Featured Reading Archive

Regulating Infant Formula

George Kent

Most of us assume that our government or some international agency is monitoring the quality of infant formula. Government agencies sometimes raise alarms when a batch of formula is seriously contaminated, but they are not monitoring the product to make sure the product helps to make your children as healthy as possible.

Manufacturers keep coming up with newer and more expensive versions of infant formula, but no one really knows how they will affect your children's health. And no one
is monitoring this!

No one compares the healthcare costs linked to different methods of feeding.

Breastfeeding in Combat Boots

Robyn Roche-Paull, BS, IBCLC, LLLL

Winner of the 2011 NAPPA Honors Award and the 2011 MWSA Silver Award.

Robyn Roche-Paull's book, Breastfeeding in Combat Boots, is far more than a "survival guide." It is practical, well-referenced and totally awe-inspiring!.... Robyn's stories of courage, creativity and determination weave a powerful thread through this realistic, no-nonsense book. Bravo!

Linda J. Smith, BSE, FACCE, IBCLC - military spouse of a USAF Colonel with 26 years' service.

Keep the Fires Burning

Micky Jones, BS, CLD, C(DONA), HCHI, IBCLC, DFB

Are you a busy mother-baby professional who is stressed to the max? Do you find the 24/7 lifestyle of always being on call for your clients, family obligations and the necessity to build a business more than you can handle? You may be preaching, "Take care of yourself!" to new parents, while suffering from stress induced illness and disease. In Keep the Fires Burning, author Micky Jones provides concrete evidence of the consequences of putting everyone else's needs before your own and gives practical suggestions for taking back your life and your health.

Passionate Journey:
My Unexpected Life

$19.95

What does it take to change established childbirth practices, hospital procedures, infant nutrition standards, and cultural norms that work against the best interests of mothers and their babies?

It takes a woman who is passionate about all of those things, and who unknowingly took the first steps of a journey that would ultimately lead to the founding of La Leche League International and a life devoted to speaking up and speaking out for mothers and babies around the world.