A resource for any health care professional working with new mothers and infants, Supporting Sucking Skills in Breastfeeding Infants provides information and strategies needed to assist normal infant feeding. Taking a deliberately multidisciplinary approach, the author draws on varied clinical experiences and empirical evidence to help consolidate information in a complete, usable framework for breastfeeding evaluation and support. This books provides instructors with an advanced, broad knowledge of breastfeeding – knowledge required for selecting the right level of intervention for supporting and improving sucking skills in healthy infants and those with anatomical variations, developmental respiratory issues, pre-maturity, and mild neurological deficits.
Clinical photos in each chapter help the reader thoroughly visualize and understand the material!
Contributor Bios
Nils Bergman, MB, ChB, MPH, DCH, MD
Health Systems Research Unit, Medical Research Council of South Africa (affiliate). Professional Advisory Boards: LLL South Africa, Breastfeeding Associations of South Africa, International Lactation Consultant Association. Researcher: Birth Kangaroo Mother Care in preterm infants.
ElizabethV. Coryllos, MS(s), MD, FAAP, FACS, FCCP, FAASP, FRCS(s), IBCLC
Emeritus Director, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Winthrop University Hospital, Mineola, NY. Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, Stonybrook University Medical Center of the State University of New York.
Robin Glass, MS, OTR, IBCLC
Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center, Seattle, WA. Assistant Professor, Department ofRehabilitation Medicine, University of Washington. Co-author of Feeding and Swallowing Disorders in Infancy: Assessment and Management.
Kerstin Hedberg-Nyqvist, RN, PhD, IBCLC
Assistant Professor of Pediatric Nursing, Department of Women's and Children's Health, University Children's Hospital, Pediatrics, Uppsala, Sweden. Clinician, NICU, University Children’s Hospital.
Judy LeVan Fram, MEd, PT, IBCLC
Private practice lactation consultant, Brooklyn, NY. NGO representative to the United Nations for La Leche League International.
Chele Marmet, BS, MA, and Ellen Shell, MA, IBCLC, are the founders and directors of the Lactation Institute, Encino, California, where they created the first training program (1979) and degree programs (1985) for lactation consultants. Marmet’s degree in speech and hearing was integral to her conceptualizing the lactation consultant profession in 1977. Theirs was the seminal research, clarification, and correct description of infant suckling patterns as well as suck training techniques for babies with sucking problems (1984). Adjunct faculty, retired, Pacific Oaks College, Pasadena, CA.
Lisa Sandora, MA, CCC-SLP, IBCLC, a speech-language pathologist and lactation consultant, has worked and taught in a number of settings. Conference presentations include “Facilitating Breastfeeding and Developmental Care in the NICU,” and “Bottle Nipple Flow Rates: Supporting Infant Oral Behaviors and Breastfeeding” (ASHA and ILCA). Her work setting in a hospital-based outpatient program at TriHealth Bethesda North Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio, allows her to combine knowledge from both backgrounds to provide breastfeeding intervention with a focus on feeding disorders.
Christina Smillie, MD, FAAP, FABM, IBCLC
Medical Director, Breastfeeding Resources, Stratford, CT. Board of Directors, Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine. Member, Health Advisory Council, La Leche League International.
Linda J. Smith, BSE, FACCE, IBCLC
Bright Future Lactation Resource Centre, Dayton, Ohio. Steering Committee, Coalition to Improve Maternity Services (CIMS). Professional Education Council, International Lactation Consultant Association. United States Breastfeeding Committee (USBC) Leadership Committee. Author of numerous books for lactation consultants.
Diane Wiessinger, MS, IBCLC
Common Sense Breastfeeding, Ithaca, NY. Author of numerous lactation articles. Diane has a private practice in Ithaca, NY. She has been a La Leche League Leader since 1985 and an IBCLC since 1990. She self-publishes a CD of breastfeeding handouts, and has written articles and chapters on various breastfeeding topics. Her areas of interest are infant latch, how the language we use reflects how we view breastfeeding, the critical importance of mother-to-motherbreastfeeding support, and how the mammal in us all affects our parenting behaviors.
Nancy Williams, MA, CCE, MFT, IBCLC
Pregnancy Support Centers of Lompoc and Santa Ynez Valley. Board of Directors, La Leche League of Southern California/Nevada. Adjunct faculty, Psychology Department, Chapman University College,
Santa Maria Campus, CA.
Lynn Wolf, MOT, OTR, IBCLC
Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center, Seattle, WA. Assistant Professor, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Washington. Co-author of Feeding and Swallowing Disorders in Infancy: Assessment and Management.