Skip Nav Destination
Section on Breastfeeding
AAP Policy authored by the Section on Breastfeeding
From the American Academy of Pediatrics Policy Statement
Christiane E. L. Dammann, MD; Kimberly Montez, MD, MPH; Mala Mathur, MD, MPH; Sherri L. Alderman, MD, MPH, IMHM-E; Maya Bunik, MD, MPH; COUNCIL ON COMMUNITY PEDIATRICS; Andrea E. Green, MD, FAAP; Alexy Darlyn Arauz Boudreau, MD, FAAP; Percita Loren Ellis, MD, FAAP; Christopher Spencer Greeley, MD, FAAP; Joyce Rivera Javier, MD, MPH, MS, FAAP; Gerri Mattson, MD, MSPH, FAAP; Mala Mathur, MD, MPH, FAAP; Rita Nathawad, MD, FAAP;; Mikah Caldwell Owen, MD, MPH, MBA, FAAP; Kenya Maria Parks, MD, FAAP; Christopher B. Peltier, MD, FAAP; Laura Conklin, MPH; COUNCIL ON EARLY CHILDHOOD; Dipesh Navsaria, MPH, MSLIS, MD, FAAP; Chidiogo “Diogo” Anyigbo, MPH, MD, FAAP; Mariana Glusman, MD, FAAP; James P. Guevara, MD, FAAP; Andrew Nobuhide Hashikawa, MD, FAAP; Anna Miller-Fitzwater, MD, FAAP; Bergen Ballard Nelson, MD, FAAP; Hilda Loria, MD, FAAP; Nicole Garro; Dina Joy Lieser, MD, FAAP; Rebecca Parlakian; Maritza Gomez; SECTION ON BREASTFEEDING; Maya Bunik, MD, MSPH, FAAP, FABM; Sahira Long, MD, IBCLC, FAAP, FABM;; Emily Hannon, MD, IBCLC, FAAP; Ann Kellams, MD, IBCLC, FAAP, FABM;; Temitope Awelewa, MBChB, MPH, FAAP, IBCLC, NABBLM-C;; Tara Williams, MD, FAAP, FABM; Sharon Mass, MD, FACOG; Larry Noble, MD, FAAP, FABM; Jennifer Thomas, MD, MPH, IBCLC, FAAP, FABM; Joan Younger Meek, MD, MS, RD, FAAP, FABM, IBCLC; Lori Feldman-Winter, MD, MPH, FAAP, FABM; Julie Ware, MD, MPH, FAAP, FABM, IBCLC;; Kera Beskin, MPH, MBA; Lauren Barone, MPH; SECTION ON NEONATAL PERINATAL MEDICINE; Munish Gupta, MD; Clara Song, MD; Lily Lou, MD; James Barry, MD; Alexis Davis, MD; Brian Hackett, MD; John Loyd, MD; Craig Nankervis, MD; Ravi Patel, MD; Joshua Petrikin, MD; Shetal Shah, MD; Wendy Timpson, MD; Michael Posencheg, MD; Jim Couto, MA
October 28 2024
From the American Academy of Pediatrics Clinical Report
Jennifer Thomas, MD, MPH, FAAP; Maya Bunik, MD, MPH, FAAP; Alison Holmes, MD, MPH, FAAP; Martha Ann Keels, DDS, PhD; Brenda Poindexter, MD, MS, FAAP; Anna Meyer, MD, FAAP; Alison Gilliland, MD, FAAP; SECTION ON BREASTFEEDING; Sahira Long, MD, IBCLC, FAAP, FABM; Monica Richter, MD, PhD, IBCLC, FAAP, FABM; Emily Hannon, MD, IBCLC, FAAP; Ann Kellams, MD, IBCLC, FAAP, FABM; Tara Williams, MD, FAAP, FABM; Lori Feldman-Winter, MD, MPH, FAAP, FABM; Sharon Mass, MD, FACOG; Larry Noble, MD, FAAP, FABM; Rose St. Fleur, MD, FAAP, FABM, IBCLC; Lisa Stellwagen, MD, FAAP; Jennifer