Most people who work in maternity services or infant feeding, or who have themsleves recently had a baby, will have seen a variety of the breastfeeding printed materials available - for example locally we routinely use the square purple "Off to a Good Start" book, the NHS "Off to the Best Start" leaflet, the UNICEF / FSIDS "Sharing a Bed with Your Baby" leaflet and the UNICEF "Breastfeeding" pamphlet, as well as the Sterilisation leaflet.
All of these resources are available online - and often at no charge in hard copy if you call and request them - in a variety of languages ither than English - for example, Polish (as listed below) Lithuanian, Spanish, Russian, Portugese, French and so on as well as South Asian languages and others.
Listed below are some resources for the Polish speaker - but if you hunt online you can usually find versions in other languages too, so it's worth looking for the if you have a patient who doesn't read well in English.
http://www.healthscotland.com/uploads/documents/3363-BreastfeedingWebPolish.pdf.pdf
http://www.babyfriendly.org.uk/pdfs/polish/bot_polish.pdf
http://www.babyfriendly.org.uk/pdfs/polish/ster_polish.pdf
http://www.babyfriendly.org.uk/pdfs/polish/byb_polish.pdf
 | Sharing a bed with your baby A leaflet with information on the benefits and risks of bed sharing, designed to help parents make informed decisions about safely sharing a bed with their babies. Available in French, Portuguese, and Spanish. Unicef UK Baby Friendly Initiative June 2005 |
The Asian Helpline is a multilingual service run by the NSPCC for the UK's Asian communities. It provides counselling, information and advice to anyone concerned about a child at risk of ill treatment or abuse. Its qualified Asian Child Protection Officers will provide expert help and advice in five South Asian languages: Gujarati, Hindi, Punjabi, Bengali/Sylheti and Urdu. There is also a service in English that offers the same sensitivity towards cultural and religious issues. The NSPCC also offers help in the following languages: Arabic, Chinese, French, Greek, Italian, Somali, Spanish and Turkish.
http://www.nspcc.org.uk/helpandadvice/nspcchelpline/nspccasian/aboutasianhelpline/about_asian_helpline_wda59118.html
Breastfeeding The information in this leaflet will help you to breastfeed your baby. Breastfeeding provides the best possible food for your baby. By breastfeeding, you are giving your baby protection from a variety of infections and other illnesses. Available in Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, Farsi, French, Gujarati, Kurdish, Punjabi, Somali, Turkish and Urdu. Department of Health September 2004
http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_4084370
***-feeding information La Leche League International has breastfeeding information in Chinese, Italian, Russian and Spanish.
 | Feeding Your New Baby: Important information for mothers to be A leaflet for pregnant women with useful information to help you decide how to feed your baby and how to care for him or her in the early days. In Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, French, Gujarati, Hindi, Mirpuri, Portuguese, Punjabi, Somali, Spanish, Tamil, Turkish, Urdu, Vietnamese and Welsh. No longer avialable in English, but may be downloaded online (for translation purposes) http://www.babyfriendly.org.uk/page.asp?page=115&category=2 |
 | Breastfeeding Your Baby A leaflet for new mothers with useful information on how to breastfeed successfully, including positioning and attachment, tips for success and a section on expressing your breastmilk by hand. In Arabic, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Mirpuri, Punjabi, Spanish, Tamil, Turkish and Urdu. http://www.babyfriendly.org.uk/page.asp?page=115&category=1 |
Weaning
Fun first foods: An easy guide to introducing solid foods This booklet gives information on the different stages of weaning with tips, advice and recipes. Available in Bengali, French, Mandarin, Polish, Russian, Turkish and Urdu. Health Scotland 2005
http://www.healthscotland.com/documents/303.aspx