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Peppermint and Breast Milk

November - 24 - 2020

Good bye pumpkin, hello peppermint. Tis the season for peppermint bark, candy canes, peppermint lattes, and holiday cookies with crushed red and white striped mints. While you may binge on all things peppermint this December, be warned: it may drop your milk supply. Peppermint is…

Paced bottle feeding

November - 22 - 2020

Paced bottle feeding (meaning you’re setting the pace for how fast/slow baby drinks) helps prevent over feeding baby: it takes 20 minutes for the stomach to tell the brain that it’s full. If a baby takes a bottle too quickly, the mouth can still be…

Dropping breast milk supply

November - 19 - 2020

Feel like your breast milk supply is dropping? It may be normal. The uterus doesn’t tell the breasts how many babies came out. Immediately after birth, hormones cause the breast to go into overdrive to try to figure out how many babies were born...to feed…

Low breast milk supply

November - 19 - 2020

Whether it’s 3, 5, or 10% of the population, there are people that struggle to or never make a full breast milk supply. From 1 month to 1 year, exclusively breastfed babies average 25oz of breast milk per day. True low milk supply means making…

How much milk should I leave my breastfed baby?

November - 18 - 2020

How many ounces should I leave if I’m exclusively breastfeeding but need to leave my baby a bottle? The answer is: that depends. Some babies are grazers. They like smaller, more frequent feedings to keep their tummy from being too full or uncomfortable. Their feedings…

You are what you eat, and so is your baby

November - 15 - 2020

Did you know that not only do the volumes of milk produced by the left and right breast differ, the milk made in the left breast can also taste different than that made in the right... during the same feeding!! What you eat used to…

Why I will answer some lactation questions and not others

November - 10 - 2020

Why I’ll answer some lactation questions and not others via social media. Breastfeeding is well studied and the field of lactation has developed standards of care. There is best practice in lactation, and then there is personalization. Example: Most breastfed babies take a full feeding…

Why does my baby grab, pull, and pinch my breast?

November - 9 - 2020

A newborn's hands are a tool that the baby uses to find and latch on to the nipple, rather than something to be restrained and held out of the way. In utero, babies often bring their hands to their face in preparation to swallow amniotic…

How can I make more breast milk?

November - 8 - 2020

The best way to lose weight is to be in a calorie deficit. Choosing the right foods, protein, fruits and vegetables with moderation of carbs, sugars and starches is guaranteed for most to lose extra pounds. Sure, exercise helps. It helps burn calories, again contributing…

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