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Working and breastfeeding! We have another parent interview episode! We were thrilled when Alicia reached out to us from across the country to offer to share different parts of her feeding journey with baby Grant, especially factors related to returning to work and breastfeeding. We discussed Grant’s week-long nursing strike soon after Alicia returned to …
Jaundice and Hypoglycemia Did you know there are new guidelines for diagnosing and treating jaundice and infant hypoglycemia? In this episode, Barbara Robertson and Nancy Mohrbacher discuss updates to the clinical practice guidelines for safe bilirubin levels and when babies might need intervention. Nancy and Barbara review why bilirubin levels are important and some of …
From Barbara: Breastfeeding and Medications Breastfeeding and medications can cause a lot of confusion! Many parents are told they cannot nurse while taking certain medications but this is often not true. Listen to our podcast to learn more! We will discuss how medications can possibly get into breast/chestmilk, a process called diffusion, FYI, and what …
From Nancy: Clicking during nursing? What does it mean? When a baby makes clicking sounds while nursing, parents often worry. Is this a sign of a major problem? Should they be concerned? No matter what the cause, if nursing is comfortable, baby is otherwise healthy and gaining weight normally, clicking may not be a problem. …
From Barbara: How are NEC and breastfeeding connected? They aren’t really. But NEC and formula feeding are. A jury on Friday, July 21st, 2024, found that Abbott Laboratories’ specialized formula for premature infants caused an Illinois girl to develop a dangerous bowel disease, and ordered the healthcare company to pay $495 million in damages. “Illinois …
From Nancy: What Does It Mean to ‘Use You as a Pacifier? Nursing parents are commonly warned: “Don’t let your baby use you as a pacifier.” Although often said, this is an incredibly curious statement. After all, which came first, nursing or the pacifier? Nursing, of course, long predates the pacifier (aka “dummy”), a man-made …
From Barbara: What is hand expression? Great question! Basically it means getting breast/chestmilk out of a lactation breast without a baby or a breast pump. At LactaLearning, hand expression is a typical tool we value and teach about because you never know when you might get caught with no baby, no pump, and a full …
From Nancy: When Is Pumping Too Much, Not Enough, or Just Right? I’m often asked the question: “Do nursing parents need to pump in order to make enough milk?” The short answer is no. Effective breast pumps have been available for only about the past 70 years. Clearly humans have successfully nursed their babies for …
Who cares about what kind of lactation education principles are being used? Isn’t everyone just doing lecture and power point? No! LactaLearning believes their are better ways to learn and with Barbara Robertson’s Masters Degree in Curriculum Development you better believe the best lactation education principles are being used to create all the LactaLearning courses. …
From Nancy: Spitting up can trigger a host of worries in new parents, some related to their role in this behavior and others to do with baby’s growth and health. Was it something I did? Was it something I ate? Will my baby’s weight gain suffer with the loss of so much milk? Does my …