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12/11/2025

We’re all new this week!

We have a new website BumpB***sBabi.co.uk

And a new lactation consultant the lovely Tors Pearcy IBCLC - Infant Feeding Specialist if you want to know about bottles or pumping, you need to see her. She’s also a trainee holistic sleep specialist.

And a new clinic. We’re now in Cardiff! Every Tuesday in Roath.

For breasts, for bottles, for pumps, for tongue tie, for unsettled babies come and see us

And don’t forget our free Baby Feeding Hubs in Cardiff and Swansea

11/11/2025

Breast pumps are like shoes, they need to fit to be comfortable!

And you need to try them out! Pump fittings now in Swansea and Cardiff and coming soon to Newport

Not getting much milk?
Pumping not comfortable?

You need a pump fitting. Book today!

05/11/2025

Why say what someone else has said better?

For holistic tongue tie care in South Wales book an appointment

Things you weren’t told about your baby’s tongue tie…

Let’s talk about what no one is saying loud enough: tongue tie isn’t as simple as “do they have one or not?” And if you’ve been left confused, dismissed, or overwhelmed… you’re not alone.

Here’s what you should’ve been told:
👅 You can’t diagnose a tongue tie from a photo.
That picture in the mom group? It might look like a tie… or it might not. Tongue ties aren’t diagnosed by looks. They’re diagnosed by function. How the tongue moves. How it lifts. How it works during feeding. And the symptoms you’re both experiencing

🩺 Your pediatrician can’t always tell just by looking. No shade, they’re doing their best. But unless they’ve had specific training in oral function, they might miss it. A quick glance under the tongue during a well check doesn’t cut it. A full hands-on oral assessment by a trained provider is needed

🌀 Body tension can mimic tongue tie symptoms.
Yes, really. Tight neck, jaw, or fascia tension can limit tongue movement. So even if there’s no actual tie, your baby might still struggle with latch, milk transfer, or comfort. This is where bodywork can be a game-changer.

📅 Timing matters. A tongue tie release is usually not an emergency. Rushing into it without preparation can actually make things worse. Babies often need prep work first: bodywork, oral exercises, sometimes feeding therapy. The goal? To help the tongue function better, not just snip tissue

🚫 Not every tongue is tied. And not every feeding issue is caused by a tie. There are many reasons feeding can be hard. We need to treat the whole baby and not just the mouth

✨ If you’ve been told your baby has a tie, or you’re wondering if they do, you deserve answers that go deeper than “yes” or “no.”
Feeding is whole-body work.
And your baby is more than their frenulum.

25/10/2025

Learning from today’s pumping conference

- use a hard fl**ge

- size smaller (start with the size of your ni**le tip)

- avoid wearable pumps as a main pump if you’re looking to boost supply

- different shapes and sizes of fl**ge fit different breasts, have an experiment with someone who can help you try out them all to the find the sweet spot for you.

Look out for expressing workshops and 1:1 pumping support sessions to come!

24/10/2025

Weight gain what’s ok, what’s not?

Babies who are losing weight or growing slowly feed less well, they have no energy to breast or bottle feed and usually end up taking less and less milk. If you’re breastfeeding that can be the end of your milk supply.

With weight gain be proactive. It matters!

Here are some red flags that suggest you need some help

🚩 Your baby loses more than 8% of their birth weight

🚩Your baby is not back up to birth weight by 2 weeks

🚩Your baby is dropping through centile lines in their red book. While a one centile space drop can be normal, it’s still worth a quick review of feeding. More than one centile space drop definitely needs looking at .

21/10/2025

☹️Slow weight gain? Switch breasts!

Switch feeding is the easy way to get babies more calories and part of the first line treatment for slow weight gain!

What do we mean by switch feeding?

🤱We mean offering baby one breast, watching for good swallowing, when good swallowing no longer is happening, using breast compressions (a post for another day) to help them swallow more and when they stop working switch breasts. And repeat. Most babies take each breast 2-3 times in a feed.

How does this work?

Milk is only available to the baby when it is ‘let down’ ie released ready to drink

Between letdowns only a small amount of milk is available to the baby

😴Babies who are gaining slowly usually drink well initially and then fall asleep or get fussy, there is a long time between letdowns so they get a lot of milk for a short time and then no more. They often feed all the time or very frequently.

If we watch these babies we can help them out. When they’ve drunk most of the milk in that first let down and are sucking but not swallowing and getting sleepy we can use compressions to release more milk for them.

When compressions stop working, we switch breasts to the other side and they get a new letdown of milk and we repeat. It’s still not likely enough so we switch back for another let down and repeat for as long as baby is happy and drinking. 😛

Babies love flow when the milk flows they’re happy and drink well. When it’s slow they’re sleepy or fussy. 🥰

What about hindmilk?

Hindmilk is a bit of a myth. The milk gets fattier through a feed and a baby who stays on a breast drinking well for a long time will get a drink, soup, dinner, pudding and cheese and biscuits at the end.

Babies who are gaining slowly though tend to have a drink and sip of soup and fall asleep. The longer and more actively we can keep them feeding and the higher volume of milk they get, the more fat we’ll get them. If your baby is drinking well don’t switch breasts. If they stop drinking well use compressions , when compressions stop working switch breasts.

This very simple method usually gets babies growing well and drinking more and pretty soon it’s no longer needed (if it is, you need more help!)

So slow gaining baby, start switching and get them more milk

21/10/2025

Cardiff group, a busy Newport clinic including lots of follow up (no cut and run here! ) and a lovely review from a lovely client from a few weeks ago. Good day!

13/10/2025

Another day of good news and babies gaining weight well after slow starts

Cardiff feeding group and Newport clinic tomorrow. Swansea on Thursday

Come and join us! Free support in Cardiff and Swansea let’s get more babies growing well.

13/10/2025

Worried your baby has a tongue tie?
Worried your baby isn't gaining weight?
Worried your baby is in pain feeding?
Feeding painful and isn't getting better?

Come to our FREE baby feeding group to check! ALL feeding journeys supported

When: Every Thursday 10.30 - 12pm
Where: Albert Hall Swansea

Led by: Tors and Helen - Infant Feeding Specialists and Tongue Tie Practicioner

09/10/2025

It’s the start of Baby Loss Awareness week today.

I know many of you know I have three children but only two of them are with me, my firstborn Rumer died on New Years Day 2016 aged three months from a combination of her rare genetic condition and RSV.

So this week (like every other week for the past 10 years) I’ll be remembering Rumer and also the so many other babies gone too soon, that through work and life I have been privileged to know or hear all about. Sadly far too many

This is Rumer two nights before she died

09/10/2025

Some days I love my job! I see mums and babies who are struggling with weight gain, unhappy and can’t see a way out and a week later they’re thriving and growing and happy!

!

07/10/2025

Still slots in our lovely new Swansea clinic at the Albert Hall Thursday afternoon

Have you got a baby with reflux, unsettled, struggling with bottles?

Or is breastfeeding just not working out for you and you need some support ?

Book in now at BumpB***sBabi.com

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