SuckleBubs

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

02/02/2026

If feeding helps your baby settle into sleep and it’s working for you, nothing needs to change.

That’s your baby regulating with you. Borrowing calm. Letting their body switch off because it feels safe.

Sleep isn’t something you have to manage or teach. It develops as babies mature, when their needs are met and their nervous system feels supported.

When we learn about what’s biologically normal and how to support our individual babies needs, we can make informed choices with confidence.

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 Quigley, K. M., et al. (2017). Vagal regulation in breastfeeding infants and their mothers. Developmental Psychobiology, 59(7), 852–862.

17/11/2025

Night two often surprises even the most prepared parents. Your baby is suddenly unsettled, feeding what feels like constantly, and you might wonder if something is wrong. The truth is - this is one of the most normal behaviours a newborn will have around 48 hours of life.

Frequent feeding on night two helps bring your milk in and supports your baby’s nervous system while they adjust to life outside the womb. Skin to skin regulates your baby’s temperature, heart rate and breathing, reducing cortisol and increasing oxytocin.

Night two can feel intense - but it’s also temporary (and necessary) to bring your milk in. Your baby is communicating, not complaining. Your body is responding to frequent feeding, not failing, and both of you are learning each other, one feed at a time.

Save or share with someone who’s preparing to meet their baby soon 🤍 Arnikka x

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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