Filled With Love: A Book About How Babies Eat

By Aly Level

What exactly do babies eat?
Do they only drink from bottles?
Why do they seem hungry all the time?
Who can help feed a baby?
Through rhymes and colorful illustrations, Filled With Love addresses the many curiosities children have about infant feeding and shows them all the unique ways it can look.

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Filled With Love: A Book About How Babies Eat is educational and engaging for readers of all ages. Its inclusivity and diversity celebrates and represents families everywhere:

Breastfeeding familiesFormula-feeding familiesPumping / bottle-feeding familiesFamilies of color / Black, Hispanic, indigenous familiesBabies with special needs (premies, tongue / lip tie, Downs syndrome)Various family types (LGBT, multiracial, multigenerational)Families with twins or multiples
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Main text is geared toward younger children (ages 2-8) but a list of resources for further infant feeding support and a 4-page appendix allows older readers to explore more in-depth explanations of various concepts, including:

Supply and demand principle of human lactationComposition of breast milk and infant formulaMilk sharing (tandem nursing, cross nursing, milk donation)Early assistance / medical feeding devices (including NG tube, G-tube, SNS)Hunger cues / How often babies eat (including other nursing mammals)The role of an IBCLC (International Board Certified Lactation Consultant)Weaning / introducing solids

"Aly has done something unique with this charming illustrated book... She combines the essence of a family's love of an infant with the constructive and inclusive language of all manners of feeding. This book will help families approach the challenges of infant feeding with a positive attitude that is so important in a child's development."
- Dr. Bobby Ghaheri, MD

A beautiful representation of the many different ways babies are fed. I have never seen anything quite like this book... I cannot wait to share it with everyone I know "
-Rachel Baggett, RN, BSN IBCLC

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0C9S5HMPH
• ISBN13: 9798218041410
• Release Date: July 2023
• Publisher: Independently Published.
• Length: 44 Pages
• Weight: 0.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 8.5" x 8.5"