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25/06/2025

I feel very lucky to have received another beautiful bouquet of flowers from one of my gorgeous families 🥰 Thank you for letting me support you through all your challenges and I'm absolutely thrilled that you've come out the other side ❤️

04/06/2025

Came home from work today to discover this beautiful flower box sent to me from one of the lovely families I have supported 🥰 Thank you so much, it means a lot 💖

19/03/2025

Such a lovely review from one of my recent clients 🤩 Thank you so much 😘

08/03/2025

Beanz is loving the ALCI Spring Study Day 2025 😻

15/01/2025

This beautifully written card was given to me the other day by one of my clients ❤️ This is why I love being an IBCLC ❤️

30/10/2024

I absolutely love getting reviews from my clients 😍 I'm always very touched by their kind words and it's a lovely feeling knowing that they felt supported on or throughout their breastfeeding journey 🥰

Read more of my client reviews here: https://g.co/kgs/fP7mBC2

15/01/2024

24/12/2023

I would like to take this opportunity to wish all my colleagues in the lactation and baby world and all my clients, both past and present, a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

I will be working in the Mayooth tongue tie clinic on Wednesday 27th December with Liz from but won't be available for appointments again until 3rd January.

My own babies are growing up fast but I remember this time of year when they were small. It's wonderful but also tough going when you're in the trenches of sleep deprivation and intense feeding, but still have to put on your best face and go visiting family and friends.

Hang in there and if visits have to be cancelled or postponed because you need to rest or nap or recover, do it! It'll only be for this Christmas....next Christmas will be different 🎄

19/12/2023

🎄Tomorrow morning (Wednesday!) we’ll have our last breastfeeding support group of the year at LUCAN library.
🎄10am to 12 noon
🎄All welcome to join us for chats, breastfeeding support with a cuppa and some Christmas-themed treats 😀 🎄🎅🏻🎄🎅🏻🎄🤶🏼🎄🤶🏼

17/12/2023

How to cope with other people's opinions

One of the most difficult things about dealing with family at Christmas is that everyone has something to say about how you choose to parent. There will be opinions about how you are feeding baby, how baby is sleeping in the daytime, how they are sleeping at night, where they are sleeping at night, how often they are waking, when to start solids, how you are giving solids, what you are giving them to eat.

Remember parenting has actually changed quite a bit in the last couple of generations. It has moved a bit more away from strict routines, schedules, volumes to a more responsive style as we have learned more about attachment and normal childhood development and behaviour.

Comments and opinions do usually come from a place of love. They are trying to help. They see how tired you are. But if the suggestions do not fit with your gut instinct, then you do not need to follow them.

Firstly, remember it is actually nobody else's business how you parent your baby. You are within your right to just say "Thank you for your input" and don't say anything else. Or you can add "we are happy with what we are doing". Then just ignore them.

If you have a persistent one you could say "recent research shows that ...."

If you have someone who really will not let it lie, it is ok to ask them not to discuss it any further. Or to tell them where to go! Have a chat with your partner before the big day and see if you can work out a plan together of how to deal with it. A united front is far easier.