Andrea Robbertse Lactation and Feeding Therapy

03/12/2025

Such an interesting presentation by 💜

17/11/2025

19 November is World Prematurity Day. What a privilege to be able to help these resilient little fighters and their families with breastfeeding and feeding therapy. This is a wonderful opportunity to honour all the little premmies, their loved ones, and the amazing NICU staff supporting them.💜

12/11/2025

What a great series of talks by the Netcare MBFI team! 🤱

07/11/2025

20/10/2025

A study in BMC Medicine finds that breastfeeding up to 12 months of age is associated with reduced infection burden and inflammation, as well as differences in metabolomic biomarkers and lipids, mediating much of these beneficial effects.

Link in the comments.

15/10/2025

🎓✨ WE ARE EXITED TO ANNOUNCE- BREAKING NEWS - REGISTRATION FOR 2026 IS OFFICIALLY OPEN! ✨🎓

📅 15 October 2025 – 16 January 2026

The South African Certified Lactation Consultants (SACLC) proudly announces that registration for the 2026 training programme is NOW OPEN! 🚀

💥 NEW & IMPROVED CURRICULUM
Incorporating the latest international updates in lactation education

1 additional unit

Now a 16-month dynamic and intensive course designed for passionate healthcare providers ready to make a difference! 🤱🌍

🔥 This is not just another course – it’s a transformative journey.

Be part of South Africa’s community of professional lactation consultants and take your career to the next level. 🌟

📍 Limited spaces available – first come, first served!

📧 Enquiries & registration:
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01/10/2025

The benefits of baby wearing! 👶🏻

1 - 7 October 2025 is International Baby-wearing Week. Babies who are carried tend to cry less. A much-cited study published years ago in the journal of Paediatrics* found that baby-wearing for just three hours a day reduced crying significantly by 43% overall and 51% at night. In addition, baby-wearing and breastfeeding go hand in hand. The physical closeness between you and your little one encourages milk production and therefore breastfeeding.

*Urs A. Hunziker; Ronald G. Barr. Increased Carrying Reduces Infant Crying: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Pediatrics 77 (5): 641–648

13/09/2025

Science fact: Self-controlled practice protects perceptions of competence and enhances motor learning! Discover how autonomy transforms feeding therapy outcomes in our upcoming LIVE course, Responsive Feeding: Review of the Evidence and Application to Therapy on Sept 18th. This course will cover the neuroscience behind RFT!

Register here: https://course.getpermissioninstitute.com/courses/rft-review-of-evidence-live

22/08/2025

All those "just try one bite" moments? They might be creating the opposite effect we want. Pressure disconnects children from their own hunger cues and creates external motivation instead of natural curiosity.

06/08/2025

Food before one is NOT just for fun!

While milk remains a baby's main source of nutrition until a year of age, eating solids successfully before then is important for several reasons:

1. Solids provide crucial additional micronutrients (e.g. iron). 🥦

2. Eating and chewing are learned skills. Children need opportunities to practise these oral-motor skills with different textures and consistencies. 👄

3. Sensory exploration is needed to help prevent texture aversions and picky eating. Exposure to different tastes, smells, and texture, particularly in a baby-led manner, goes a long way in creating healthy eating habits. 👍

Feeding therapy can address concerns with introducing solids, difficulty transitioning to different consistencies, picky eating, food aversions, difficulty chewing, pocketing food, etc.

Reach out with questions or concerns! 📞📧💬

04/08/2025

Such an interesting on hypoglycaemia in newborns for World Breastfeeding Week!