. As a practicing pediatrician, she has been helping mother-baby pairs with breastfeeding for more than 25 years. Her experience also includes serving as medical director of the Pediatric Advice Line Call Center at Children’s Hospital Oakland.