The holiday season is quickly approaching and you’re looking for the perfect gift for the people on your list. Here are 5 wonderful gifts for…
During thirty-plus years in maternal-child nursing, mothers have told me many reasons for why they believe they can’t breastfeed, or why they don’t want to.…
“Think globally!” I told an aspiring IBCLC recently. But her reply — “How do I shake this US mindset?!” — got me thinking! So how…
As I was growing up, my mother seldom gave me usable information, but she often told me what to do. I often wished she would…
The American Psychological Association reports that up to 1 in 7 mothers experience postpartum depression. The prevalence of postpartum depression among mothers who have experienced it previously is…
Maybe you’ve just started your journey to becoming an IBCLC, or perhaps you’re a seasoned expert. Or maybe you’re a parent, looking for resources to…
Over the years, I’ve seen how grandmothers of breastfed babies play heavily into family feeding dynamics. In my experience, grandmothers all behave and communicate differently.…
Many of us talk about professional development. But few of us take the time to really think about why professional development is important for each…
The PQ4R method (sometimes called the “SQ4R method”) is a process used for learning new information. E. L. Thomas and H. A. Robinson developed the…
Military service members and their families are often stationed miles, and even oceans, away from extended family. Certainly a doula is a wonderful asset during…