La Leche League International

La Leche League International provides information and services in several languages including Spanish, French, Chinese, and German. Please visit their website for a full listing.

The 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 mother.

PHILOSOPHY

Mothering through breastfeeding is the most natural and effective way of understanding and satisfying the needs of the baby.

Human milk is the natural food for babies, uniquely meeting their changing needs.

Alert and active participation by the mother in childbirth is a help in getting breastfeeding off to a good start.

Mother and baby need to be together early and often to establish a satisfying relationship and an adequate milk supply.

Breastfeeding is enhanced and the nursing couple sustained by the loving support, help, and companionship of the baby’s father. A father’s unique relationship with his baby is an important element in the child’s development from early infancy.

In the early years, the baby has an intense need to be with his mother which is as basic as his need for food.

For the healthy, full-term baby, human milk is the only food necessary until the baby shows signs of readiness for complementary foods, about the middle of the first year after birth.

Good nutrition means eating a well-balanced and varied diet of foods in as close to their natural state as possible.

Ideally the breastfeeding relationship will continue until the baby outgrows the need.

From infancy on, children need loving guidance which reflects acceptance of their capabilities and sensitivity to their feelings.

The ideals and principles of mothering which are the foundation of LLLI beliefs are further developed in The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding, the most comprehensive handbook on breastfeeding and parenting ever published. It has provided needed answers to three generations of nursing mothers on every aspect of breastfeeding.

Location

110 Horizon Drive, Suite 210
Raleigh, 27615, NC

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Details

Type of Organization	Nonprofit (501c3)
Categories	Conferences, Emotional Support, Health & Fitness, Social Media, Training
Services offered in Spanish?	yes
Newsletter?	yes
Child Care Available?	No
Age Range	Birth - 3 , 3-5
Disability Categories
Does this organization belong to all disabilities?	yes
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Is this a statewide service?	yes
Website	http://www.llli.org
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Phone Number	800-525-3243

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