Guest blogging at Our Milky Way blog.
Dear Reader: I’ve been invited to fill in for the regular blogger, who is taking a maternity leave. (I hope this baby slides out easily, Jess!) http://www.ourmilkyway.org/introducing-julys-guest-blogger-nikki-lee/ I will be posting 4 blog posts for July and August, so take a trip and follow me there. Here is the first one, an interview with Diana.. read more →
Gift from a mother.
Ms First time Mother brought her son for body work because breastfeeding was painful. Oral evaluation at the first visit revealed a tongue-tie, one reason for her pain. (The other reason was uncomfortable positioning, i.e. use of the cross-cradle hold where her breast was stretched into mid-line, and her shoulder was held in a awkward position for.. read more →
Breastfeeding helpers have changed their focus.
I’ve been working with mothers and babies since 1975; I’ve been in private practice as a lactation therapist since 1989. These years have been full and wonderful and I look forward to many more. Something happening today in the language used by breastfeeding helpers, that disturbs me and feels like fingernails across a blackboard. This.. read more →
No rules in relationship
Yesterday, I saw a lovely mother and her 5 month old baby. The mother requested a consultation because her baby wasn’t happy. Part of the history was that the baby would breastfeed very well at night, in bed with mamma, but wouldn’t feed more than twice during the day. During a lovely long hike, with the.. read more →
Babies tell their stories.
When I worked as a nurse in labor & delivery, and in postpartum, I was very good at avoiding circumcisions. I had a 6th sense about when they were due to be performed, and would always manage to be busy and out of sight in a mother’s room when the OB/GYN was looking for a.. read more →
Breastfeeding can be simpler.
Today’s mom had a history that made me nervous because there was a lot going; I knew that everything could not be addressed in the first visit. In the mother, it was PCOS, thyroid deficiency, fertility issues, and cesarean section; in the baby, it was GI issues, plagiocephaly, torticollis, post-revision of TOT (tethered oral tissue),.. read more →
