The practical handbook for nurses, midwives, and lactation consultants explains breastfeeding problems in premature and newborn babies and demonstrates how these special children can still be successfully breastfed. The experienced nursing expert and lactation consultant Brigitte Benkert defines and describes how the time of birth affects the development of a premature infant, shows the consequences and physiological challenges of an early birth, and explains the concept of "gentle premature infant care" as a resource-oriented, developmentally supportive, and parent-involving approach to care. She also explains the anatomical and physiological prerequisites for successful breastfeeding and differentiates difficult physical and social starting points for breastfeeding, such as maternal or infantile illnesses, medication, migration, and socially precarious situations.