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Researcher and presenter: Brian Palmer, D.D.S. The nutritional, immunological, emotional and psychological benefits of breastfeeding should be enough to encourage mothers to want to breastfeed their newborn and for all health care providers to strongly encourage breastfeeding. If not, this Read more…
Time and again in clinic, I hear of this classic and oh so common mistake. I’d say in fact at least 90% of families report it happened to them, have you guessed what it is? Only watching the start or Read more…
BOOK YOUR REFLUX RESOLUTION CALL HERE Last night I posted this picture on our Facebook wall asking “Why does this baby’s tongue look like this?” I see many similar tongues in clinic, and alongside breastfeeding problems like damaged nipples or Read more…
After tongue tie treatment some babies resolve instantly and spontaneously. We often hear about these cases online and it can be easy to think that if this doesn’t happen, it hasn’t “worked”. Toning Suckling and swallowing requires the use of Read more…
We get asked a lot for recommendations for independent providers that treat tongue tie in other parts of the country, so I thought some discussion around helpful things to ask when deciding who to use may be useful to some. Read more…
de-mand Verb Insist on having A very firm statement that you want something eg an outraged public demanded retribution. Recently we have heard a lot about “feeding on demand”, but I really don’t think it accurately describes the breastfeeding relationship. Demand Read more…
BOOK A CALL ONLINE It’s not always obvious, the tongue can look ENTIRELY normal to the untrained eye… Sometimes it’s pulled into a heart shape or the attachment may be visible on the tip of the tongue, but this is Read more…
Thought I would share a really popular article from my personal blog. Something that comes up a lot is the question of foremilk, hindmilk and how to ensure baby gets not too much of the first and enough of the Read more…
“My baby needed more than just breastmilk” “Breastmilk wasn’t filling him so we had to give formula” “Baby was big/hungry and not satisfied on breastmilk alone, big babies sometimes need more than exclusive breastfeeding” “My baby isn’t getting what she Read more…