The revised and updated second edition covers practical approaches to caring for healthy and high-risk infants. Available for purchase at https://www.aap.org/neonatalogy-for-primary-care-2nd-edition-paperback/
Chapter 9: Breastfeeding the Newborn
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Published:January 2020
Lisa M. Stellwagen, MD, FAAP, Richard J. Schanler, MD, FAAP, 2020. "Breastfeeding the Newborn", Neonatology for Primary Care, Deborah E. Campbell, MD, FAAP
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Breastfeeding is nature’s standard for infant nutrition and optimal health. Scientific evidence supports the importance of human milk feeding for mother and child. Breastfeeding should be viewed as a health issue, not a lifestyle choice. Pediatricians play a key role in supporting breastfeeding beginning at birth.1
In 1999, by mandate of the U.S. Congress, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) began surveillance of breastfeeding rates through the National Immunization Survey. According to the CDC 2018 “Breastfeeding Report Card,” which reports data from the 2015 birth cohort, 83.2% of all U.S. women initiated breastfeeding, a rate that surpassed...
