Babies who had a stay in the NICU have unique feeding challenges. Likewise, as parents, you have your own lingering challenges from separation from your baby! We look at each family’s unique experience to help you understand how to achieve your feeding goals. Moreover, we may also have specific tools, [...]
Many people who identify a tongue tie, may be missing the skills to support your feeding. A lactation consultant will look at your feeding and your baby. We won’t pressure you into any set plan, but we can help you to find what you think is the right answer for [...]
Good. We don’t want you to breastfeed, either. Our goal is to support your feeding. A lactation consultant specializes in infant feeding, so while we have advanced skills in lactation and body latching, that is not all we do. We can help with plans to comfortably stop lactation after birth [...]
Certainly. There are many causes to a low milk supply - including low supply as a biological norm. We can help ensure that the fundamentals of milk stimulation and extraction are being achieved, discuss options for feeding that feel right to you. If you feel like you have tried it [...]
Yes. Lots of people visit a lactation consultant beyond the newborn stage. Sometimes, things were working well but recently, there have been some changes in feeding or weight gain that are concerning to you. Maybe you’re starting solids, or returning to work. And maybe your breastfeeding time is coming to [...]
Yes! A lactation consultant is trained on infant feeding of all kinds. Whether your family has a feeding plan or not, a lactation consultant can assess your infant’s feeding skills. This might include body latching, bottle feeding or other feeding tools like spoons!
Yes, that’s very broad advice that may not apply to you in the same way. A lactation consultant looks at you and your baby as unique individuals and as a unique pair. We can give you individualized support for you and your baby specifically, rather than just some generalized statement.
Yes, absolutely! There are important preparations we can do prenatally. We do private and group prenatal classes. Each option has its own advantages. In a private session, you can deep dive into your questions and explore the feeding option(s) your family wants to include. In a group, you get a [...]
At Pine, we are IBCLC’s - International Board-Certified Lactation Consultants. That means that we have extensive training in infant feeding and are required to complete continuing education. We are the most highly trained support in lactation and body latching, and we support body, bottle and baby. We are a cooperative [...]