Nurturing Traditions Lactation Services

11/03/2025

The National WIC Association (NWA) learned that $450 million in additional federal section 32 funding has been allocated to the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC). The White House Office of Management and Budget has initiated the transfer...

11/03/2025

A rare cancellation just opened up at 1:00 PM tomorrow! Snag this spot for fast support by booking through our website. 😊
www.nurturingtraditions.net

11/01/2025

When Dr. Katie Hinde began studying breast milk, most scientists treated it as simple nutrition.
Calories, proteins, fat nothing more.
She looked closer and saw a language.
Katie discovered that milk changes depending on the baby’s needs.
A mother nursing a son produces milk richer in energy.
A mother nursing a daughter creates milk with more immune cells.
If a baby falls ill, the milk’s composition shifts within hours, an invisible conversation between
body and child.
Her research revealed something profound:
Breast milk is not a passive food. It’s a biological message system.
Dr. Hinde’s work redefined maternal science and exposed how modern medicine overlooked
women’s biology for centuries.
While labs raced to map the human genome, almost no one had studied the most ancient form
of nourishment — a mother’s milk.
Today, her discoveries are reshaping how hospitals, pediatricians, and policymakers understand
infant health.
As she often says, “Every drop tells a story between generations.”
Dr. Katie Hinde didn’t just study milk.
She decoded the conversation that built humanity itself.

10/26/2025

10/23/2025

https://llli.org/news/the-safe-sleep-seven/

10/20/2025

Yep.

When a formula company partners with a celebrity, it isn’t about “supporting moms”, it’s about selling product. And when that celebrity has massive influence in communities already targeted by aggressive formula marketing, it becomes even more problematic.

Black mothers in the U.S. face some of the lowest breastfeeding rates, not from lack of desire, but because of systemic barriers. They’re given less workplace flexibility, fewer pumping accommodations, shorter leave, and are exposed to more formula marketing than almost any other group.

So when a brand like Bobbie uses a celebrity mom with huge influence in those same communities to “normalize” formula use, it doesn’t empower mothers, it profits off inequity.

This isn’t about one mom’s choice. It’s about corporate manipulation disguised as relatability. It’s about billion-dollar brands pretending to be on your side while quietly shaping the narrative around “choice” to keep you buying.

And let’s be honest…Bobbie has been doing this since day one. Their entire brand is built on being the “cool,” “nonjudgmental,” “mom-run” formula company. They talk like us, post like us, and use the language of empowerment, but it’s all marketing psychology.

They want to be seen as the formula for moms who care. But behind the branding, they’re just like every other formula company…corporate, profit-driven, and invested in keeping mothers dependent on their product.

Their formula? No different than others.
Their tactics? Just more aesthetic.
And their mission? The same as every other brand, to sell as much as possible, even if that means blurring the line between genuine support and strategic manipulation.

They don’t want to change the system that makes breastfeeding hard, they want to benefit from it.
Because when the system fails mothers, formula companies win.

We should be fighting for paid leave, lactation support, and access to evidence-based information, not cheering on billion-dollar campaigns built on mothers’ exhaustion.

Don’t let a polished brand and pastel marketing fool you. Bobbie isn’t the voice of mothers. They’re the voice of profit, dressed up in “mom-friendly” packaging.

10/17/2025

The Michigan WIC system will be down temporarily due to a scheduled maintenance. WIC will be sending out text message updates to those enrolled in the program. No WIC Purchases can be made at this time.

For more information like this and so much more, apply for Early Head Start today! Complete an interest form online at https://www.mmcaa.org/ehs.html or call or text 1-877-386-4406.
Our Early Head Start program serves those who are pregnant and children from birth through 3 in Clare, Gladwin, Mecosta, Midland, and Osceola Counties. Learn more: https://www.mmcaa.org/earlyheadstart.html
To discover more about all our early childhood programs, visit https://www.mmcaa.org/childrenandfamilies.html

10/17/2025

just like magic 🤭🤱🏼🩷

10/13/2025

📢 Attention Breastfeeding Parents: Are you getting enough iodine?

Iodine is a crucial nutrient for your baby's proper brain development and growth, and your breast milk is their main source!

Here’s what you need to know from the CDC:

The Goal: The Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) for iodine while breastfeeding is 290 µg (micrograms) per day.

The Recommendation: Major health organizations recommend that pregnant and breastfeeding women take a multivitamin or prenatal supplement that contains 150 µg of iodine every day.

Check Your Label! Not all supplements contain enough iodine. Be sure to check the nutrition label.

Making sure you have adequate iodine is an easy way to support your baby’s healthy development!

Some women are at risk of developing iodine deficiency when they are breastfeeding.

10/10/2025

I am not a Top Fan. 🚫

Thanks for the notification, Facebook.

While I appreciate the digital recognition, I strongly disapprove of the endless hoops and barriers Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan puts in front of parents trying to access crucial IBCLC lactation care.

Getting support to feed your baby is hard enough without fighting your insurance company. We need better!!!