Freezing and reheating milk should be a no-brainer, right? Well, no, it’s a little more complicated. There are many questions and myths floating around about…
It seems simple. You can thaw your milk just like you’d thaw ground beef or a chunk of chocolate cake, right? Not so fast there.…
I recently talked about the common questions I hear about the safety of freezing milk for newborns and infants. Today, I’ll address some questions I…
For years, I’ve fielded tons of questions about freezing milk for newborns or older infants. In the last decade or so, the number of questions…
Oh dear. It happens. Each year, hundreds of people fail the IBCLC® exam. You are not alone. You may feel dead in your tracks. But,…
Babies are born to be breastfed, right? But we’ve got good evidence that mothers aren’t likely to begin or continue breastfeeding without access to breastfeeding…
In the past I’ve talked about the right to breastfeed. That is truly important, but all of us have the responsibility to help protect breastfeeding…
One time, I said to the kids: “Would you like some unsolicited advice?” The eldest replied, “Well, we’re probably gonna get it whether we want…
Sometimes, people don’t buy into whatever great idea we’re trying to sell. We remind ourselves that it’s their decision, and we don’t want to be…
Maybe you’ve explored every pharmacologic, plant or herbal explanation for your low milk supply. But there are some social aspects of milk suppression, too. Inadequate…