Lactation Consultation

Breastfeeding Support

Breastfeeding provides essential nutrition for infants birth to one year and older. As with learning anything new, most breastfeeding mothers and babies (and dads too!) need some instruction and support during this learning period.

That's where we come in!

We have a high number of breastfeeding families. We will do our best to help you meet your breastfeeding goals. Any breastmilk you feed your infant is a gift of health for your child that lasts their lifetime.

We respect each family's feeding decisions. We do encourage moms to breastfeed exclusively or give only breastmilk for the first six months then continue to breastfeed and give solid foods until your baby is 2 years old.

We love babies and enjoy helping families learn how to breastfeed! We will help you as little or as much as you need. We work with several lactation consultants in the valley and are also happy to connect you to them.

Some areas we can provide guidance include:

• Positioning your baby at the breast
• Latching
• Caring for your breasts and nipples
• Assessing milk transfer
• Assuring adequate nutrition
• Assembling and using a breast pump, including sizing for the right size flange
• Storing milk
• Returning to work/school while breastfeeding

• Traveling and breastfeeding
• Training a breastfeeding baby to a bottle
• Teething while breastfeeding
• Breastfeeding premature babies
• Managing slow weight gain babies
• Breastfeeding twins
• Breastfeeding babies with special medical needs such as cleft palate, Down Syndrome, and heart conditions
• Managing medications, medical tests or surgery while breastfeeding