Bliss Breastfeeding

Bliss Breastfeeding I offer personalized professional breastfeeding assistance in your home environment fostering comfort and reliable care for Mommy and baby.

06/03/2026

☀️ Can you tan while breastfeeding?

As summer arrives, many nursing moms wonder whether self-tanners, spray tans, tanning beds, or sun exposure could affect their breast milk or baby.

The good news: most tanning methods are unlikely to affect breast milk directly. However, there are important differences between self-tanning lotions, spray tans, and UV tanning that every breastfeeding parent should know.

In our latest article, we break down:
✔️ Self-tanners and breastfeeding
✔️ Spray tan safety and inhalation concerns
✔️ Tanning beds and UV exposure
✔️ Whether tanning products can enter breast milk
✔️ Practical tips for staying safe while nursing

Read more here: https://infantrisk.com/content/can-you-tan-while-breastfeeding-tanning-beds-spray-tans-and-sun-exposure-explained

06/02/2026

Helpful information…

05/30/2026

In the early days, it can be difficult for new parents to tell whether their baby is feeding effectively. Immediately after birth, diaper counts and stool color can give us important clues about how feeding is going. Once colostrum becomes transitional (and later mature) milk, there are three key things we look for in newborns: diaper output, audible swallowing, and visible swallowing.

[Image Description] Is Baby Eating? Infographic, featuring a photo of an infant nursing at the breast with a hospital bracelet on. Continued in comments.

05/30/2026

Celebrate World Breastfeeding Week with us during this accredited webinar examining the hidden costs of infant feeding and the impact of economic pressure: https://www.goldlearning.com/lecture-library/resilience-breastfeeding-surviving-economic-pressure-detail

Live on August 4, Holly Johnson, MPH, IBCLC presents “The Cost of Feeding: What Families Teach Us About Resilience, Breastfeeding, and Surviving Economic Pressure”!

Get set to learn:
✨How economic pressure, work demands & unequal access to resources shape feeding decisions
✨The important role you play as a lactation professional
✨Strategies to simplify breastfeeding & reduce family stressors
✨How we can help make breastfeeding more sustainable for families
✨Ways to improve the provider-family relationship

Let’s elevate lactation care and improve support for families together this World Breastfeeding Week! Live and recorded access are included in your registration.

05/07/2026

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05/05/2026

New Publication Alert from the InfantRisk Center

Human milk can naturally vary in color but sudden changes can be surprising and sometimes concerning for breastfeeding families.

Our newly published study in the Journal of Human Lactation, “Colorful Concerns: Exploring Perceived Reasons for and Maternal–Infant Reactions to Human Milk Color Changes Through a Cross-Sectional Study,” explores how mothers experience, interpret, and respond to changes in milk color.

The findings highlight the need for better anticipatory guidance so families know that milk color variation can occur and unnecessary fear does not disrupt breastfeeding.

Read the full article: https://journals.sagepub.com/eprint/USKU28BSYI49G9ABY84R/full

05/02/2026

Babies nurse more in hot weather. Exclusively breastfed babies do not require additional water.
**even when it's very hot outside** as long as baby is allowed to nurse as needed.

05/02/2026

Breastfed babies are not supposed to keep increasing bottle sizes the way formula fed babies often do.

One of the most common reasons breastfeeding moms begin struggling with pumping output, bottle refusal at the breast, fast bottle preference, or unnecessary concern about supply is because someone told them their breastfed baby “should” be taking 6 to 8 oz bottles.

Human milk changes composition as babies grow. The volume breastfed babies consume over 24 hours stays relatively stable after the first few weeks, typically averaging about 24 to 30 oz total per day. That is why many breastfed babies take around 3 to 5 oz per feeding…even months later.

Large bottles can lead to overfeeding. Babies may continue sucking even when they are already full. This can cause increased spit up, discomfort, stretched stomach capacity, and frustration at the breast.

This is why paced bottle feeding matters. Slow flow ni***es matter. Following baby’s hunger and fullness cues matters.

More ounces does not automatically mean better feeding.

Breastmilk is not meant to be treated exactly like formula, and breastfed babies are not “supposed” to steadily climb to giant bottles.

04/29/2026

Oral care with human milk is associated with increased human milk feeding and breastfeeding for newborns with critical congenital heart disease
Published: 27 April 2026

Abstract
Objective
Describe the prevalence of oral care with human milk (OHM) for infants with critical congenital heart disease (CCHD) and estimate the effect of early OHM (1st postnatal week) on lactation outcomes.

Study design
Retrospective cohort including infants with CCHD from 2014–2023. Adjusted regression estimated effects of early OHM frequency (quartiles (Q); Q1 = 0–1 OHM doses, Q2 = 2–6, Q3 = 7–13, Q4 ≥ 14) on human milk intake and breastfeeding (BF) at discharge.

Result
For 297 infants ≤6 months old, OHM comprised 25.5% of oral care. Early OHM frequency was associated with 42.67–57.03 mL/kg/d higher human milk intake (p < 0.001 for Q2–4 compared to Q1), and 4.7–6.03 greater odds of BF (p < 0.01 for Q2–4) at discharge.

Conclusion
Increased early OHM frequency was strongly associated with lactation outcomes for newborns with CCHD. OHM may support human milk/BF exposure in this vulnerable population.

Reference:
Elgersma, K.M., Slater, N.L., Watkins, K. et al. Oral care with human milk is associated with increased human milk feeding and breastfeeding for newborns with critical congenital heart disease. J Perinatol (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41372-026-02698-7

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41372-026-02698-7

04/29/2026

Hungry? Nope.
Diaper? Clean.
Tired? Already slept.
Gas? Probably not.
Still crying like the world is ending…
…and the second you latch them?
Instant peace. Like nothing ever happened.
Because sometimes it was never about food.
It was about comfort.
Regulation.
Being close to you.
But yeah… people will still say they’re “just using you.” 🙃

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