Lactation Works With Pauleen

27/12/2025

Thanks for helpful video showing different feeding positions Julie.

25/12/2025

Joining hands with all my friends and colleagues, and beautiful parents, to wish all a very merry Christmas 2025.
Pauleen Nelson

Lactation Consultants of Southern- & Africa
Thankyou Cindy Homewood for your beautiful Christmas post.

Wishing you and your family a very Merry Christmas and a joyful holiday season.
Thank you for trusting Bowwood Baby Clinic with your little ones 🥰 it’s a privilege to be part of your journey. 🌟🎄🎁🌟

Warmest wishes,
Bowwood Baby Clinic

12/12/2025

There’s a saying we have in La Leche League that goes something like this: Breastfeeding isn’t natural the way breathing is; it’s natural the way loving is. Most of us have the desire to nourish our babies with our bodies, but we may not yet have all the support required to do so. We know, because we've been there! You're not alone.

Need help finding support near you? Please DM us!

[Image Description] Photo of a newly born baby at the breast of its mother. Text overlaid reads, "Like childbirth, breastfeeds is natural, but it's often not easy. If you need help, you're not alone. Contact your local Leader at lllusa. org/locator"

09/12/2025

ABM is proud to announce the updated Clinical Protocol #7: Model Maternity Policy Supportive of Breastfeeding. This revision reflects the latest research and global best practices, with expanded guidance on equity and access, safe rooming-in, alternative feeding methods for preterm infants, and updated recommendations for skin-to-skin contact and contraindications.

Developed by international experts, the protocol serves as a model hospital policy that can be customized for country-specific requirements.

Read and share the free updated protocol today: https://bit.ly/4pjl4ks.

19/11/2025

Bio munchious!

Breastfeeding isn’t just feeding. It’s biochemistry, immunology, and cosmic-level intuition wrapped into one moment. Inside every feed is a swirling galaxy of antibodies, hormones, HMOs, stem cells, and signals responding to your baby in real time. You’re not “just nursing.” You’re literally serving a universe of bioactive magic.

14/11/2025

'Babies can and will sign way before they can speak.'

12/11/2025

Thankyou Moomsymilk!

We call babies who sleep alone “good.”
We call mothers who respond instantly “spoiling.”
We call night feeds “a problem to fix.”

But none of that is rooted in biology. It’s rooted in culture, in a society that values productivity over connection, convenience over instincts, and sleep training over surrender.

We’ve created a world where it’s considered normal for a newborn, a human baby whose brain is barely 25% developed, to be expected to sleep for 8 hours without comfort. Where a mother’s exhaustion is met with “just stop nursing at night” instead of “how can we support you so you can rest while staying connected?”

Where responding to your baby’s needs around the clock is labeled “clingy,” instead of what it truly is: mothering.

We’ve pathologized normal infant behavior.
Crying, waking, needing closeness, those are all signs of a healthy, attached baby. Yet our culture treats them as flaws to be trained out instead of needs to be met.

The truth is: babies don’t just wake for milk.
They wake for safety.
For reassurance.
For the same heartbeat they listened to for nine months.

And mothers aren’t “creating bad habits.” We are responding to millions of years of evolutionary creation. We are wired to wake, to soothe, to hold. Our hormones literally shift at night to protect that bond, prolactin rises, oxytocin flows, milk composition changes, and our bodies synchronize with our babies’.

That’s not weakness. That’s wisdom.

But modern motherhood has been hijacked by a system that measures worth in ounces, hours of sleep, and “self-soothing.” We’re told to disconnect, to put our babies down more, to feed less often, to make them sleep longer. And somehow, we’re the ones made to feel broken when that doesn’t work.

No one warns you that independence is supposed to come slowly, that it’s built on thousands of moments of dependence that are met with love. That your baby learning to trust you in the dark is what allows them to confidently explore the world in the light.

So no, night feeds aren’t the problem. The problem is a culture that’s forgotten what babies are.

They are mammals.
They are designed to be close, fed often, and comforted through connection, not isolation.

When your baby wakes, they’re not manipulating you.
They’re calling for you, because you are their safe place.
And when you answer, you’re not spoiling them. You’re showing them what love that answers back feels like.

So let’s stop trying to fix what was never broken.
Let’s stop calling biological needs “bad habits.”
Let’s start calling it what it is: human connection.

Because night feeds aren’t a disruption, they’re a continuation of everything your baby knows to be safe.

They don’t just wake for milk.
They wake for you. 🤍