Lactation Consultant

With all the latest controversy on baby-bottle plastic safety, you may be wondering about the safety of the materials used for bottle nipples. Hopefully, this article will shed some light on the matter. Basically, bottle nipples are usually made of either latex or silicone. Latex is the more traditional material and many [...]

According to the Bisphenol-A Free Website, “Bisphenol-A is a hormone-disrupting chemical considered to be potentially harmful to human health and the environment. It has been known that scratched and worn polycarbonate feeding bottles will leach this chemical into liquids.” Before I was pregnant, I had no idea about this issue, and definitely wanted to do [...]

In the hopital, I was told I would know my baby was properly latched if the entire areola of my breast was in his mouth while nursing. This in fact was bad information because it caused me to put the nipple in the middle of his mouth, instead of positioning it to be taken [...]

My 9 month old son is obsessed with pulling himself up on everything and everyone. A few days ago, he set out to climb our wine rack and smiled when he accomplished his goal. He stood there for about ten minutes, clutching the side, carefully inspecting our random collection of merlots and cabs [...]

I remember when I first became amazed by breast milk. Dominic and I were at a community center with about 50 other moms and tots when one of mothers shared that she squirted breast milk up her baby’s nose to clear up congestion! The concept of using breast milk for anything other than [...]

When my son was 2 months old, some friends brought over dinner. This welcomed gesture was a much needed distraction from the fact that I was nursing every two hours and my thrush infection made every suckle hurt like hell. As we scarfed down our food, my husband mentioned how amazing our lactation [...]