An Enhanced Model of Care for the Breastfeeding Dyad: Proficiency in Tongue and Lip Restriction Assessments
I, along with hundreds of others, will be recharging my professional batteries this week at ILCA 2014 ( #ILCA14) in Phoenix, AZ. I will attend expert lectures, participate in clinical workshops, network…
The First 100 Hours©Addressing Breastfeeding Ambivalence
The First 100 Hours© is a strategy designed with flexibility to encompass even mothers in whom ambivalence or low level of commitment to breastfeeding has…
Happy Mother’s Day to all! We would like to take this opportunity to tell you how things are progressing at Baby Cafe…
Supporting exclusive breastfeeding from birth to discharge requires a very specific skillset. Much of what is written online today for lactation professionals skims over this critical juncture of a mother and baby’s breastfeeding journey…
Welcome home from the California Breastfeeding Summit! I was unable to attend, but I have heard reports of excellent communication and interesting educational topics. According to my colleagues who were there, the vibe was very positive and…
Why Should You Pay for Lactation Education?
If you work with moms and babies, you need to know how breastfeeding, or Normal Infant Feeding, works. If you don’t, you’re not going to be able to provide complete and ethical medical…
Leading The Way Back to Normal Infant Feeding
Whose responsibility is it to re-direct policies, procedures, and attitudes back in the direction of Normal Infant Feeding (NIF)? Those who recognize that it is their obligation and…
This morning, hospital administrators in California wake up to the news that the Governor signed into law Senate Bill 402, requiring that all maternity facilities in California adopt the Baby-Friendly Ten Steps or equivalent practices by 2025. This is…
In a community this size, with over 11,000 births recorded in 2012, we clearly need to get the breastfeeding patterns under control. Half of the babies born in Kern County are no longer exclusively breastfeeding by the time they leave the…