La Leche League is an international, nonprofit, nonsectarian organization dedicated to providing education, information, support, and encouragement to women who want to breastfeed.
Membership in La Leche League International is $40 for one year. Membership fees help to support your local Group and the international organization. The benefits of membership include a one-year subscription to NEW BEGINNINGS magazine.
La Leche League of Idaho Falls, Idaho
A continuing series of informal discussion meetings are offered and are open to all women interested in breastfeeding. Mothers-to-be are encouraged to come before they have their baby. At these monthly meetings, women share not only their concerns and questions, but also the joys and benefits of breastfeeding.
Meeting Information
Evening meetings are held on the second Tuesday of each month from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. Social Time starts at 6:30!
Meetings are held at the Stardust Sweeper, 1880 E 17th Street, Suite B, Idaho Falls.
Upcoming meeting dates and topics:
January 12: Why Is Breastfeeding Really Best?
February 9: Getting the Information and Support You Need
March 9: How to Know if Your Baby Is Getting Enough Breast Milk
April 13: When Should My Baby Start Solids?
May 11: Start Your Baby Off Right
June 8: How Your Birth Experience Can Affect Breastfeeding
July 13: How Fathers Can Support Breastfeeding
August 10: Nutritional Know-How for Baby and the Whole Family
September 14: How Breastfeeding Affects Mothering
October 12: Baby Arrives - Breastfeeding in the Early Weeks
November 9: Knowing What's Normal and How to Avoid Difficulties
December 14: Is My Baby Ready to Wean?Pregnant women, mothers, babies and toddlers are always welcome at all La Leche League meetings.
La Leche League meetings are based on The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding, published by La Leche League International. Our meetings rotate through a series of topics that include:
- The Advantages of Breastfeeding
- The benefits of breastfeeding to the baby, the mother and the family
- Misconceptions about breastfeeding
- Coping with other's attitudes toward breastfeeding
- How breastfeeding affects mothering
- Baby Arrives: The Family and the Breastfed Baby
- Preparing for birth and breastfeeding
- Nursing fashions
- Working and breastfeeding
- Getting breastfeeding off to a good start
- Father's role
- Siblings adjustments to the new baby
- The Art of Breastfeeding and Avoiding Difficulties
- Avoiding common breastfeeding difficulties
- Adjusting to parenthood
- Meeting baby's nighttime needs
- Nutrition and Weaning
- Improving family nutrition
- Nutrition for nursing mothers
- Starting solids
- Weaning
- Breastfeeding the nursing toddler
Our group belongs to you moms! We invite you to participate in a volunteer role in your group. We have jobs available in many areas: refreshments, play room, library, clean up, membership coordinator, and so on. Scholarships are available for membership to moms who want to help! We always can use more help, because the more help we get, the more mothers we can help.
Leader Information
La Leche League Leaders are experienced mothers who have breastfed their own babies and who have been trained and accredited by La Leche League International to help mothers and mothers-to-be with all aspects of breastfeeding. They are available by phone whenever you have breastfeeding questions or concerns.
- Laura 523-3446 (Spanish)
- Sara 535-0575 themom@wahmom.com
- Nancy janbar4@juno.com
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The La Leche League International mission is to help mothers worldwide to breastfeed through mother-to-mother support, encouragement, information and education, and to promote a better understanding of breastfeeding as an important element in the healthy development of the baby and the mother.
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