Suzy Wilkinson - Lactation Consultant

03/29/2026

This is true ❣️Babies need to be offered the breast to learn how to breastfeed 🤱🏼 with practice and support can help🤗 The Gentle Village

03/19/2026

Wonderful way to get a picture of your little ones with the Easter Bunny🐰and help Wheels for Women🩷

03/17/2026

03/17/2026

Happy St. Patrick's Day! 🍀
May your troubles be less and your blessings be more, and nothing but happiness come through your door. 💚

Are you wearing green today?

03/16/2026

So Blessed 💞🥰

03/11/2026

🚨 NEW STUDY challenges current breast milk and formula storage guidelines 🚨

Anyone who has pumped breast milk knows how awful wasting milk feels. We do our best to guess and estimate how much baby will take at a feed but baby's in charge!

On the same token, no parent wants to risk significant gastric upset, or worse a systematic infection. So, we follow current guidelines which suggest tossing any breast milk after 2 hours if baby's lips touch the bottle and only leaving untouched breast milk room temp for a max of 4 hours.

A new study says, we might be wasting a LOT of milk!

📢 The important finding was that bacterial levels didn’t increase much in leftover milk for at least 4–8 hours after feeding, even if the bottle wasn’t refrigerated immediately.

📢 Only after 24 hours at room temperature did bacteria multiply significantly.

📢 This suggests leftover milk might be safer to keep than previously thought, at least in healthy infants.

Currently, this study would need to be peer reviewed and similar results found in subsequent studies to change guidelines.

However, it is important information for parents. Yes, we should play it safe when it comes to the health and wellness of our babies. But, we might be wasting a lot more milk than we need to.

This study looked at breast milk AND formula and results were similar in that significant bacterial growth didn't occur for several hours.

What do you think about these results? Do you think the CDC should change breast milk storage guidelines? Will this impact how you feed your baby?

🚨 An important note is that this study was done with milk intended for full term healthy infants. Storage and feeding guidelines vary for premature and ill infants. Always check with your baby's physician for specific feeding guidelines when there are extenuating circumstances 🚨

Study posted below/stories/archive

03/11/2026

So true ❣️

Dear breastfeeding mom 🤍

No one really prepares you for the quiet sacrifice.

The long nights when the world is asleep but you are awake again.
The sore ni***es.
The moments when your arms ache and your eyes burn from exhaustion.

And still you pull your baby close.

Breastfeeding asks so much of you.
Your time.
Your body.
Your sleep.
Your energy.
Sometimes even your confidence.

There are days you wonder if you can keep going.

But then your baby settles against you. Their tiny hand rests on your chest. Their eyes soften as they drink, safe and comforted in the only place they have ever known.

And in that moment you remember why you keep showing up.

Because to them, you are everything.

Your body is their nourishment.
Your heartbeat is their calm.
Your arms are their safest place.

Science tells us breast milk contains nutrients, antibodies, and immune factors designed specifically for human babies. But what research cannot fully capture is the love behind every feed. The way a mother keeps giving even when she is tired.

One day your baby will not need you like this anymore.

But right now, in this season of late nights and quiet feeds, you are giving them something only you can give.

And that is a kind of love that leaves a mark on a child forever.

I hope you know….
You are doing something sacred. 🤍✨

03/09/2026

Wonderful video by The.colic.mama Clicking when feeding is a sign that the baby is having difficulty with feeding. With a lactation consultation I maybe able to assist you and your baby🤱🏼

03/08/2026

I celebrate all women 💞🌸

‼️🚨International Women’s Day🚨‼️
Without women Cool Beans Brew would NOT exist.
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👩🏽 🙋‍♀️You win, women win, your community wins 💃👩🏼‍🦳


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