NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Though efforts to encourage breastfeeding are usually aimed at new mothers, getting dads on board can also help, according to a study published Monday.
The study, which followed 280 sets of new parents, found that mothers were more likely to breastfeed over the long term when their husbands also got some advice on breastfeeding.
Half of the fathers in the study were taught how to manage common problems women have with breastfeeding — including discomfort, fear that the baby is not getting enough milk and the difficulty of continuing to breastfeed after returning to work.
Of their wives, one-quarter were still breastfeeding exclusively or predominately when their babies were 6 months old — compared with 15 percent of women whose husbands attended a class on general infant health and nutrition.
Dr. Alfredo Pisacane and his colleagues at the University of Naples in Italy report the findings in the journal Pediatrics.
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