By: Nikki Braverman, Brand Manager Spectra Baby USA Motherhood. It starts long before the baby is born. From the moment those two little faded lines pop up, the floodgates open happiness, exciteme...
Breastfeeding should not hurt. Nipple soreness and tenderness during the first weeks is normal as your body begins to learn how to nourish a baby at the breast. When a baby is latched and feeding ...
photo credit: victoryrosephotography By Melissa Portunato MPH, IBCLC, RLC You’ve learned about all the benefits of breastfeeding. You bought all your neat breastfeeding accessories, and breastpump...
The witching hour is a phrase used for an inconsolable baby typically between the hours of 6pm and 10pm, despite every effort to calm them. It was originally a phrase used in the middle of the ni...
Bereavement Pumping: Our Senior IBCLC’s Journey Jenn M. Foster, MA, CD, IBCLC, RLC It’s been 4 months, nearly 5 months, since we lost our little “dove baby”, Nolan. His birth date was November 2, ...
In a social media savvy world, it’s easy to find entire groups of people that either fiercely supports or opposes any topic you can think of (politics, diet, exercise, etc.). Unfortunately, this ...
By Melissa Portunato, MPH IBCLC Alright, let’s be real. As a new mom, the only thing that gets you excited for dinner is pizza with a side of ice cream. And besides, with all the nursing and pumpi...
There is a lot of conflicting advice out there regarding when your little one should start eating solids and it can be overwhelming. Traditional advice is still circulating that is outdated when c...
by Jenny Silverstone If you’re breastfeeding your baby, you may have been warned about cluster feeding by your other mom friends. It can be a difficult phase to get through and you may even quest...
by Lindsey S. #RealMomStory It never ceases to amaze me how much conflicting information is “out there” about how much breastmilk a baby needs when away from their mama – and the ways to provide i...
by Bonne Dunham. IBCLC Ok, you are making milk and you want to pump…now what? What kind of pump do I use? How often should I be pumping and when? How much milk should I expect to see come out? Th...
by Amanda G. Pumping at work gets much more manageable once you figure out the logistics and get yourself into a routine. Here are five quick tips to make pumping at work easier. Leave an extra...
by: Bonne Dunham, IBCLC, RN That is the question that so many new breastfeeding Mothers will ask when their babies start sleeping through the night, yet their breasts are overflowing with milk. Of...