I'm sure it would help some dads to know about some of the things other 
dads have done to help breastfeeding succeed in their families.  As an 
example, my husband helped us in a way I've never read about in any 
books or anything.  My son was tiny when he was born, and it took us a 
while longer than some to get breastfeeding started well.  My son would 
get very upset sometimes when we tried and it wasn't working.  Then he 
would have more trouble because he was upset, and being in my arms made 
him think of nursing, so he couldn't calm down.  My husband would then 
hold the baby to calm him down a little.  They usually 'went for a 
walk', which meant that they left the bedroom, walked down the hall to 
the dining room, around the dining room table, and then came back.  When 
they got back, the baby was calm and ready to nurse.

Also, at first my son slept in his own bed in our room.  My husband was 
the one who would go pick the baby up, change his diaper, and bring him 
to me to nurse.

At one point we had to use an eye-dropper for a day to get milk into my 
son, and my husband was the one who had the dropper and used it to drip 
milk into my son's mouth as he was latched on and trying to nurse.  We 
only had to do this for one day, and then he had the strength to be able 
to nurse.

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