It is so, so bittersweet for me as Maryland has been where I grew my babies, breastfed my babies, grew my business and helped other mothers breastfeed their own babies over the past 9 years. But soon, our family is moving to Pittsburgh, with the help of our local moving compant, and with that comes stepping […]
Supporting Families in Milk Sharing as an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant
As an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant, I have, first and foremost, an ethical obligation to provide evidence-based information to my clients to support their breastfeeding relationship. Every day, for a variety of reasons, I encounter and encourage families who need to supplement their baby’s nutrition with something other than milk directly from the mother’s […]
Back to School…and Lactation Consulting!
At the start of the summer, I let you know that, for the sake of my own motherhood, I’d not be doing in-home consultations while my children were out of school. We had a fantastic summer full of travel, swimming, eating, slumber parties, scootering, chalk drawing, But, as of two weeks ago, my home is […]
Multi-Tasking
Well, if that picture doesn’t represent what life looks like for so many of us, I don’t know what does! My life is one gigantic multi-tasking experiment and, some days, I feel like I have so many juggling balls in the air… Summer in our home has been lovely…and busy. Make sure that your cooling […]
Summer Time Changes (New Online Only Support!)
I spent all last summer trying to figure out the work-with-kids-home-for-summer dance…unsuccessfully, I might add. I was frantically calling for babysitters when a mother needed some quick assistance or texting a client while my kids were begging for me to watch one more sprawling jump off of the diving board or even sneaking away to […]
Because I Believe Birth is Normal…
Tonight, amid the homework and pizza and playing with friends and tucking in, I spent my time on the couch, staring at my computer screen. I was transfixed. I was mesmerized. And I invited my daughter to stare into the screen as well… We were watching as Jessica (known to many as “The Leaky Boob“) […]
Success
“Mothering success in not measured in ounces or drops of milk that flow from breast to mouth. It’s measured in the love that flows between mother and baby.” Diana Cassar-Uhl
Happy New Year
It has been a great week at Nourish Breastfeeding Support with visits to several moms and babies all while enjoying several holiday celebrations. My favorite comment from a new mom this week was, “I feel like I have a village.” It is my hope that all of my clients feel like I am one part […]
Little Boys
My youngest child, who we like to call Mr. T, is creeping up on the age of 7. He has been a surprise to me from the moment I gagged on my toothbrush, causing me to think, “Could I be pregnant?” Born just 14 months after his brother, his life has been a study in […]
Paradox
If there is one thing that I seek to communicate in my work with breastfeeding mothers, it is that their bodies are intended for this job…that it is a process that should happen regardless of what culture, guilt, pressure or even their mother-in-laws tell them. That their body will do this thing regardless of what […]
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