SuckleBubs

I help mothers prepare for newborn life with feeding, sleep & sensory care, so they feel confident, calm & connected from the very first day.

01/01/2025

I’m a Newborn, Sleep & Breastfeeding Expert (IBCLC) and here’s my biggest piece of advice to help you establish breastfeeding from birth ✨

Allow your newborn to participate in breastfeeding. How? Through something magical called The Breast Crawl - and in my experience, no one’s teaching new parents about this! 🤯

Your newborn arrives with powerful primal reflexes designed for breastfeeding. When placed skin-to-skin, these instincts activate, and something incredible happens: your baby uses their entire sensory system - smell, touch, and movement - to literally crawl their way to your breast.

After an unmedicated birth, this journey typically takes about 50 minutes, with your baby moving through 9 fascinating stages of movement, each one bringing them closer to feeding.

Here’s what I really want you to know: if you don’t get skin-to-skin at birth, that’s okay! 💗
Your baby maintains these crawling instincts for approximately 12 weeks after birth.If you missed this first opportunity - You can still experience this beautiful process as soon as you have your baby in your arms - and as often as you’d like.

How to honour your baby’s natural abilities:
* Keep your chest bare during skin-to-skin
* Support but don’t direct - baby knows the way
* Create a calm, quiet space
* Trust the process - every tiny movement matters
*You’re not teaching them to feed, you’re allowing them to show you what they already know💫

Want to learn more about supporting your baby’s natural abilities? I’ve got you! 🤍

DM me “BLOOM” to learn about preparing for your confident start to motherhood ✨

05/12/2024

Let’s talk about what babies really need at night...
* The gift of knowing they’re never alone
* The gift of consistent responsiveness
* The gift of feeling safe, day AND night
* The gift of having their needs met, without conditions

Here’s the truth: Most of us are parenting without support, without resources, without wisdom passed down. The early days of motherhood can completely overwhelm us. Conflicting advice and misinformation is a real problem.. But our babies - these tiny, nonverbal humans who depend on us entirely - deserve the same care and response we’d give any other vulnerable person who needed us.

No amount of clever marketing can change this fundamental truth: Babies are designed to need us, day and night. That’s not a problem to fix - it’s biology

Your baby will eventually sleep through the night, when they are developmentally ready 🩷 if you are struggling please know that there are so many things you can optimise to get more rest, and it starts with working with a practitioner who understands normal sleep biology

Save this post for the moments when you need to remember that responding to your baby isn’t creating ‘bad habits’ - it’s creating secure attachment, and supporting your babys mental health which flows on to adulthood.

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20/05/2024

🌸Are you a mother looking for confidence and ease in feeding your baby, navigating sleep, and reading your baby’s cues?

But you’re experiencing:
😓 Mum guilt
🤔 Doubting yourself
😵 Confused by conflicting advice
😔 Feeling lost

I get it.

✨ I can help: I support parents to relax with confidence. My unique skillset enables me to offer specialised expertise in newborn care, breastfeeding, and sleep. My approach is empathic, evidence-based, and grounded in sensory experiences.

I offer sensitive and honest support with specialised expertise in newborn care, breastfeeding, and sleep. My approach is guided by deep respect for babies and their sensory experiences from birth. I help parents connect with their baby, find ease, and feel empowered.

📩 Want to work together? I help families overcome confusing and conflicting information about breastfeeding, sleep, and newborn care. Find ease and confidence in your parenting journey. Book via the link in bio!

19/05/2024

If you’re Breastfeeding with larger breasts or expecting a baby soon, one effective tip is to roll up a hand towel and place it under your breast to elevate the breast tissue. This provides better support and comfort, can improve latch and reduce strain.
Experiment to find what works best for you and your baby. Every mother and baby is unique, and breastfeeding can take time to establish with your little love.
Share to support breastfeeding women💕
Comment if you have any tips to support breastfeeding with generous sized breasts

06/05/2024

I said my farewells to this beautiful team over the weekend. Moving on to begin my new position as Clinical Nurse Lactation Consultant whilst also supporting families through SuckleBubs with newborn preparation, sleep and feeding. Thankful to my NUM who has always gone over and above to support me and our team, I’ve never worked with anyone so dedicated to mothers and babies, it’s been a joy to work together 🩷 A privilege to do this work, day and night, with dedicated nurses midwives and doctors 🩷 Closing the NICU chapter (for now) X

20/04/2024

House is chaos, never ending to do list and I’ve had to wash my sheets four times this week! This is me trying to get out the door with two toddlers in tow.. moving at a snails pace while meeting the needs of my two little humans. It’s hard but I also enjoy how moments like this help me to slow down. Deep in the season.

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Byron Bay, NSW

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http://www.sucklebubs.com.au/

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