Papers by Leslie Ayre-Jaschke
La Leche League Canada (LLLC) (la lay-chay) and Ligue la Leche are the two Canadian affiliates of... more La Leche League Canada (LLLC) (la lay-chay) and Ligue la Leche are the two Canadian affiliates of La Leche League International (LLLI), providing mother-to-mother services in English and French respectively to thousands of pregnant and breastfeeding women annually. It is from this perspective that we have reviewed the articles on breastfeeding and related topics in the Centre of Excellence for Early Childhood Development online encyclopedia. Breastfeeding is important to the health of the population even in developed countries and particularly for disadvantaged women and children. Health Canada1 and the Canadian Paediatric Society2 recommend exclusive breastfeeding to six months, appropriate introduction of solids and then continued breastfeeding to two years and beyond. LLLC provides practical help to meet these recommendations. There is much more work to be done to create an environment in which breastfeeding is seen not only as the normal way to feed babies, as stated by Greiner,...
La Leche League Canada (LLLC) (la lay-chay) and Ligue la Leche are the two Canadian affiliates of... more La Leche League Canada (LLLC) (la lay-chay) and Ligue la Leche are the two Canadian affiliates of La Leche League International (LLLI), providing mother-to-mother services in English and French respectively to thousands of pregnant and breastfeeding women annually. It is from this perspective that we have reviewed the articles on breastfeeding and related topics in the Centre of Excellence for Early Childhood Development online encyclopedia.
Journal of Human Lactation, 1991
Journal of Human Lactation, 1991
Journal of Human Lactation, 1991
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Papers by Leslie Ayre-Jaschke