A person's breastfeeding journey can be filled with so many emotions.
Choosing to wean your baby from breastfeeding can be filled with excitement, sadness, nerves, and/or guilt.
Every woman is different in how she feels when this time of her and her child's life transitions and it's important to recognize these spectrum of feelings as normal and valid. ... Show More
May 27
Fear Sells—But the Facts Matter: Making Science Go Viral
In this episode, I sit down with a scientist and science communicator who has spent the last five years in the middle of online health conversations, especially during and after the pandemic. We talk honestly about why accurate information often feels boring on social media, whil ... Show More
1h 3m
Oct 2024
Nursing Strikes and Starting Solid Foods with Erin Walsh, MA, CCC-SLP, IBCLC, BCS-S
#472: What if your baby suddenly stops breastfeeding around the time they also start solid foods. What is a nursing strike and how do you get your baby interested in breastmilk again? Erin Walsh is an SLP who also specializes in breastfeeding and she’s here to talk about nursing ... Show More
37m 32s
Sep 2024
Milk Banks and Moms: How Your Extra Breastmilk Can Save Lives with @ucmilkbank Alison Wolf, CPNP, IBCLC
#470: Your baby starts drinking less breastmilk when they start solid foods…but your breastmilk can help other families beyond your own baby. Alison Wolf, Executive Director of the University of California Milk Bank explains how donating human milk works, who it benefits, why it’ ... Show More
37m 30s
Dec 2024
From Niche to Norm: The Evolution of Baby-Led Weaning with Gill Rapley, PhD
#500: Baby-Led Weaning is not a made up thing on the internet…it’s a revolutionary approach that has transformed how we think about feeding babies. Once a fringe idea, baby-led weaning has entered the mainstream, backed by research and embraced by parents and professionals worldw ... Show More
38m 20s