Modern Breastfeeding + Education

09/24/2025

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08/25/2025

Boots on the Ground. What a great call to arms.

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This week highlights the unique challenges Black families face around infant feeding. From cultural barriers to access gaps, we’re raising awareness and honoring the community leaders building stronger support systems.

This year’s theme is "Boots on the Ground", honoring the frontline champions, parents, peer counselors, doulas, lactation professionals, and community leaders who are Boots on the Ground every day, helping to make breastfeeding support more accessible.

💜 Stay tuned this week as we share tips every Black mom should know about breastfeeding and highlight resources for our moms and advocates!

08/14/2025

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08/02/2025

Day 2 of World Breastfeeding Week!

Did you know every year has a theme?

And this years theme is INVEST. That’s right, simply investing.
Investing in breastfeeding, investing in the future.

Because supporting breastfeeding means reducing healthcare costs and improving outcomes for children and breastfeeding people.

So how do you invest? Do you support people nursing in public? Support exclusive pumpers getting the time they need? Share resources / books? Advocate for real, informed support over online “advice”?

Let me know!!

07/11/2025

This sounds like me on repeat these days. And I know, I know, it not what you WANT to hear. I’m sorry. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Trust us.

Take it out of your cart.

Portable/wearable pumps are not good primary pumps. Yes they might have worked for an influencer (who was probably paid to promote it). They might have been okay for someone with oversupply. But they are NOT good primary pumps. We said what we said.

Also "hospital grade" and "hospital strength" are marketing terms. They don't mean anything and the pumps don't have to meet any sort of requirements to claim that.

Share with a friend!

11/17/2024

I’m a FIRM Diet Coke proponent. We can’t make our own aspartame, gotta supplement.

10/08/2024

🙌🏼

Ruby Jackson, a 23-year-old student has developed an app, "Melanatal," to address gaps in the recognition of maternal and neonatal conditions

08/22/2024

I’m pro pediatrician- but yes this is the facts and is NORMAL.

08/02/2024

It’s World Breastfeeding Week!

( I’m a day behind 🤦🏻‍♀️ Blame Grad school!)

This year’s theme is “Closing the Gap: Breastfeedibg Support for All”

So I thoughts I’d spend the week highlighting what that means. The main topic: what gap??

There’s a huge gap between those who report they want to breastfeed and those who do not end up “successfully” breastfeeding. Successfully is in quotes because it is ultimately in the metaphorical eye of the … milk makers owner.

But why IS there a gap between breastfeeding goals and actual outcome? Support.

It all comes down to support. Which also takes education, so that you, your partner, and family know what normal breastfeeding looks like. Which is hard BTW.

So in the comments I’ll post a few books I really like to educate yourself on breastfeeding - ideally before that birth day comes. Feel free to add your own if you want to share what you loved!

But that’s not all! Throughout this week there will be more. Happy