Thomas, MD, MPH, IBCLC, FAAP, FABM; Joan Younger Meek, MD, MS, RD, FAAP, FABM, IBCLC; Mary O’Connor, MD, MPH, FAAP; Julie Ware, MD, MPH, FAAP, FABM, IBCLC; Kera Beskin, MPH, MBA; Ngozi Onyema-Melton, MPH, CHES; SECTION ON ORAL HEALTH; Jeffrey M. Karp, DMD, MS; Eric Beyer, MD, FAAP; Chevon Brooks, MD, FAAP; C. Eve Kimball, MD, FAAP; Anupama Rao Tate, DMD, MPH; Lauren Feldman, DMD, MPH; Matt Zaborowski, MPH, CPH; Matt Crespin, MPH, RDH; Amr Moursi, DDS, PhD; Kera Beskin, MPH, MBA; COUNCIL ON QUALITY IMPROVEMENT AND PATIENT SAFETY; Ulfat Shaikh, MD, FAAP; Francisco Javier Alvarez, MD, FAAP; John Chuo, MD, FAAP; Meghan Drayton Jackson, DO, FAAP; Julia M. Kim, MD, FAAP; Mary Beth Miotto, MD, FAAP; Raina Paul, MD, FAAP; Corinna Rea, MD, FAAP; Sandra Spencer, MD, FAAP; Amy Tyler, MD, FAAP; Joyee Vachani, MD, FAAP; Cathleen Guch, MPH; COMMITTEE ON FETUS & NEWBORN; Eric Eichenwald, MD; Namasivayam Ambalavanan, MD; Charleta Guillory, MD; Mark Hudak, MD; David Kaufman, MD; Camilia Martin, MD; Ashley Lucke, MD; Margaret Parker, MD; Arun Pramanik, MD; Kelly Wade, MD; Timothy Jancelewicz, MD; Michael Narvey, MD; Russell Miller, MD; Wanda Barfield, MD, MPH; Lisa Grisham, APRN, NNP-BC; Jim Couto, MA; SECTION ON OTOLARYNGOLOGY-HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; Jeffrey Philip Simons, MD, FAAP; Steven E. Sobol, MD, FAAP; Kavita Dedhia, MD, FAAP; Thomas Gallagher, DO, FAAP; Peggy Elaine Kelley, MD, FAAP; Pamela Anne Mudd, MD, MBA, FAAP; Samuel Ostrower, MD, FAAP; Eileen Margolies Raynor, MD, FAAP; Brian Kip Reilly, MD, FAAP; Alanna Windsor, MD, FAAP; Vivian B. Thorne
July 29 2024
From the American Academy of Pediatrics Clinical Report
Infant Feeding for Persons Living With and at Risk for HIV in the United States: Clinical Report
Free
Lisa Abuogi, MD, MS, FAAP; Lawrence Noble, MD, FAAP; Christiana Smith, MD, MS, FAAP; COMMITTEE ON PEDIATRIC AND ADOLESCENT HIV; Natella Yurievna Rakhmanina, MD, PhD, FAAP; Lisa Abuogi, MD, MS, FAAP; Susan Gillespie, MD, PhD; Anne Neilan, MD, MPH, FAAP; Rosemary Olivero, MD, FAAP; Carina A. Rodriguez, MD, FAAP; Julia Rosebush, DO, FAAP; George Siberry, MD, MPH, FAAP; Steven Nesheim, MD; Bill G. Kapogiannis, MD, FIDSA; Athena P. Kourtis, MD, PhD, MPH, FAAP; Heather Stob; SECTION ON BREASTFEEDING; Lori Feldman-Winter, MD, MPH, FAAP, FABM; Maya Bunik, MD, MSPH, FAAP, FABM; Sahira Long, MD, IBCLC, FAAP, FABM; Monica Richter, MD, PhD, IBCLC, FAAP, FABM; Emily Hannon, MD, IBCLC, FAAP; Ann Kellams, MD, IBCLC, FAAP, FABM; Sharon Mass, MD, FACOG; Lawrence Noble, MD, FAAP, FABM; Rose St. Fleur, MD, FAAP, FABM, IBCLC; Lisa Stellwagen, MD, FAAP; Jennifer Thomas, MD, MPH, IBCLC, FAAP, FABM; Joan Younger Meek, MD, MS, RD, FAAP, FABM, IBCLC; Kera Beskin, MPH, MBA
