Helpful Video Resources
When I’m visiting with a new parent, their learning style will dictate how I proceed with the appointment. Sometimes mamas are very hands-on and want me to show them how something works. Other times, just using words and text descriptions clicks for them. Often, in our tired new parent stupor, we need to actually SEE how a breastfeeding or swaddling or carrying technique works.
So in order to help my current and future clients, I’ve created a list of some of my favorite video resources for breastfeeding and newborn care. I’ll add to these as needed and requested by my lactation clients.
Top Tips for Your Baby’s RSV Hospital Stay
Having a fall or winter baby is always filled with horror stories from family and friends about the perils of the flu, nonstop colds and RSV that will wreak havoc on your household. The 2022 season is no exception. We have all seen the scary headlines about RSV in 2022.
But what happens if you do end up with a baby sick with RSV and hospitalized? Or what if your friend or family member is in that position and you want to help but aren’t sure how?
I thought I’d share some ideas for how we survived our baby girl’s stay in the hospital with RSV.
You Can’t Optimize Motherhood
We want to find the perfect answer to get a baby to “sleep through the night” and believe there must be a correct answer out there. We try feeding schedules and wake windows. We purchase sleep courses and fancy (read: expensive) sound machines. And I’m not here to condemn you because I, too, own many products to try to optimize sleep and feeding and life.
But as I mentioned at the start, I have the gift of perspective and time with this second baby. And I’m realizing more and more that we cannot optimize them and we cannot optimize being mothers.