Filled With Love: A Book About How Babies Eat

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.-----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-----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, MDA 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