Allergy

• Resources for Dairy/Soy (and others) Free Moms (FB group only)

Apps

• Phone Apps for Breastfeeding Mothers
• Booby Apped!

Babywearing

• Babywearing International of Chicagoland

Birth Control

• Birth Control for Breastfeeding Moms FAQ Document (FB group only)

Biting

• When Baby Bites: Kellymom

Bottle Feeding

• Pumping/Bottlefeeding Resource Guide
• For the Caregiver of a Breastfed Baby
• Paced Bottle Feeding (video)

Bottle Refusal

• Bottle Refusal Resource Document (FB group only)

Breast Refusal

• Help! Baby Won’t Nurse!
• Is Your Formerly Breastfeeding Baby Refusing…

Breastmilk Storage & Handling

• My Milk Defrosted! Can I Use It?
• Breastmilk Storage and Handling
• Reusing Expressed Milk

Doctors

• Breastfeeding-Friendlier Physicians in Chicagoland
• Doctors Who Treat Tongue Ties (FB group only)

Engorgement

• Early Engorgement – Days 3-5 – Tips (FB group only)
• Reverse Pressure Softening – Kellymom

Enough Milk

• Is Baby Getting Enough Milk (0-6 weeks)
• Is Your Older Baby Getting Enough Milk? (7+ weeks)

Expressed Milk

• Pumping/Bottlefeeding Resource Guide
• How Much Expressed Milk Will My Baby Need?  — A handy calculator for babies one month or older.

Gassy Baby

• FAQ About Breastfeeding and Gassy Babies from Kellymom

Getting Started

• Getting Started: Ten Steps to a Great Start

Help

• Support Groups
• Drop in Clinics – Chicago
• La Liga de La Leche Chicago – Español  — mensaje en busca de ayuda: https://www.facebook.com/messages/195136430618730
• Lactation Consultants
• Local LLL & BFUSA Facebook Group Pages

Insurance Reimbursement

• National Women’s Law Center (letter templates and FAQ)

Iron

• Iron Supplements for Breastfed Babies

Jury Duty

• Jury Duty Excuse Letter

Lactation Consultants

• Drop in Clinics – Chicago
• Lactation Consultants

Latch

• Breastfeeding Is Not Supposed to Hurt
• The Latest on Latching
• Improving Latch By Improving Positioning…  — Excellent video playlist
• Your Baby Knows How to Latch On (video)
• Latch and Positioning Index from Nurtured Child  — Excellent basic information
• My Baby’s Latch is “Perfect” So Why Does Breastfeeding Hurt?

Laws

• IL Breastfeeding Laws
• Jury Duty Excuse Letter

Low Milk Supply

• Increasing Low Milk Supply
• Hidden Hindrances to a Healthy Milk Supply

Medications

• Mother – Common Cold Medications/Treatments – (FB group only)
• Breastfeeding Mama Medication Cheat Sheet
• Infant Risk Center – Monday – Friday, 8am – 5pm CT, (806)-352-2519

Milk Donation & Sharing

• Policy Statement on Sharing Human Milk

Newborn

• What to Expect in the Early Weeks
• Is Baby Getting Enough Milk (0-6 weeks)
• Normal Newborn Behavior – Baby Explains
• Fussy Evenings & Cluster Feeding

Nighttime Breastfeeding

• Nighttime Breastfeeding FAQ — Contains info and resources on normal sleep behavior in breastfed babies as well as info on making it easier, cosleeping, sleep training, nightweaning, reflux, and PPD.

Nipple Pain

• Early Engorgement – Days 3-5 – Tips (FB group only)
• Why Are My Nipples Sore After Months of Pain Free Nursing?
• Thrush/Yeast Index – LLLI
• My Baby’s Latch is “Perfect” So Why Does Breastfeeding Hurt?
• Nipple Blanching and Vasospasm
• Tell Me About Tongue Ties

Nursing Strike

• Is Your Formerly Breastfeeding Baby Refusing…

Older Baby

• When Baby Bites: Kellymom
• Is Your Older Baby Getting Enough Milk? (7+ weeks)
• Breastfeeding Past Infancy Fact Sheet
• Milk – Mom’s Cow’s and Alternatives (FB group only)
• Nursing Manners

Other FB Groups – local

• AP North Chicagoland
• AP South Chicagoland
• Babywearing International of Chicagoland
• BWI of Chicagoland Off Topic Social Group
• AP West Chicagoland
• Cheers for Moms
• Local LLL & BFUSA Facebook Group Pages
• MamaTribe Chicago (group is currently secret.  You need to be added by a current group member)

Other FB Groups – topics

• Exclusively Pumping
• IGT and Low Milk Supply
• Illinois Tongue and Lip Tie Support

Plugged Ducts & Mastitis

• Plugged Ducts and Mastitis

Poop

• Green Poop: When Should You Worry

PPD

• PPD Resource Guide

Pregnancy

• Breastfeeding During Pregnancy
• Getting Started: Ten Steps to a Great Start

Pump and Dump – ???

• Alcohol
• Radio-contrast agents
• Dental work

Pumping

• Pumping/Bottlefeeding Resource Guide
• How Much Expressed Milk Will My Baby Need?  — A handy calculator for babies one month or older.
• Reaching Full Milk Production with a Pump
• Where to Rent a Hospital Grade Pump (FB group thread)
• Maximizing Milk Production with Hands On Pumping
• Ditching the Pump

Reflux

• All That Breastmilk… On My Shoulder
• GERD, Reflux, and The Breastfed Baby (podcast)
• Resources for Dairy/Soy (and others) Free Moms (FB group only)

Sick

• Mother – Common Cold Medications/Treatments – (FB group only)
• Baby – Sick and Having a Hard Time Nursing
• Breastfeeding Mama Medication Cheat Sheet

Sleep

• Nighttime Breastfeeding FAQ  —  Contains info and resources on normal sleep behavior in breastfed babies as well as info on making it easier, cosleeping, sleep training, nightweaning, reflux, and PPD.
• Nighttime Breastfeeding Google Doc  — Extensive list of nighttime breastfeeding/sleep links and citations.

Solid Food

• When Is The Best to Start My Baby On Foods Other Than Breastmilk?
• Good Foods For Babies

Spanish

• La Liga de La Leche Chicago – Español — mensaje en busca de ayuda: https://www.facebook.com/messages/195136430618730

Spit up

• All That Breastmilk… On My Shoulder

Support Groups

• Support Groups

Thrush

• Preventing Thrush
• It’s Thrush, Or is It?
• Thrush/Yeast Index – LLLI

Tongue and Lip Ties

• Tell Me About Tongue Ties
• Doctors Who Treat Tongue Ties (FB group only)
• My Baby’s Latch is “Perfect” So Why Does Breastfeeding Hurt?
• The Difference Between a Lip Tie and a Normal Labial Frenulum

Vitamin D

• Vitamin D Resource Doc (FB group only)

Weaning

• Kellymom’s Weaning Index
• Ditching the Pump

Weight Gain

• Is Baby Getting Enough Milk (0-6 weeks)
• Is Your Older Baby Getting Enough Milk? (7+ weeks)