Lactation Consultant Home Visits in South Dublin
Very often when I see mother-infant dyads who are having significant breastfeeding challenges, I discover during the course of the consultation that they have had a difficult pregnancy and/or birth experience and that the baby has some structural issues which …
A couple of years ago at the Association of Lactation Consultants of Ireland annual conference, one of my IBCLC colleagues, Sue Jameson, facilitated a very good workshop on the pros and cons of working in private practice as a lactation …
“There is a breastfeeding solution for every breastfeeding problem.” I don’t know where this phrase originated (perhaps Nancy Mohrbacher?) but it seems to have established itself in our collective consciousness over the last number of years. When I first entered …
Sometimes I find that day-to-day, doing the school run, shopping, taking kids to gymnastics, rugby and various other activities, I’m on autopilot. Going through the motions, smiling, nodding, functioning as I should do, but inside I’m all angsty and full …
Certain life events seem to coincide, such as having a baby and moving house. I recently visited a couple and the 4 day old baby and they were actually moving house the next day. Another big event that happens quite …