Debby Tamir IBCLC

01/05/2024

For some parents, bed-sharing is the only way their baby can sleep. Rather than talking to parents about how to do it safely, we try to pretend it doesn’t exist

23/01/2024

Thank you again Dr. James McKenna

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03/01/2023

In honor of Festival of Sleep Day, follow the link to La Leche League’s website to see guidelines for breastfeeding parents on safe co-sleeping with their infant.

https://bit.ly/3WpZtYG

21/08/2022

great news!!!!!

02/08/2022

It’s deeply ingrained, this habit of putting hats on newborns. Search online for images of newborns and almost all of them are togged up in a woolly hat, for all the world like they are about to go outside for a snowball fight. So why do we do it? And why do so many midwives […]

12/07/2022

https://toni-harman.medium.com/breastfeeding-research-igg-antibodies-in-breast-milk-help-shape-gut-bacteria-and-protect-babies-cd5fe2c9b04a Thank you Toni Harman for keeping us informed of the exciting research about the brilliance of breastmilk!

QUICK SUMMARY: In a new mouse study, researchers found IgG antibodies in the mothers milk can protect young mice from Citrobacter rodentium…

12/06/2022

Great presentation with a lot of really good and relevant information.....highly recommend for all professionals who support breastfeeding women

Missed it? You can watch Dr. Mitchell’s presentation for free by clicking the link here !

06/06/2022

https://toni-harman.medium.com/breastfeeding-new-research-reveals-how-thyroid-hormones-change-in-breast-milk-but-they-are-not-896f1f09f69e

QUICK SUMMARY: A new study reveals thyroid hormones are present in higher levels in early lactation. One thyroid hormone (thyroxine) is…

17/05/2022

Today President Joe Biden signed the Safe Sleep for Babies Act into law. With bipartisan support and tenacious advocacy, this critical piece of legislation will save infant lives.

https://consumerfed.org/press_release/president-signs-critical-safe-sleep-for-babies-act-into-law/

15/05/2022

https://www.sciencemediacentre.org/expert-reaction-to-study-attempting-to-identify-cause-of-and-biomarker-for-sudden-infant-death-syndrome-sids/ A very important study but “The odds ratios in the paper for healthy babies compared to babies who died from SIDS are between 0.6 and 0.89 – this means that for babies with low levels of butyrylcholinesterase the risk of SIDS was up to 66% higher than normal. By contrast, we know that smoking in pregnancy increases the risk by 400% – so this is a small risk by comparison.

“The study shows a small difference in the activity level of butyrylcholinesterase, taken just after birth, between those babies who died of SIDS and those who died of something else or didn’t die. But the difference is very small. It is significant at the population level but not at the individ...

14/05/2022

Got this message today from a former student and had to share-
"Hey Debby, I wanted to write you and tell you that thanks to the infant and child cpr and choking course I did with you I was able to save a 16 month old last night. We were at friends house having Shabbat dinner and their little one fell backwards in her chair and hit her head. She was eating at the time so she started choking on the schnitzel she was eating. They thought to begin with, that she just caught her breath, then they realized she was choking. The dad started hitting her on the back and that’s when I stepped in and took her. She was small enough that I could easily hold her one handed and I did 5 blows on the back, flipped her and did 5 on the front. By the time I flipped her again she started to cry and was ok. She turned very blue though. Thank goodness it worked out though. I am not usually the calm one in these situations"

Stay Calm and Save a Life.....Debby Tamir Pediatric CPR instructor

13/05/2022

I teach about the Triple Risk Model when discussing the risk of SIDS....this is the first study to identify a biochemical marker......“This discovery changes the narrative around SIDS and is the start of a very exciting journey ahead. We are going to be able to work with babies while they are living and make sure they keep living,” Dr Harrington said.