Sometime around 3-4 months of age, your baby’s sleep patterns may change. The baby that was sleeping several hours a night may wake every 2 hours. This is often called the 4-month sleep regression. According to the online dictionary, regression means a return to a former or less developed state. This is the opposite of what…
As adults, it seems like we really don’t take a lot of time and effort to learn a new skill. Overall, we are busy perfecting the skills we already have, or expanding them. Several years ago, I actually took the time and effort to learn how to water ski. I was in my first relationship with a…
My first born son turned 20 years old a couple of months ago. It was hard to swallow for me – twenty years being his mom, twenty years of concern, anxiety, worry, laughing (he’s very funny), making birthday cakes, celebrating milestones. It led me to think back on those early days as a new mother. It is…
I have been a lactation consultant in private practice for quite a while now. I love it. I have the opportunity to work with mothers and babies who are appreciative of the much needed breastfeeding support. Over the years, I had my hopes that lactation services would be covered by insurance as a preventive service. …
You probably never imagined that you would be looking for a lactation consultant. Until the day comes when you are either expecting a baby, or you had a baby and you are looking for guidance with feeding. So, where do you start? Where’s the best place to find a lactation consultant? You can ask your…
When I was younger, I always thought of March as kind of a transition month. We looked forward to March. In upstate NY, winters can feel long. March is “almost” spring. Maybe we will get a little more snow, but it doesn’t stick. Even the sun feels a little warmer. Last March was hard. I…
Imagine you are a new breastfeeding mother. You are anxious to suck up any and all information you can. You want to do right by your baby, at any cost. Now imagine you go to your provider. Any provider. Pick one – pediatrician, ob, primary care, dentist…etc etc. etc, and they tell you something about…
If there’s anything breastfeeding mothers fear (besides teeth, that is) it’s plugged milk ducts and mastitis. Mothers ask about plugs and mastitis prior to the baby being born. Just because you’re breastfeeding, doesn’t mean that these things are a guarantee. Some mothers will go their whole breastfeeding relationship without ever experiencing either one of these…
You finally get into the hang of breastfeeding and guess what? You’re told it’s time to start solids. How did that happen so quickly? Weren’t you just being discharged from the hospital last week and figuring out how to get the latch down? Don’t panic. I agree, it is confusing. Starting solids can feel really…
Best name ever, right? Very descriptive. This came from a podcast listener who wrote to us asking for an episode on the very real, common phenomena of one side being bigger than the other when breastfeeding. Sound familiar?? I’m sure to some of you it does. It is something mothers will ask about a lot~ one…