Babies Best Beginnings-Robbin Swann RN, IBCLC

01/29/2026

How do you remain hydrated when it feels like baby is draining you.
Set yourself up snack and hydration station.

Pre-fill water bottles, make some of the liquids electrolyte rich. (coconut water of electrolyte mix added)
High protein grab and go snacks to take in while doing your feeding.
If you like your drinks cold have them cold. This time of year I am happier with room temp or warm, it feels more comforting.
Just keep plugging away at your fluid intake goals. recommendations are a common guideline is to drink half your body weight in pounds as ounces of water (e.g., 150 lbs = 75 oz). It is initially hard, but you can work your way up.

01/28/2026

Wellness is a BIG topic at the beginning of the year!

Wellness is however an all year thing, we tend to start strong and burn out quickly.

Breastfeeding wellness is all about rest, nutrition and hydration. How should you eat? A balanced diet heavy in protein supports the work you body is doing. Breastfeeding apps your caloric burn by at least 500 calories. So keep that good pregnancy diet and increase by 30 to 60 grams of protein .
easy solutions count on on lean meats, fish, eggs, Greek yogurt, or legumes, alongside plenty of vegetables.
Make your own protein bites to snack on while feeding, Chocolate Peanut Butter Protein Balls (15-20g), Almond Butter & Honey Bites, 5-Ingredient Peanut Butter Cup Bites, or some greek yoghurt with fruit and nuts.

You are a milk making machine!

01/26/2026

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01/26/2026

What makes milk?
Removal of milk!
No specific food of drink makes milk!

We know for some Oats, Fennel, Flaxseed, Moringa can help, be=ut the most reliable way to increase your milk supply is to increase the milk removal.
Feed on demand
Pump is you baby is not available to feed at least every 3 hours
Appropriate fl**ge sizing when using a pump.

You can do this, when having difficulty seek qualified lactation help.

01/23/2026

We dont do cold super well in TX. Our roads adn infrastructure is not well designed for it.
If you must go out take extra layers (in case you get stuck somewhere), Drive slowly and carefully, the brake is not your best friend.
Add extra time for your commute. Roads may be slick, Ice can hide under the snow. You have precious cargo on board to protect!

Try to create winter memories and enjoy! Good news we only have a few days to deal with this!
Keep up your energy, have a plan in place if you loose power.

01/22/2026

So hopefully you have started your storm prep you have food water and batteries and can hunker down. Don't forget to drip pipes.

Stay in stay safe and enjoy your family time. I know it is possible we will loose power, but you can find fun things to do. Make a blanket fort and play games, snuggle and stay safe.

Remember to keep uo your high protien food intake, if thepower goes out and it stays cold you can also move frozen bage of breast milk outside to keep them cold. You can make it through.

01/21/2026

Well it is the end of January and paaarently MOther Nature has decided to test our grit.

Praying that the snow and ice will be minimal... but we could have some power gird issues. Lets talk impact on our pumping moms!

Please in case charge your pump up! If we have some time without power you want to have some charge so your pump is still functioning. If needed consider a manual pump in the interum learn hand expression if needed. The best pump is always your little, if you can get them to latch they han be very good at emptying.

If you have a frozen stash, combins=e as much as possible into gallon bags and store in the bottom back of the freezer. If at all possible avoid openig the freezer during the outages to keep miklk frozen.
Put a cup of water in the freezer when it is forzen place a quarter on top. If you check after a power falure and the coin is on the bottom of the cup your frozen goods may be compromized! REMEBER if there are ice crystals in the milk it can be refrozen .

If you ned help or further assistance reach out to babiesbestbeginnings.com

01/21/2026

I just realized that we are almost done with January.

Overall it's been a good month.

What was your major positive this month. What are you killing it at?

Shout out to all the breastfeeding moms you have kept yourself and your baby alive for ___ days/months! Great job!

01/20/2026

The Challenge of breastfeeding

What's the best tip? Good latch!
How do you know? I am positive you will feel like it is easy when it's good. Achieving a good latch is all about positioning at the breast

Mouth wide open, ni**le and ar**la in the mouth, lips fl**ged out.
I have heard moms tell each other "it will hurt till your ni**le toughens up". That's not really a thing! positioning will fix the pain, get help get a qualified Lactation consultant! IT"S NOT SUPPOSED TO HURT

**lepainisnotnormal

01/19/2026

A made up holiday I can support!
I LOVE Cheese, and there are positive benefits to cheese in moderation!
How will you celebrate today?