The Boob Boss

01/13/2023

🚨THIS POST IS ONLY REFFERING TO INFANTS 12 MONTHS AND OLDER🚨

Having an infant with CMPA or being a plant-based family can be very challenging for many moms. I hope you find this guide helpful.

Things to consider:

1. Infants with CMPA have a 50% chance of having a Soy protein allergy.

2. Infants with a CMPA also can have a 🐐 goat milk or other mammal milk allergy.

3. Limit servings to no more 2-3 servings a day to prevent displacing critical nutrition from solid food.

I will do a whole other graphic on serving sizes and food sources of critical nutrients including protein, calcium, iron and vitamins.

Ok what questions do you have? What alternative milk if any are you using? How are you making sure your LO has and gets enough protein, calcium and vitamins.

01/06/2023

This is how you establish an adequate supply as an exclusive pumper. I can't stress enough how important what you do in those first few days after you deliver and the following weeks is to your overall breast feedinig success.

If chest-feeding is not going well, DO NOT HESITATE TO:

1️⃣. Get help

2️⃣. Break out the pump. I am always heartbroken when there is a delay in establishing pumping because moms have been scared and misinformed about pumping in the first few days of life

3️⃣. Give yourself some grace. It's not as easy as we try and make it look. There is nothing wrong with you. It is NOT your fault.

❓How many of you delayed pumping even though you were having challenges with chest-feeding, supply or supplementing with formula or pumped milk?

What advice would you give a mum having a hard time with being an Exclusive Pumper OR deciding whether or not to be an EPer? Let's chat in the comments ⬇️

01/03/2023

Which of these changes did you experience during pregnancy? How many of you had No Changes at all? Where you still able to breastfeed? How many you started leaking around 16 weeks?

Did you or have you booked your Prenatal Lactation Consult?

Share this with an expecting mama who could use this 💜

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01/03/2023

Which of these breast changes did you experience during pregnancy?

How many of you had a prenatal consult? Share this post with an expecting mama 💜

08/17/2022

After today's Oakland Zoo heatwave I needed to share this post again. Becareful out there with the littles.

Reposted from Khosa ARNP, IBCLC 🥵🥵🥵 Seattle's first summer heatwave is here 🥵🥵🥵 and I don't know about you but I am about to die. 🤰🏾

With temperatures supposed to hit 110° over the next two days I thought you all could use a Heatwave Survival Guide.

Please remember babies DO NOT always sweat AND go from OK to critical very quickly. Watch your wee tots closely for early signs of dehydration and sun-stroke.

Heat (Sun) Stroke in infants is a medical emergency.

Other tips to cool off:

🧊put your feet in a ice bath ( do not put babies in ice baths)

🧊 keep a splash pool in the shade, always check water temperature 🌡before putting kids in

🧊 keep a spritz/mist bottle

🧊 use a fan but do not point it directly at baby

How are you dealing with the heat and keeping your bump or baby cool? Let me know in comments 👇🏾

08/16/2022

Breastfeeding Month is on of my favorite months of the year. I excited to be joining to chat about all things breastfeeding and motherhood.

Hope you can tune in.

08/14/2022

Join me tonight on Silverette USA]

Reposted from Silverette USA] 🚨GIVEAWAY Alert🚨
Join our favorite Nurse Practitioner and IBCLC Rue Khosa ARNP, IBCLC] for a Sunday night LIVE and
G I V E A W A Y TONIGHT.

August 14th
6PM PST/ 9 PM EST

Head over to our stories to ask your question and she will answer it LIVE at 6pm tonight together with taking LIVE questions.

BUT you have to WATCH TO WIN as Rue does her GIVEAWAYS LIVE based on the Q&A.

OK mamas, see you tonight and GOODLUCK.

Follow Rue Khosa ARNP, IBCLC] for great breastfeeding and parenting tip.

07/01/2022

👋🏾 INTRODUCTION 👋🏾 - Hey Tribe it has been a while since I have introduced myself.

I am Rue Khosa "The B**b Boss" a wife, boymom, nurse practitioner , board certified lactation consultant.

I am obsessed with all things BUMPS, BABIES & B***S. Up until a month ago I owned a private lactation clinic in Redmond, WA. Then my mostly 😬 amazing husband, who I refer to as , got an offer he couldn't refuse and moved our little family to San Francisco.
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I have built this community to share and support you all through the parenting journey in an authentic, fun and practical way. Especially around pregnancy , the newborn period and breastfeeding.⁠
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I am learning and leaning into being a stay-at-home-mom to our 3 boys Tai (9), Tana (5) and Gray-Gray (1). I am currently breastfeeding Gray-Gray and love sharing how our journey has been going.

I look forward to sharing more about myself, our Bay Area journey, helping and more importantly learning more about you!⁠
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Now, it's your turn. Introduce yourself if you are new to my page OR if its been a while please catch me up on what you have been up to.

06/27/2022

🚨Hamburger Latch Video 🚨 (Reposting oldies but goodies while we settle in the Bay, new content coming soon).

Reposted from So I wasn't going to share this video because it was an impromptu event but then I got the sweetest message about from a mama in our tribe who got her first pain-free latch after watching this demo in our last live. So I decided it may not be perfect but it will have to do for now. One of these days I'll get a proper recording for you.

Let me know what you think and if it works for you in the comments. This is a great technique for those babes that just refuse to open wide too.

TAG a mom who could use this and save for future reference💜

06/27/2022

🚨My Hamburger Latch🚨 So(Reposting oldies but goodies while we settle in the Bay, new content coming soon).

So I wasn't going to share this video because it was an impromptu event but then I got the sweetest message about from a mama in our tribe who got her first pain-free latch after watching this demo in our last live. So I decided it may not be perfect but it will have to do for now. One of these days I'll get a proper recording for you.

Let me know what you think and if it works for you in the comments. This is a great technique for those babes that just refuse to open wide too.

TAG a mom who could use this and save for future reference💜

06/25/2022