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Kate - RN & IBCLC
Lactation Consultant Services available for both in home and online consults. Im here to empower, educate and support families.

Smoothing bumps in the road to help you achieve your feeding goals whatever they may be.

03/08/2025

Anywhere anytime takes on a whole new meaning. This is not what après ski usually looks like. ⛷️

Ps feeding in ski gear is an Olympic sport note to self feed the baby before getting on the mountain

31/07/2025

Happy World Breastfeeding Week 💛
This week isn’t about pressure, guilt, or comparison. It’s about celebration and support.

🤱 Whether you breastfed once, for a day, a week, a year, or you’re still going, that time, effort, and energy matter. Be proud.

This year’s theme is “Prioritise Breastfeeding: Create Sustainable Support Systems.” Because breastfeeding families don’t just need encouragement. They need consistent, informed, long-term support from all levels: health systems, workplaces, communities, and governments.

✨ Breastfeeding is natural, but that doesn’t make it easy.

If this week feels hard or brings up feelings you weren’t expecting, know this: it’s okay to tune out. Protect your heart. You’re doing your best, and that’s enough.

Kate x

16/07/2025

Your body starts making antibodies the moment you’re exposed to a bug, and those immune-boosting properties are passed straight into your breastmilk. It’s one of the most powerful ways you can support your baby’s health while you’re recovering.

Yes, your supply might dip temporarily (especially if you’re dehydrated or missing feeds), but it typically bounces back quickly once you’re on the mend. Keep feeding or expressing as best you can even small, frequent feeds can make a big difference.

✨ Your milk adapts.
✨ Your body protects.
✨ You’re doing better than you think.

If you’re unsure whether it’s safe to keep feeding or if your supply has taken a hit, I’m here. I offer evidence-based, personalised support no judgment, just help.

📌 Save this for when illness hits

14/07/2025

👀 Ever noticed green breastmilk and panicked? Don’t.

This is the milk I pumped today green, glowy, and packed with exactly what my baby needs. Our little one is battling a cough, and my body knows.
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Breastmilk changes in colour and composition when your baby is sick. Those immune cells? They’re no accident. Your body picks up on cues—like backwash from baby’s saliva or your own exposure to their germs and starts producing targeted antibodies. That green tint? It’s your body doing its superhero thing.

I’m a lactation consultant, but also a mum living in the thick of it too. Night feeds, tissues everywhere, a clingy baby needing comfort. it’s a lot.
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If you’re trying to feed a sick baby and it feels hard or uncertain, you’re not doing anything wrong. It is hard

If you need some tips for managing feeding through sickness let me know 👇

11/07/2025

It’s 2am. I’m sitting here feeding the baby.
You’re asleep beside us.
And I’m trying not to feel bitter about that.

But if I had to rattle off all the things running through my brain here it goes..

02/07/2025

If we could be honest for a sec here’s what I would tell you.

I am always conscious with my words because let’s be honest feeding is one of the most physically and emotionally complex parts of being a parent. I say all of these things with love and because honestly I just want you to be proud of however you feed your babe.

What did I miss?

Pssst I hope you enjoy an honest, dark rings under my eyes, filter free look into my time in motherhood

29/06/2025

I don’t think I really understood how complex motherhood would be until I was in it.

It’s not one feeling, it’s all of them.
Love so big it hurts.
Touched out and craving space.
Lonely but never alone.
Proud and unsure all at once.

Some nights I sit in the quiet and wish I could bottle the feeling.
Other nights I just want to be left the hell alone.

Whatever tonight looks like for you, it’s valid.
You’re not too much. You’re not not enough.
You’re doing better than you think.

Send this to the mum who needs to hear it.

25/06/2025

Weight is one of the most common tools used to track how a baby is doing but it’s only one part of the bigger picture. Yes, it’s helpful. But no, it doesn’t always tell the full story.

While having an understanding of the “normal” is helpful it isn’t everything.

A one-off “bad” weight? Doesn’t mean panic. Let’s zoom out:
🤱How’s feeding going overall?
💩What’s baby’s output like?
👶How are they behaving between feeds?

Most of the time, it’s not a crisis just a few tweaks and some good support can make all the difference.

You’ve got this, and if you need help you know where to find me 💛

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Christchurch

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+64273353371

Website

http://Www.littlebirdlactation.co.nz/

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