Snuzzler

Oh, how I love this book.    It is well-written, well-organized, and answers just about any breastfeeding question you may have. 

The book is organized by age, with “Survival Guide” chapters for each that make it very easy to find information.  The non-Survival-Guide sections offer more detailed information on subjects like traveling, pumping, nursing children with special needs and calculations to help ensure that your baby is getting the amount of milk he needs.

Ms. Huggins writes with a clean, easy-to-read style.  She forgoes the flowery, earth-mothery prose that is so common in books about breastfeeding.   There is nothing wrong with passionate paragraphs espousing the joys of breastfeeding, but it’s nice not to have to sift through it all when what you really want is an answer to your question.

Pros:  All of it.  If I were to make a required reading list for new mothers, this would lead the pack.

Cons:  I should have read it while I was still pregnant instead of waiting until I actually needed it.  But I guess I can’t blame the book for that.

The Nursing Mother’s Companion  on Amazon.com.