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•IBCLC Infant Feeding Support in Canterbury, Kent & SE Kent.
•1:1 support available.
•Home vists
•Online and phone support
•Group support
•Antenatal Sessions

02/03/2026

Breast compressions can be super helpful for many reasons; helping speed up a feed, keeping a baby actively drinking for longer, increasing milk supply, tempting a baby back to the breast etc etc etc.

Compressions are best done as sustained squeezes, which the pressure is consistent all the time you see your baby drinking. Only release when the swallows have stopped.

Wringing out a sponge can be useful comparison; all the time the pressure is sustained, the water (milk) continues to flow and reminds a baby to keep drinking.

You can use compressions all around your breast, wherever you can get your hand to.

They are a great way to intervene gently when a baby isn’t feeding quite as effectively as we’d like, and along with switching sides frequently, can be a great first step to improve the efficiency of breastfeeding, potentially before considering pumping and topping up, with all the extra work that can entail.

Hope this helps!

01/03/2026

Need some help with feeding?

Please get in touch. 💕

I offer in person 1:1 and group support for families in Kent, and online and phone support for families further afield.

01/03/2026

Infant Gaviscon is often prescribed to babies experiencing reflux symptoms.

Gaviscon is a form of alginate therapy and works by mixing with the tummy contents and forming a layer at the top of the stomach to stop the stomach contents coming back up.

We only have moderate/low quality studies to support the use of alginates in reducing reflux symptoms.

Digestion of fats and absorption of nutrients can also be affected, as well as alginates decreasing appetite.

Ultimately we need to consider if reflux is truly a bad thing, and something that needs medicating.

Because babies love to suckle, if they do overfeed (particularly on a bottle) and feel uncomfy/bloated, being unable to bring some milk back up (because of the cap formed in the tummy) may result in them being more uncomfy and unhappy.

How did you find using alginates with your baby?

It’s really normal for your breasts to produce differing amount of milk. They’re sisters not twins! The colour and even ...
28/02/2026

It’s really normal for your breasts to produce differing amount of milk. They’re sisters not twins!

The colour and even consistency of the milk can vary too.

Interestingly, at the time of this photo, this mother’s baby had been quite unwell with a nasty virus. The lovely mum was worried that something was wrong due to her milk looking an unusual (for her) colour. It may well be that the colour had changed as a result of recognising the baby was fighting an illness.

Magic, huh!

28/02/2026

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What challenging behaviour have you had to navigate with your baby whilst breastfeeding? How did you sort it?Thank you t...
28/02/2026

What challenging behaviour have you had to navigate with your baby whilst breastfeeding? How did you sort it?

Thank you to for the fab photo.

# hannahcroftibclc

27/02/2026

It’s totally fine for different parents or carers to have different ways to settle their baby.

The breastfeeding parent can feed their baby to sleep, and the other parent can use an alternative way such as a sling or pram walk, or singing and rocking if needed.

Each parent has a unique relationship with their baby, and will bring different techniques and methods.

In the same way, if your baby were to start childcare the nursery workers/childminder/nanny would find their own ways to settle and soothe your baby in your absence.

26/02/2026

Babies have got a lot of growing to do!

26/02/2026

I don’t have the answers to any of these questions but it’s things I wonder about frequently….

I see many babies who’ve already had a frenulotomy and it’s made no difference to feeding.

But then occasionally again I do see a baby and mum and baby who feel the procedure has helped.

Ps there are some brilliant frenulotomists out there, and I mean no shade on them, nor their skill and experience. Please just be careful where you put your trust (and money!)

Positioning and attachment is so, so important when sussing out comfy and effective breastfeeding. As well as positionin...
26/02/2026

Positioning and attachment is so, so important when sussing out comfy and effective breastfeeding.

As well as positioning your baby so your ni**le is pointing up their nose (rather than into their mouth) remember that your baby needs their chin to anchor to your breast to stimulate them to gape, enabling them to latch.

If you’re struggling to get the angle figured out, it may well help to move your baby slightly away from your ni**le and more towards their feet, so they have the space to tip their head back and open widely. If they start too close to your ni**le, there may not be room for them to anchor their chin and tip their head back.

Keeping your baby’s chin buried into your breast can be key to that comfy latch we’re after!

Let me know if this helps!

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