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Setting Up a Home Breastfeeding Station

Setting up a breastfeeding station on each level of one’s home is important for relaxed and uninterrupted breastfeeding.

1. Furniture:
  • Find a comfortable place to breastfeed your  baby. (Chair, rocking chair, sofa, bed, floor, etc.)
  • Set up a surface within easy reach for needed supplies. (End table, snack tray, magazine rack, shelf, large cardboard box, etc.)
  • Provide a small, elevated surface for raising your knees above your hips. (Nursing Stool, footstool, large pillow, box, large book, footrest on a reclining chair)

2. Essential items:

  • Pillows (to raise the baby to the level of your breast and to support your arms)
  • A large glass and water to drink (large pitcher, thermos, air pump, athletic bottle with straw. etc.)
  • Towels, cloth diapers, receiving blanket, or box of tissues (to catch leaking milk or baby spit-up), and a waste paper basket.

3. Optional items:

  • Diapering supplies:
    • diapers, diaper wraps
    • changing pad (to use in your lap or on your bed, sofa, etc.)
    • wet washcloth or wipes
    • diaper pail

  • Food for mom (and toddler)
    • juice (in addition to water)
    • healthy one-handed snacks (cheese, crackers, fruit, granola, seeds and nuts, etc.)

  • Entertainment for mom (and toddler)
    • books, magazines, toys
    • telephone (cordless or with a long extension cord)
    • TV remote control
    • radio, tape recorder
    • notebook and pen (to make lists so you don’t have to remember things)
  • Miscellaneous
    • nursing pads

You may want to set upmore than one breastfeeding station in your home.

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