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The Milk Mentor

Certified Lactation Counselor providing services to Albany, New York and the greater Capital District

12/24/2025

The holidays have a way of amplifying everything.

When feeding is going smoothly, it can feel extra sweet—more connection, more joy.
And when feeding is challenging? The opinions, expectations, and pressure can feel so much louder.

If you’re navigating lactation during the holidays, know this:
You don’t have to host.
You don’t have to pass your baby around.
You don’t owe anyone an explanation for how you feed your baby.

It’s okay to protect your peace.
It’s okay to show up quietly.
Feed your baby when you need to.
Accept help. Say no. Rest when you can.

That is enough. YOU are enough.

To all of my clients—past, present, and future—thank you for trusting me during such a tender season of life. It’s an honor to support you and your families. Wishing you a holiday season filled with gentleness, support, and moments of rest, however that looks for you. 🤍

12/05/2025

✨ December with The Milk Mentor ✨

Close out 2025 with connection, support, and a cozy lactation-friendly space to exhale.
Whether you’re navigating latch questions, milk supply, pumping, or just craving community, these groups are for YOU. ✌️💗🤱
⬇️ Grab your spot at the link in bio! Special guest for our 12/5 circle! Don’t miss a circle with double the lactation pros!

11/27/2025

Today and every day, we’re deeply thankful for the incredible clients and colleagues who pour dedication, patience, and love into creating and preserving happy, healthy lactation journeys. Your effort, trust, and commitment make this community stronger, and we are honored to walk beside you. 🖤

11/11/2025

Listen… your girl is not an “early poster” but she is a “put the chairs out and make the space feel safe and warm” person. 🫶
So here we are.
Lattes & Lactation TOMORROW — come join us.
Get your coffee from our favorite gals at , bring your baby, your questions, your exhaustion, your joy. I’m ready for it all. ❤️

🔗 Register via link in bio (or just show up — truly).

10/30/2025

🎃Welcome to the Lactation Haunted House 👻
Where the jump scares aren’t ghosts… they’re mis-sized flanges, blanket statements, and missing assessments. 🫠✨

Swipe ➡️ if you dare…

Here’s the real fright:
None of these situations are your fault.
They’re symptoms of a system that prioritizes “quick fixes” over functional, individualized lactation care, or providers who just don’t know what they don’t know - an even bigger systemic issue.

🕯️ Let’s break the spell:
• Fl**ge size should be based on measured ni**le diameter near the tip + comfort + response to pumping.
• Ni**le shields can be useful — when there’s a plan, support, and a path to understanding why you need one in the first place.
• Pump parts matter. Yes, a $4 duckbill can make or break your supply.
• Pain is information. “Baby is gaining” does not mean you should suffer. Nursing is a dyad. It needs to be working for both of you.
• “No oral tension” requires functional assessment — watching how the tongue, jaw, and body actually work during feeding.

If you’ve been stuck in one of these haunted hallways…
You don’t have to stay there.
Care should feel supportive, collaborative, and designed for your body and your baby’s body. 💛

🪄 At The Milk Mentor, this is what we do. Functional feeding support.
Compassion. Root cause work. No jump scares.

10/24/2025

Behind the scenes at the — cozy, candid, and full of heart. 🎥
I spent the afternoon with my dear friend Nick, a local creative with a gifted eye, capturing what The Milk Mentor is really about — connection, community, and care.

He documented both a behind-the-scenes interview and a 1:1 lactation consult, offering such a thoughtful look into the rhythm and heart of this work.
Grateful for spaces that feel as warm as the stories we get to share here — and for friends who help bring that to life so beautifully. 💛

More to come soon.

10/11/2025

October is full of connection, coffee, and community. 💛
Join The Milk Mentor for a month of care and connection across the Capital Region.

🤱 Lactation Community Circles — come as you are, stay or go as you need.
☕ Lattes & Lactation — a circle on caffeine and community.
💪 Pump It Forward — donate your used Spectra pump and support local families.

✨ Every event is donation based or free and designed to help you feel supported, seen, and surrounded by your village.

🔗 Register: tinyurl.com/the-milk-mentor-eventbrite

10/10/2025

When this baby’s mama first came to me, she was nursing nearly 23 hours a day and running on pure determination and grit. Her little one was falling off the growth curve and carrying so much tension from head to toe. Together, we worked—gently, steadily—through feeding challenges, body tension, and a whole lot of trusting the process (and the providers we collaborated with - here’s looking at you ).

Fast forward to now: this bright, curious babe is nasal breathing, crawling everywhere, and enjoying solids like a champ. Her mama? She’s a pro—nursing in carriers, on the go, wherever life takes them—with confidence, grace, and that unstoppable kind of love that moves mountains. They have both stollen my heart and I’m inspired by what they both worked through to get to this point here today 💗

What’s inspired me most isn’t just their progress, but this mom’s commitment to continuing to show up, day after day, not only for herself and her baby but also for the village she’s joined. She shows up for herself and others finding community at Lactation Community Circles, Sling Babies, Grow Your Village and Lattes and Lactation, where she reminds every parent (and herself) that we’re not meant to do this alone.

Watching them both grow has been such a gift. I’m so proud of you both. Sometimes, when everything feels heavy, you find the right support, take a deep breath, and—you begin again. ✌️💗🤱

10/08/2025

🤫 Come here, I’ve got a secret for you…

Every week I hear it.
“My b***s are weird.”
“My ni**les are too big.”
“My areolas changed shape.”
“One points left.”
“They don’t match.”
“They look nothing like what I thought they’d look like.”

Let’s clear something up:
Those messages that told you there was a “right” kind of breast? They lied. They came from media and other outlets that have had plastic surgery, body doubles or airbrushing. You’re comparing you to things that aren’t real.

B***s come in every shape, size, texture, and color imaginable — and every single one of them is normal.
They feed babies. They comfort. They change through cycles, pregnancies, nursing, time, and aging. They’re living tissue, not sculptures.

Those so-called “imperfections” are literally just the map of your body doing what it was designed to do.
Stretch marks? Tissue shifts? Color changes? That’s biology, baby.

So when you find yourself apologizing for your chest , to a partner, a provider, or even to yourself, remember this little pin and this little truth:

👉 You’re perfect, just the way you are.

Every shape, every stage, every story.

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09/24/2025

🚨 Tomorrow’s the cut-off! 🚨
will be snipping the freshest blooms just for YOU and that means TICKET SALES END TOMORROW for Fridays event 🌸
Don’t sleep on it—grab your spot 🎟💐 (Registration link in bio)

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09/16/2025

💐 Why is Blooms & B***s not a drop-in event? Do you really have to get a ticket? (Spoiler alert: You do!)
Because flowers = produce. 🌿 Becky over at harvests blooms fresh + only what’s needed so your bouquet is ✨long-lasting, fresh + gorgeous✨ (and nothing goes to waste).

🤱This event is b**b and baby-friendly, but ALL are welcome — no need to be lactating or bring a little one to join the fun.

⚡ Registration is OPEN now on Eventbrite — grab your spot through the link in bio before we sell out! We will close registration the week of the event.

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http://Themilkmentor.com/

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