Shining a Light on In-Hospital Breastfeeding Support
Supporting exclusive breastfeeding from birth to discharge requires a very specific skillset. Much of what is written online today for lactation professionals skims over this critical juncture of a...
View ArticleHappy Mother’s Day!
Happy Mother’s Day to all! We would like to take this opportunity to tell you how things are progressing at Baby Cafe Bakersfield. Since our first drop-in meeting on March 7, we have logged over 100...
View ArticleAddressing Breastfeeding Ambivalence
The First 100 Hours© Addressing Breastfeeding Ambivalence The First 100 Hours© is a strategy designed with flexibility to encompass even mothers in whom ambivalence or low level of commitment to...
View ArticleLearn to help mothers meet their own #br
Learn to help mothers meet their own #breastfeeding goals! http://ow.ly/i/6dqx3 http://ow.ly/z6s2T
View ArticleBreastfeeding in the Real World: Meeting Mothers’ Needs Through Listening
I, along with hundreds of others, will be recharging my professional batteries this week at ILCA 2014 ( #ILCA14) in Phoenix, AZ. I will attend expert lectures, participate in clinical workshops,...
View ArticleI’m Sorry, Can You Tell Me Again Why You Were Told to Stop Breastfeeding?
Originally posted on Ibclcinca's Blog: Can you repeat that? I am certain I didn’t hear it correctly. They told you to stop breastfeeding because of what? You were told not to breastfeed because...
View ArticleYour professional lactation begins here
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View ArticleWhat It Takes To Be An IBCLC
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View ArticleAn Enhanced Model of Care for the Breastfeeding Dyad: Proficiency in Tongue...
An Enhanced Model of Care for the Breastfeeding Dyad: Proficiency in Tongue and Lip Restriction Assessments by Christine Staricka, BS, IBCLC, RLC, CCE The privilege and responsibility of providing...
View Article2014 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog was viewed about 1,400 times in 2014. If it...
View ArticleWhy Should You Pay for Lactation Education?
Why Should You Pay for Lactation Education? If you work with moms and babies, you need to know how breastfeeding, or Normal Infant Feeding, works. If you don’t, you’re not going to be able to provide...
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Influencing Breastfeeding Rates on a Local Scale
Welcome home from the California Breastfeeding Summit! I was unable to attend, but I have heard reports of excellent communication and interesting educational topics. According to my colleagues who...
View ArticleInfant Formula: The “Supplement” Paradox
I’m an absolute stickler for language when it comes to infant feeding, and “supplement the baby” is one of those phrases that really creates conflict for me. This isn’t an article about...
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