La Leche League International is the most trusted name in breastfeeding information, support, and advocacy. Founded in 1956 by seven intrepid women, La Leche League now has more than 7,000 accredited leaders in sixty-eight countries, and offers phone, online, and in-person consultation to breastfeeding mothers.
Diane Wiessinger is an American breastfeeding advocate, author, and researcher. She is coauthor, with Diana West, Linda Smith, and Teresa Pitman, of La Leche League International's Sweet Sleep Nighttime and Naptime Strategies for the Breastfeeding Family.
Diana West is an international board certified lactation consultant in private practice in New Jersey. She is the author of Defining Your Own Success and coauthor of Sweet Sleep.
Linda J. Smith has been a lactation consultant, childbirth educator, and public speaker for more than forty years. She holds a master's degree in public health, is an adjunct instructor in the Boonshoft School of Medicine at Wright State University, and is the author of four textbooks on birth and breastfeeding.
Teresa Pitman has been writing about birth, breastfeeding, and parenting for more than twenty-five years. She cowrote the popular "Steps and Stages" columns in Today's Parent, Canada's national parenting magazine, and has also written for many other magazines, including Mothering, Family Fun, Chatelaine, and More.
Pam Ward has performed in dinner theater, summer stock, and Off-Broadway, as well as in commercials, radio, and film. An experienced narrator, Pam has recorded many titles for the Library of Congress Talking Books program. She is the recipient of an AudioFile Earphones Award and the prestigious Alexander Scourby Award.