Nancy Kleinfeld - Lactation Support

11/04/2025

Immediate skin-to-skin contact between newborns and their mothers offers a better start in life, improving a number of key health metrics, according to a newly-updated Cochrane review.

11/02/2025

If Motherfed likes it, I like it. I think I might have seen this before. Can’t wait to read it!I am sharing

My body is not like most. The internet tells me my odd deformity will not shorten my lifespan, but it makes me different. It affected my breastfeeding experience, but what was truly unexpected was the way breastfeeding affected my most peculiar body. Why should you care? And why should I reveal now....

10/31/2025

This is just some of IT.

breastfeeding supports your baby’s whole body, from brain to belly to immune system.💛

every feed counts !

share this with a new mama or save this for when you need a little motivation.

10/23/2025

Great information. So many variables to consider before tongue tie release. Everyone deserves good evaluations based on function.

10/13/2025

NYU Langone study shows human breast milk regulates an infant’s microbiome during the first year of life and lowers the child’s risk of developing asthma.

08/06/2025

It does matter who you see for the most effective outcomes. Say it every time and it’s still a mixed jungle out there. It isn’t only about safety but the learned, passionate provider to get the procedure done correctly because they understand the anatomy and get it done minimally and correctly. Auggghh……

The Importance of Education

Over the last week, I have gotten several emails from parents describing very avoidable but quite serious complications from a tongue tie release. I am entering my 13th year in treating these ties and I am still amazed that people who are doing this procedure. do not understand basic concepts of how to do it correctly. Many people come to my office and think that I am some sort of tongue tie Messiah, only to recognize that what I am doing is very simple, but has to follow very specific goals.

Over time, I have become increasingly less diplomatic when I have to interact with these providers to let them know what they have done. In almost every case, it is very clear that they have no formal training in the procedure. One of these complications was from an ENT with a pair of scissors. One was from a supposed tongue tie expert in his community who was a dentist using a laser. In each case, these problems occur because of a lack of basic understanding of surgical principles and of the underlying physiology of what the tongue is supposed to be doing. I am tired. I am tired of having to explain to parents why this occurred. I am even more tired that 13 years into this, people are making the same mistakes.

I do not care how experienced you think you are. For almost all of you, you have more to learn. How do I know that? Because I am still learning. This is not meant to be some advertisement for my course, but I cannot help but shake my head, knowing that what is in my course would've prevented both of these complications. These courses will not be around forever because of my personal goals to just be in my garden and tend to my crops. Seriously, take the course and learn.

https://reg.learningstream.com/reg/event_page.aspx?ek=0078-0031-6EE53EC166354A5CBFCAC265115ABCE5

08/01/2025

Happy World Breastfeeding Week!