Breastfeeding has many important advantages: all the top scientific Associations agree on the fact that it is very important and they consider it to be the best source of nutrition for babies during the first six months.

The World Health Organization also recommends breastfeeding alone for the first six months and then breastfeeding up to 12 months or more combined with the gradual introduction of other foods.

It is important to position a baby correctly on the breasts to allow him to suck easily.

There is no ideal position when breastfeeding, as every mother uses the one she finds most comfortable. Changing position every so often avoids constantly stimulating the same area of the nipple, which could become irritated, and it also helps to empty all the ducts completely.

The use of a nursing pillow makes it much easier to find a variety of comfortable positions. Prof. Guido Moro, Director at the Neonatology Operating unit and Neonatal Intensive Care unit at the Macedonio Melloni Hospital in Milan, states that “a nursing pillow, when correctly made, is able to resolve many of the problems mothers encounter during breastfeeding”.

For further information regarding this topic, read the advice of Prof. Moro for the feeding pillow.

The Boppy pillow has been tested by the CHICCO OBSERVATORY, which recommends it as the most simple and ideal aid for mothers and babies during breastfeeding.