Loveblossom Lactation & Wellness

12/28/2025

Flying this holiday season? Here's a quick reminder of the current TSA guidelines on traveling with breastmilk. Safe travels!

[Image Description] Infographic on flying with breastmilk in the United States, set over a picture of a colorful horizon over an airplane wing. Continued in comments.

12/27/2025

I’ll be at Feeding Babies Circle at 10:30 am TODAY Dec. 27th at The Holding Space Birth & Wellness Cooperative! Would love to see you and your little ones!

Join us for support, a cup of tea, or just to be.

12/23/2025

Happy Holidays! 🌲For all of you who are traveling with your little one~ on buses, trains, planes, or home having company, awkwardly nursing in the living room even though 'certain people' are there, first time baby meeting the family...you got this!💚

12/17/2025

‘tis the reason for the season as they say
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art by kellylatimoreicons.com

“Mary Breastfeeding Baby Jesus”

Referred to in the Latin as “Maria Lactans” or “Madonna del Latte”, in the Orthodox Church called “Galaktotrophousa”, Greek for “the milk giver”

I have had many requests to paint an icon of this over the last few years. While doing research we found a great article by David Gibson in 2012, called, “The Missing Christmas Icon: Mary Breastfeeding Jesus.”

Ask anybody what the primary Christian symbol is, and they will most likely say the crucifixion. However, in the early Church it was the lactating Mary, that was the major symbol of God’s love for humanity. In fact, the oldest known image of Mary is from a second Century fresco in a Roman catacomb that shows the infant Jesus “suckling at her exposed breast.”

In the following centuries many iconographers created various versions of the image. By the Middle Ages, the image became very popular. “Lactation Miracles” and “Milk shrines” popped up around the Christian world.

However, during the rise of Protestantism that encouraged a focus on scripture and discouraged the use of images, along with the dawn of movable type and new medical and sexual understandings of the body, a cultural shift was so great that many, even in the Catholic Church, soon came to see the breastfeeding Mary as an “inappropriate” sacred image.

Yet, I think this symbol of Mary nursing Jesus is one of the most beautiful forgotten images of the Advent season and of the incarnation. As Margaret Miles says, “I think there should be a plethora of symbols of God’s love for humanity. Can there be only one way to talk about so great a mystery? No, there can’t”

Signed Giclee Prints and Digital Downloads available: kellylatimoreicons.com

12/15/2025

Ashley Judd Thank you for your clarity and compassion.

12/13/2025

12/06/2025

Side-lying bottle feeding seems to make everything easier…I completely agree. 😍

🍼 Side-Lying Bottle Feeding: The Most Supportive Position You’re Not Using - YET!

If your baby struggles with coordination, gets overwhelmed by the flow, or you're just trying to mimic optimal feeding more closely, sidelying feeds can be a game changer!

• Supports the entire body for postural stability
• Limits downward pressure on the tongue and jaw that happens in upright feeds
• Helps baby coordinate suck–swallow–breathe safely
• Protects against overfeeding by allowing baby to pause, slow down, or stop

✅ Ideal pace: about 5 minutes per ounce
✅ Cue-based feeding: lets baby lead instead of pushing the bottle

Babies aren’t robots, their needs shift from day to day. This position gives them the stability and control to communicate those needs clearly (and safely).

📌 Save this for your next bottle feed

11/30/2025

11/22/2025

Research tells us that babies who co-sleep in infancy, especially in those early years get around 13,000 extra hours of touch.

Thirteen thousand.

Because when you keep your baby close, day and night, they’re getting 10 to 12 extra hours a day of your skin, your warmth, your presence.

That’s not spoiling.
That’s wiring.

Touch is brain food.
It releases oxytocin, serotonin…
It lowers cortisol.

It teaches your baby’s body how to feel safe.
How to come back to calm.

We actually have studies showing
co -sleeping babies have lower stress reactivity meaning their little bodies bounce back from stress faster.

That’s not dependence.
That’s coregulation.
That’s safety being built from the inside out.

So the next time you’re contact napping,
bed sharing, doing whatever gets you both some rest and someone tells you you’re creating bad habits, remember this ~

You’re not creating a clingy baby.
You’re creating a resilient one 🖤

The Breastmilk Queen - Amy McGlade 🥰

11/15/2025

Appreciate the shout out from Babies in Common. 💜 Jeannette’s pump fl**ge fitting method has been a game-changer in the best way! Just yesterday I saw a parent who had only ever had a couple sprays, otherwise was slow drip pumping. As soon as she was in the right size, milk started spraying the whole time and flowed well as the bottles filled. 🙏🏽☺️

💛 Meet Sharon Sullivan, IBCLC, serving families in Anacortes, Mount Vernon, and La Conner, Washington — offering support in-office, in-home, virtually, and in provider’s offices.

Sharon provides expert care in all areas of infant feeding, including breast/chestfeeding, bottle feeding, pumping, milk supply, and infant oral function. She’s passionate about helping families find feeding solutions that fit their unique needs and goals.

🌿 Whether meeting in person or virtually, Sharon brings compassion, knowledge, and a family-centered approach to every session — supporting parents and babies on their feeding journey. 💛 https://www.babiesincommon.com/directory/item/sharon-sullivan-ibclc

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