by echmelik | May 9, 2022 | Lactation Counseling
The affordable care act of 2012 requires coverage of lactation consulting as a “Women’s Preventative Service”. First thing you should know. Insurance companies don’t want to help you get reimbursed for your lactation consultant visits. They are counting on you...
by echmelik | Apr 27, 2022 | Sleep
Is Gas Keeping Your Baby Up at Night? You finally get your baby down for the night. The room is dark, the white noise is humming… and then you hear it: a grunt, a squirm, and that unmistakable cry of discomfort. If your baby seems restless, arching their back, passing...
by echmelik | Apr 14, 2022 | Sleep
Should Your Baby Nap in a Dark Room? What Science—and Real Life—Say If you’ve ever Googled “where should my baby nap,” you’ve probably fallen into two very different camps. One says: “Make it pitch-black, always.”The other says: “Let them nap anywhere—they’ll get used...
by echmelik | Apr 7, 2022 | Feedings
As your baby grows, they start sleeping for longer stretches at night. At around three to four months old, many babies are able to sleep for six to eight hour stretches. But, is your baby continuing to wake up for nighttime feeds? To help support your baby to sleep...
by echmelik | Mar 30, 2022 | Sleep
Are you excited to get your baby on a regular sleep schedule so that you, too, can start sleeping through the night again? Newborns usually sleep for short periods of two to three hours, and wake up frequently to feed. As your baby gets older (around three to five...
