I like to eat and drink. I’m guessing that you like to eat and drink, too. If you’re breastfeeding, you’ve probably heard about foods and…
Parents frequently ask, “How do I know if my baby is getting enough milk?” Decades of scientific research and my own clinical experience have shown…
You may feel that the journey to becoming an IBCLC® is confusing. But I’m here to tell you that some of those feelings that it’s…
I’ve been teaching lactation education courses for decades. Over the years, there are a handful of questions that I get over and over from IBCLC…
In the old days, we often talked about “demand” feedings.” However, that word carries the connotation of some big, loud, desperate plea to be fed.…
Before you buy a comprehensive lactation course, shop carefully. As a former consumer of such a course, and now as the developer and presenter of…
You’ve heard that old joke, “Who is buried in Grant’s tomb?” If you’ve never heard the joke before, you might overthink it, right? Well, same…
Years ago, an IBCLC candidate told me, “Marie, this stuff is all like speaking Greek!” What a great observation! I thought. This stuff really does seem pretty foreign…
It’s common to hear of the goal to breastfeeding for 6 months. But what about after that? In a previous post, I gave the details…
So many of us rally around the goal of exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months. But what happens after 6 months? Some mothers feel they have…