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12/02/2025

Tis the season for all things peppermint! You may have heard that peppermint can decrease milk supply, but the amount in the occasional treat isn't likely to cause any issues. What can affect supply, though, is nursing less often during the busy holiday season.

[Image Description] Photo of a festive mug with hot chocolate and a snowman marshmallow. Text reads, " Will peppermint hot chocolate drop my supply? Probably not. But infrequent nursing will. Keep baby close and nursing during the busy holiday season." The La Leche League USA logo sits at the bottom.

11/30/2025

Another thorough piece written by Valerie McClain.

The politics of infant feeding and social media influence.

11/30/2025

We’re settling beautifully into our new office at 136 Main St, Chatham!
A warm, peaceful place to support you and your baby -
Dedicated to delivering care you can trust since 1994❤️

11/29/2025

11/28/2025

I don’t think we realize just how little our toddlers really are.

We get annoyed they got into our makeup…
but it’s been sitting out on the counter, and they’ve watched us use it a hundred times.

We gasp when they color on the wall…
but the markers were right there, fully accessible to tiny curious hands.

We’re frustrated when they spill a drink…
but we left it balancing on the edge of the couch like a b***y trap.

We hand them snacks in the car
and still act shocked when crumbs and chaos explode everywhere.

We push errands past nap time
and then wonder why they fall apart in the middle of the store.

They’re not tiny adults.
They’re babies learning the world for the very first time.
They don’t have impulse control.
They don’t have the ability to pause and think ahead.
They learn by exploring.
They copy us.
And they react with the only emotions their little bodies know how to use.

Their messes aren’t “naughty.”
Their meltdowns aren’t “bad behavior.”
It’s development.
It’s communication.
It’s them trying so hard in a world that is way bigger than they are.

They’re not making our day harder.
They’re having a hard moment.
And they need us to take a breath, remember how little they still are, and meet them where they are.

11/27/2025

I’m counting each & every one of you as a blessing! ❤️

11/26/2025

Side-lying breastfeeding is one of those quiet little miracles that nobody warns you about, but once you learn it, it changes everything. It lets your body rest while your baby feeds, turning those long nights into something a little more peaceful and a lot more sustainable. It’s a lifesaver after a C-section, during cluster feeds, or when co-sleeping is part of your routine. And for so many moms, it finally makes breastfeeding feel comfortable instead of stressful. Sometimes the most supportive thing you can do as a new mom is simply find a position that lets you breathe, recover, and bond without burning yourself out.

11/26/2025

You know what nobody tells you about breastfeeding?

It’s a full-body workout disguised as “just sitting there.”

Your body is doing the absolute most all at the same time:

• You’re burning 500+ calories a day
• You’re producing antibodies on demand
• You’re regulating your baby’s temperature, heart rate, and stress hormones
• You’re building an entire immune system from scratch
• You’re matching your milk to your baby in real time
• You’re staying mentally alert so your tiny human doesn’t karate-kick off the b**b like a baby ninja

And somehow… you’re expected to do all this while pretending you’re not running a biological marathon on zero sleep.

Breastfeeding takes energy, focus, nutrients, hydration, patience, emotional bandwidth, and straight-up superhuman stamina.

So if you feel exhausted?
Overwhelmed?
Like you’ve been hit by a truck made of hormones?

It’s not in your head.

Your body is literally keeping another human alive with bioactive liquid tailored just for them.

That’s not “just breastfeeding.”

That’s work.
That’s science.
That’s magic.
And that’s you.

11/25/2025

"Did you know that in Japan, over 70% of infants and toddlers co-sleep with their parents?
It’s not controversial.
It’s not something they hide.
It’s a tradition called *soine*, a sleep arrangement where baby sleeps between mother and father, like the character for “river.”
It’s done to promote security.
Not independence. Not training.
Security.
And in Japan, “sleep training” doesn’t even exist as a concept.
Night waking isn’t treated as a problem, no matter how a baby is fed.
Their SIDS rate?
0.2 per 1,000 births.
Compare that to the U.S., where SIDS rates are more than 30 times higher.
Some research suggests Japan’s low SIDS rate is related to their high rates of co-sleeping.
Dr. James McKenna, the world’s leading infant sleep researcher, spent 30 years studying this.
His research shows,
Babies who sleep close to their mothers have more stable breathing.
They wake more easily, which helps protect against deep, risky sleep.
Their sleep cycles sync with their mother’s.
They regulate better.
It’s not broken sleep.
It’s biologically normal sleep.
But somewhere along the way, Western culture sold us a different story:
That babies should sleep alone.
In a crib.
Through the night.
By 6 months.
That story was built in the 1950s
based on formula-feeding, isolated sleep, and adult centered routines.
It wasn’t based on biology.
It wasn’t based on connection.
And it’s not working.
Most babies don’t sleep through the night by 6 months.
Most parents who try sleep training eventually stop, because it doesn’t feel right.
Maybe the problem isn’t your baby.
Maybe it’s the expectation that babies should sleep like adults.
Your baby isn’t broken.
They’re waking because that’s what human babies do.
They’re following instincts that have kept our species alive.
Waking. Reaching. Responding.
That’s how connection grows.
That’s how brains build.
That’s what safety feels like to a baby.
So if you’re contact napping, co-sleeping
if you’re tired, touched out, and wondering if you're doing it wrong...
This is your reminder
You’re not failing.
You’re doing what humans have always done.
And your baby is doing exactly what they’re meant to do."
Words and photo Credit
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1401557014666049

Reference:
Lee T. Gettler & James J. McKenna: Evolutionary perspectives on mother–infant sleep proximity and breastfeeding in a laboratory setting.
Am J Phys Anthropol. 2010;144(3)454‑462.
Mao, A. et al.: A Comparison of the Sleep–Wake Patterns of Cosleeping Infants. 2004.
What biological anthropology has discovered about normal infant sleep and pediatric sleep medicine. McKenna J.J. et al. 2007.

11/23/2025