Resources

You can find our frequently asked questions here.

A feeding journal is one of the best ways to keep track of your baby's diet. Download here. Read stories of past mothers' experiences. Interesting experiences or advice for future moms? We'd love to share them with the others. Send them to us here!

We recommend visiting the following sites for reliable information on helping your baby to breastfeed:

Kelly Mom is a very helpful site for mothers and health care professionals in support of breastfeeding, and includes a well researched and extensive bibliography.

Breastmilk

Interested in donating breastmilk? The Human Milk Banking Association of North America (HMBANA) provides pasteurized, screened donor milk to ill and high-risk infants.

General Lactation

La Leche League, a worldwide, educational, nonsectarian, nondiscriminatory service organization. La Leche's mission is to help mothers worldwide to breastfeed through mother-to-mother support, encouragement, information and education, and to promote a better understanding of breastfeeding as an important element in the healthy development of the baby and mother.

International Lactation Consultant Association strives for a world where breastfeeding care and services are available to every mother, infant and child. The IBCLC certification is the "gold standard" for multi-disciplinary professionals in the lactation arena.

Keep in touch with other families in the capital area by subscribing to the DC Urban Moms group mailing list.

Food Resources

As a personal chef, Chef Paul Cooks, provides customized home-cooked meals to families of soon to be mothers on bed rest or the parents of newborns who are too busy to cook well-balanced meals, a necessity for breastfeeding mothers. All dinners are made to specific dietary needs or restrictions.

Freshly-made organic frozen meals for babies and young children in conveniently-sized servings made with the freshest ingredients and without any salt, sugar, additives or preservatives. Mom Made Food products are geared toward busy parents who want the best for their children.