Useful information and resources 

Here, you’ll find a variety of helpful resources to support you on your breastfeeding and infant care journey. Explore recommended reading, access information sheets on key topics, and discover trusted links to external resources for further guidance. Whether you're seeking in-depth knowledge or practical advice, this page is designed to provide easy access to the tools and information you need.
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Recommended Reading

There are many, many books out there on all aspects of parenting. It can be very difficult to know what to read and what to ignore. When looking at books to recommend to parents I always consider the background, qualifications and experience of the author and the research they draw on to back up the claims and recommendations they are making.
All babies are individuals, as are all parents, so there is no ‘one approach suits all’ as some would have us believe. Books that advocate set schedules for feeding and sleep, especially in the first 3 months of life, not only jeopardise the establishment of breastfeeding. They can also undermine the confidence of parents, discouraging them from using their instincts and growing knowledge about their own unique child, to meet their child’s needs. Books advocating techniques such as controlled crying, also neglect to acknowledge the detrimental effects these kinds of methods have been shown to have on a baby’s developing brain and the long term impact on emotional and psychological well being.

The following books have been chosen carefully as sources of information for parents. I hope they will provide you with information to support you as a parent, without telling you what to do, how to do it and when to do it!
Breast Feeding
Parenting
  • The Ultimate Breastfeeding Book of Answers by Jack Newman
  • The Positive Breastfeeding Book by Amy Brown
  • Baby-led Breastfeeding by Gill Rapley and Tracey Murkett
  • You’ve got it in you by Emma Pickett
  • Why Breastfeeding Grief and Trauma Matters by Amy Brown
  • The Social Baby by Lynne Murray & Liz Andrews
  • What Mothers Do by Naomi Stadlen
  • The Social Toddler by Helen & Clive Dorman
  • Nighttime Parenting by William Sears
  • Why Love Matters by Sue Gerhardt
  • The No-Cry Sleep Solution by Elizabeth Pantley
  • Baby-led Weaning by Gill Rapley & Tracey Murkett
  • The Gentle Sleep Book by Sarah Ockwell-Smith
  • Let’s talk about your new family’s sleep by Lyndsey Hookway
  • Why Formula Feeding Matters by Shel Banks
  • Why Infant Reflux Matters by Carol Smyth
  • Sweet Sleep by Diane Wiessinger, Diana West, Linda J Smith, Teresa Pitman

Information Sheets

Here you’ll find a collection of informative resources designed to support you on your breastfeeding and infant care journey. These information sheets cover a variety of topics, offering practical, evidence-based advice on issues like breastfeeding techniques, tongue-tie management, and infant feeding challenges.

Breastfeeding Challenges and Solutions

Milk Supply and Pumping

Feeding Support and Techniques

Tongue-Tie and Post-Procedure Care

Links

This section offers a wide range of trusted resources to support your breastfeeding and infant care needs.

Breastfeeding organisations

Lactation Consultants

Tongue-tie

  • Association of Tongue-tie Practitioners www.tongue-tie.org.uk (includes directory of tongue-tie pracitioners for both NHS and private providers)

Babywearing/slings

Independent Speech & Language Therapy

Doulas

  • cambsdoulas.co.uk/

Osteopathy/chiropractic

Suffolk

Ipswich https://www.gilmourpiper.co.uk/james-zarro 

Stowmarket http://www.stowosteopaths.co.uk/

Newmarket https://www.derbycottageclinic.com/meet-the-team​

Norfolk 

Thetford http://www.castleosteopaths.co.uk/index.php/therapists/stacy.html

Norwich https://www.chloesavageosteopathy.com

Kings Lynn http://www.lynnchiropractic.co.uk/osteopathy/

Downham Market https://www.downhamhealth.co.uk/index.htm

​Cambridgeshire 

Histon https://www.familyosteopathy.co.uk/about 

Cambridge http://www.osteopath4kids.co.uk/  

Whittlesey https://www.whittlesey-osteopaths.com/

Chatteris https://chatterisosteopaths.co.uk/our-services/

Huntingdon https://www.huntsosteo.co.uk/

Cambridge https://www.celiacrook.com/structural-cranial-osteopathy-cambridge-celia-crook/

Brampton https://www.orchardclinicbedford.co.uk/​

Lincolnshire 

https://www.thebroadstreetpractice.co.uk/fee-schedule/

Essex 

Colchester https://nikirajputosteopath.co.uk/contact/

​Hertfordshire 

Saffron Walden https://www.saffronwaldenchiropractic.co.uk


Papers/Research on Osteopathy and Chiropractic for babies

  • Hash J (2014) Deformational plagiocephaly and chiropractic care: A narrative review and case report. JOURNAL OF CLINICAL CHIROPRACTIC PEDIATRICS Volume 14, No. 2, March 2014
  • Davies NJ (2002) Chiropractic management of deformational plagiocephaly in infants: An alternative to device-dependent therapy. Chiropractic Journal of Australia. 2002 Jun;32(2):52-55
  • Chuang A (2014) Chiropractic treatment of gastro-esophageal reflux disease in a pediatric patient: A case report. JOURNAL OF CLINICAL CHIROPRACTIC PEDIATRICS Volume 14, No. 2, March 2014
  • Hubbard M (2014) Pediatric cholelithiasis and breastfeeding difficulties: A chiropractic case report. JOURNAL OF CLINICAL CHIROPRACTIC PEDIATRICS Volume 14, No. 2, March 2014
  • Herzhaft-Le Roy J, Xhignesse M, Gaboury I. Efficacy of an Osteopathic Treatment Coupled With Lactation Consultations for Infants’ Biomechanical Sucking Difficulties. J Hum Lact. 2017 Feb;33(1):165-172. doi: 10.1177/0890334416679620. Epub 2016 Dec 27. PMID: 28027445.
  • Lessard S, et al (2011) Exploring the impact of osteopathic treatment on cranial asymmetries associated with nonsynostotic plagiocephaly in infants. Compl Ther Clin Practice Nov;17(4):193-8#
  • Miller et al (2016) Parent Reports of Exclusive Breastfeeding After Attending a Combined Midwifery and Chiropractic Feeding Clinic in the United Kingdom: A Cross-Sectional Service Evaluation. Journal of Evidence-Based Complementary & Alternative Medicine 2016, Vol. 21(2) 85-91
  • Vallone (2004) Chiropractic Evaluation and Treatment of Musculoskeletal Dysfunction in Infants Demonstrating Difficulty Breastfeeding J Clinical Chiropractic Pediatrics 2004(Dec)
  • Hawk et al (2018) Manual Interventions for Musculoskeletal Factors in Infants With Suboptimal Breastfeeding: A Scoping Review. Journal of Evidence-Based Integrative Medicine Volume 23: 1-12 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2515690X18816971
  • Dobson et al (2012) Manipulative Therapy for Infantile Colic (Review). https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD004796.pub2/epdf/full
  • L. Vismara , et al (2019) Timing of oral feeding changes in premature infants who underwent osteopathic manipulative treatment, Complementary Therapies in Medicine, Volume 43, 2019, Pages 49-52. (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0965229918310653)
  • Chiropractic care for children: Controversies and issues. Paediatr Child Health. 2002 Feb;7(2):85-104. doi: 10.1093/pch/7.2.85. PMID: 20046278; PMCID: PMC2794701. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2794701/

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