Wollongong Lactation Consultants

30/10/2025

Boobie walk and talk time with Hazel!!

22/10/2025

B I G G E R B O O B S ?

Large breasts can be tricky. Gorgeous Miss A feeds comfortably because her mum uses some rolled up burp cloths to lift and stabilise the breast so that bub can snuggle in and latch well without needing to hold the weight of the breast.

Remember that the breast should be the stable object, your baby is the moving part!

06/10/2025

P E R F E C T P O S T U R E 😍😍😍

4 days post tongue tie release for this little darling. Nice wide diamond that is healing beautifully. This sweet baby couldn’t lift his tongue before, now he has perfect sleeping posture with his tongue lifted right to his palate. This helps encourage nasal breathing, which widens the nasal passages, reduces snoring and helps with optimal airway development.

23/09/2025

A great catch up today with these three amazing women! Three of the best osteopaths in the Illawarra and Shoalhaven region for treating bubs.

Body work for babies can be awesome for helping with breastfeeding issues, resolving birth trauma and much more.

(It’s also fab for mums too)

Thanks for a lovely lunch, Jenny, Amy and Nicole!
.osteo and Jervis Bay Osteopathic Clinic.

01/08/2025

It’s World Breastfeeding Week!! The theme this year is Prioritise Breastfeeding and Create Sustainable Support Systems.

Over the next week I’ll be doing a “tip of the day” mini video in my stories every day. Let me know if there’s anything you’d like included!

25/06/2025

🌸babies respond to the flow of milk🌸

Sometimes a very young baby can be quite sleepy at the breast. Mums are often given the advice to “wake baby up” and keep them drinking.

The problem is that if there’s no active let down, babies just go back to sleep. So instead of
❌ tickling
❌ stripping baby off to a state of being chilly
❌using a wet face cloth
❌blowing on baby’s face

Try
✅ breast compressions
✅ supply line/straw with EBM
✅ switching breasts frequently to trigger let downs.

15/05/2025

One of my favourite things to do is to talk about breastfeeding!
In the past week I’ve been honoured to have been asked to present on the topic of Tongue Tie, for the Advanced Breastfeeding Course held at Campbelltown Hospital and also an education session for local GPs through the shared care network.
I’m always excited to be able to share knowledge with other health professionals to be better able to help mums and babies. 🤓🤓

03/04/2025

This is BIG news!!!!! 🙌🏽🙌🏽

21/03/2025

Here’s the secret…

Breastfeeding is not complicated.

A learnt skill, yes. Challenging sometimes. Hard work? Yep, it can be that too.

But the complication of breastfeeding is something completely made up by those who will profit from having parents feel anxious and unsure about their ability to feed their babies.

Formula companies
Pump manufacturers
Bottles and teats brands
Providers who trademark a breastfeeding “method” and then gatekeep that information.

Breastfeeding is a biological function, and like all of our biological functions it’s different for everyone, it’s a bit messy and it’s not always predictable.

Your baby and your breasts are all you need as a starting point.

Try not to preempt problems.
Surrender to the process.
Follow your baby’s lead.

The vast majority of women I see have been told (either directly or indirectly) that they are doing something wrong, or setting up bad habits, or one of the other million negative messages women hear about their bodies every day.

They aren’t.
You aren’t.

Remember that if you aren’t anxious, you won’t pay for that product that will “fix” the non existent problem. And no one makes money from that.

Trust yourself and your baby.

19/03/2025

T H E C H E E K I E S T L I T T L E F A C E

At around 3 months, most babies become real sticky beaks.

Breastfeeds can feel more like playtime than meal time.

Babies are often on and off the breast, chatting, playing and concentrating on anything other than feeding.

This is completely normal behaviour and nothing you need to worry about. Babies will “make up” the feed when they need to, and frequent snacks are just as good as spaced out “big feeds”.

04/03/2025

02/03/2025

EYE CONTACT

Did you know that for a newborn, the human face is something they instinctively recognise and respond to. And, conveniently enough, their favourite face of all is located at the exact right distance from their favourite place to be seen clearly ❤️❤️❤️