Chapter Twelve: The First Few Weeks

[1] National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Breastfeeding Report Card: United States/2013 (Atlanta: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2013), 2, http://www.cdc.gov/breastfeeding/pdf/2013BreastfeedingReportCard.pdf.

[2] American Academy of Pediatrics, “Executive Summary: Breastfeeding and the Use of Human Milk,” 2012, http://www2.aap.org/breastfeeding/files/pdf/Breastfeeding2012ExecSum.pdf; “How Breastfeeding Benefits You and Your Baby,” Baby Center, http://www.babycenter.com/0_how-breastfeeding-benefits-you-and-your-baby_8910.bc?page=3.

[3] American Academy of Pediatrics, “How to Choose a Pediatrician,” HealthyChildren.org, 2010, accessed May 16, 2014, http://www.healthychildren.org/english/family-life/health-management/pages/How-To-Choose-A-Pediatrician.aspx.

[4] Jerusha Clark, Living Beyond Postpartum Depression: Help and Hope for the Hurting Mom and Those Around Her (Colorado Springs: NavPress, 2010), 17.

[5] Paul C. Reisser, The Complete Guide to Baby and Child Care (Carol Stream, IL: Tyndale, 1997), 109–111.

[6] Ibid., 109.

[7] Gretchen Rubin, The Happiness Project: Or Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun (New York: HarperCollins, 2009).

[8] Angie Smith, I Will Carry You: The Sacred Dance of Grief and Joy (Nashville: B&H Books, 2010), 135.