Aspiring lactation consultants often ask me, “Should I take my comprehensive lactation course now? I haven’t had any clinical experience.” I stop, dead in my…
Maybe you’ve already started your journey to becoming Baby-Friendly. You might be wondering how to provide staff training for Baby-Friendly. Step 2 specifies that the facility…
It’s common, at least in U.S. hospitals, for physicians to order lanolin cream for breastfeeding mothers “as needed” (in hospital lingo, “prn”). Throughout my years…
People often ask “I haven’t had any clinical experience. Is it too early to take the Lactation Education Course?” The truth is, there’s no simple…