May 20 2024
From the American Academy of Pediatrics Policy Statement
Joan Younger Meek, MD, MS, RD, FAAP, FABM, IBCLC; Lawrence Noble, MD, FAAP, FABM, IBCLC; Section on Breastfeeding
June 27 2022
From the American Academy of Pediatrics Clinical Report
Margaret G. Parker, MD, MPH; Lisa M. Stellwagen, MD; Lawrence Noble, MD; Jae H. Kim, MD, PhD; Brenda B. Poindexter, MD; Karen M. Puopolo, MD, PhD; SECTION ON BREASTFEEDING, COMMITTEE ON NUTRITION, COMMITTEE ON FETUS AND NEWBORN
November 01 2021
From the American Academy of Pediatrics Clinical Report
Marijuana Use During Pregnancy and Breastfeeding: Implications for Neonatal and Childhood Outcomes
Free
Sheryl A. Ryan, MD; Seth D. Ammerman, MD; Mary E. O’Connor, MD; COMMITTEE ON SUBSTANCE USE AND PREVENTION; SECTION ON BREASTFEEDING; Lucien Gonzalez, MD; Stephen W. Patrick, MD; Joanna Quigley, MD; Leslie R. Walker, MD; Joan Younger Meek, MD; IBCLC; Margreete Johnston, MD; Lisa Stellwagen, MD; Jennifer Thomas, MD; Julie Ware, MD
September 01 2018
From the American Academy of Pediatrics Clinical Report
Joan Younger Meek, MD; Amy J. Hatcher, MD; SECTION ON BREASTFEEDING; Margreete Johnston, MD; Mary O’Connor, MD; Lisa Stellwagen, MD; Jennifer Thomas, MD; Julie Ware, MD; Richard Schanler, MD
May 01 2017
From the American Academy of Pediatrics Policy Statement
COMMITTEE ON NUTRITION; SECTION ON BREASTFEEDING; COMMITTEE ON FETUS AND NEWBORN; Stephen Daniels, MD; Mark Corkins, MD; Sarah de Ferranti, MD; Neville H. Golden, MD; Jae H. Kim, MD; Sheela N. Magge, MD; Sarah Jane Schwarzenberg, MD; Joan Younger Meek, MD; Margreete G. Johnston, MD; Mary Ellen O’Connor, MD; Lisa M. Stellwagen, MD; Jennifer Peelen Thomas, MD; Julie L. Ware, MD; Richard J. Schanler, MD; Kristi L. Watterberg, MD; Susan Wright Aucott, MD; William E. Benitz, MD; James J. Cummings, MD; Eric C. Eichenwald, MD; Jay P. Goldsmith, MD; Brenda B. Poindexter, MD; Karen M. Puopolo, MD; Dan L. Stewart, MD
January 01 2017
From the American Academy of Pediatrics Policy Statement
SECTION ON BREASTFEEDING; Arthur I. Eidelman, MD; Richard J. Schanler, MD; Margreete Johnston, MD; Susan Landers, MD; Larry Noble, MD; Kinga Szucs, MD; Laura Viehmann, MD
March 01 2012
From the American Academy of Pediatrics
Carol L. Wagner, MD; Frank R. Greer, MD; and the Section on Breastfeeding and Committee on Nutrition
November 01 2008