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Becoming a Breastfeeding Counselor

1. Breastfeeding Counselors: Who they are and what they do.

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Mother nursing her baby in a room with sunlight coming in a window. "Compassion from birth is in our blood. It is there not only in the beginning but of your whole life. Dalia Lama"

Mother nursing baby in a museum. "Breastfed baby eats at the art museum!"

Baby at the breast, with a cereal bowl in mother's lap. "The best milk for my cereal!"

A mother nurses her big baby in the passenger seat of a parked car.

Mother nursing a toddler at a playground. "Babies only get hungry when you can nurse them in private. April Fools! The real deal: breastfeeding infants eat on demand; it helps them grow and regulates your milk supply."

A baby uses 22 different muscles to breastfeed. "There is another compelling benefit to exclusive breastfeeding: positive effects on the development of an infant's oral cavity, including improved shaping of the hard palate resulting in proper alignment of teeth and fewer problems with malocclusions." ~Brian Palmer, DDS

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