Nurturing Traditions Lactation Services

08/03/2025

08/02/2025

Setting up!

08/01/2025

🌍 Happy World Breastfeeding Week!

Just like the past 11 years, I’m spending the evening getting ready for the Midland County Breastfeeding Coalition's Annual Breastfeeding Walk—one of my favorite community events of the year. 💛

Who will I see there? 🙋‍♀️ We can’t wait to celebrate, connect, and walk together in support of breastfeeding families!

07/31/2025

🎉 Don't Miss Out – Last Chance to Sign Up! 🎉

Today is the FINAL DAY to register for our Annual Breastfeeding Walk, and we’ve got some amazing prizes lined up! One lucky participant will win a FREE-to-Grow Tula Baby Carrier, generously donated by Nurturing Traditions Lactation Services 👶 🎁 Free t-shirts and lunch will be provided also!

Join us for a fun, community-driven event to celebrate and support breastfeeding. You don't want to miss out on this opportunity to win and connect!

Register here! https://forms.gle/1aNiLdR33E4Qpu1M8

07/28/2025

🎉 Our Annual Breastfeeding Walk is Almost Here!

🗓 Save the Date: August 2, 2025

We’re just a few weeks away from our favorite event of the year—and we’d love your support!

🤱 Are you a business or organization that supports breastfeeding families?

Join us by hosting a table at the walk! It’s a great way to connect with the community and share your resources with local parents.

🎁 We’re also looking for donated prizes for our event giveaways! Donors will be recognized during the walk and featured on our page.

Help us celebrate, support, and uplift breastfeeding families throughout our region. 💛

📩 Interested in participating or donating? Send us a message or comment below—we’d love to have you there!

07/28/2025

Breastfeeding & Cannabis: We Need Your Voice
Are you a parent, healthcare provider, lactation consultant, or part of the cannabis industry? We’re exploring real-world solutions to support families navigating breastfeeding and cannabis use—and we want to hear from YOU. Whether you’ve faced challenges, helped others, or have insights to share, your perspective can shape better resources and care. 💚

Just fill out the form below, and we’ll reach out to set up a time to chat. Let’s work together to create real change.

Survey Link: http://bit.ly/46tpeQn

07/25/2025

“Wait, but this other LC said to use heat for clogged ducts!” We hear it all the time and it wasn’t that long along that Kaitlyn was in an in-person class with professionals who had been in the field for decades who told everyone to never, ever use ice on the breasts. 🙈

Unfortunately that’s outdated advice but we work with clients all the time who are still being told this information. We know it gets confusing so we put this post together to break it down for you!

*NOTE: anytime heat is used, avoid excessive temperatures that may cause injury. Prolonged exposure to cold can also cause harm, including but not limited to ice packs applied directly onto the skin. If you have to power through the temperature, it’s too much.

Make sure to follow us at for part 2 on Heat vs Ice which will cover ni**le care!

07/19/2025

Once a tongue tie has been identified (often by the lactation consultant you’re working it) it’s often recommended that the tissue forming the frenulum be clipped, revised, or released. This it’s not always a magic wand to fixing all of the breast-feeding or bottlefeeding issues that a baby is experiencing. There are three components that need to happen for a baby to be able to effectively feed: strength, range of motion, and coordination of the muscles of the lips, tongue, and cheeks. For a baby that has good strength and range of motion of the tongue but the tie is restricting the ability for the tongue to move in all directions, having the tongue immediately released often is an overnight miracle cure to many of the issues seen with feeding. However, for those babies that also have a head turn preferences, low tone or high tension in the body, reduced strength and difficulties coordinating their mouth muscles, just having the ties released alone is not an instant fix. Some may even find that feeding gets worse before it gets better. Other therapies and specialists may need to be seen in order to be able to get feeding back on track and optimal. This may include chiropractors, cranial sacral therapist, physical and occupational or speech therapist as well suck training or oral motor exercises. Make sure whoever you are seeing who feels like you baby is tied is making the appropriate referrals and setting up realistic expectations based on what your baby can and cannot do.