La Leche League of the Omaha Area

04/26/2026

No matter how long you are able to nurse or provide your milk, it has many benefits! 💪

04/23/2026

Breastfeeding is timeless. Nursing your baby now is just about the same as when our ancestors did it 10 years ago, 100, 1000, 10,000...

In the past, breastfeeding traditions of the Ojibwe were passed from mothers to their daughters. As a result of relocation policies and boarding schools that separated children from their indigenous families, young women did not benefit from the breastfeeding wisdom of previous generations. More recently, breastfeeding rates have gradually improved and mothers in this community are now providing support to each other to improve the health status of their babies and their people.

Chippewa (Ojibwe) Woman and Child, 1842, Lehman & Duval (lithographer); Charles Bird King (painter), History of the Indian Tribes of North America
[Image: Kneeling woman offering her breast to a child on a cradleboard. Text: Breastfeeding is timeless.]

04/09/2026

03/20/2026

The other day someone told me I need to stop breastfeeding my baby to sleep because I am “creating a bad habit.”
A bad habit.
Apparently feeding my baby, holding them, and comforting them while they drift off to sleep is somehow wrong now.
Let me get this straight.
Breastmilk literally contains hormones that help babies relax and fall asleep. Nursing releases oxytocin, the bonding hormone that calms both mom and baby. Babies are biologically wired to nurse, feel safe, and fall asleep in their mother's arms.
But somehow THAT is the bad habit?
For thousands of years babies fell asleep at the breast. There were no sleep consultants, no rigid schedules, no people telling mothers their instincts were wrong.
Just mothers and babies doing what their bodies were literally designed to do.
So forgive me if I do not panic because my baby falls asleep while breastfeeding.
My baby is fed.
My baby is calm.
My baby feels safe enough to sleep.
That does not sound like a bad habit to me.
It sounds like biology.
But please, tell me again how comforting my baby is the problem.

03/05/2026

Today we celebrate IBCLC Day and the International Board Certified Lactation Consultants who bring knowledge, skill, and deep compassion to the families they support!

IBCLCs sit beside parents in hospital rooms, clinics, and living rooms. They help solve feeding challenges, protect breastfeeding relationships, and give parents the confidence to trust themselves and their babies.

At La Leche League Canada, we see every day how powerful it is when professional lactation care and peer support work together. Families deserve a circle of support.

To every IBCLC supporting families today, thank you. Your work changes lives.

If an IBCLC has supported you or someone you love, take a moment to tag them or leave a note of thanks below. Let’s make sure they know how much their work matters.

03/03/2026

Some things babies need to breastfeed...

1. To be calm. If your baby is upset, take the time to soothe them.

2. Good support. Whether you're reclining or sitting upright, your baby will nurse more easily if they feel secure and supported. Hold them so their head, neck, and shoulders are gently supported, and make sure their chest is facing your chest—“tummy to tummy.” Babies who don’t feel stable may flail their arms or struggle to latch.

3. Lower jaw needs room. Your baby's lower jaw needs to be deeply placed on your breast. If you are holding your breast while they are latching, hold your fingers well away from where their chin and lower jaw needs to be.

4. Choose their own timing. Instructions for nursing sometimes say, "Latch your baby when her mouth is open really wide." Mammal mothers rarely need to take that much control over a feeding, and their babies don't expect it. Your baby will probably do best if she picks the moment. Your job is to have your baby well supported, within easy reach of the breast.

5. To be able to tilt their heads back. To nurse, your baby needs to approach the breast chin-first, then stay in close chin contact with the breast, nose lifted free or nearly free from the breast. Tipping their head back a bit helps with swallowing. Line them up nose-to-nipple (not lips-to-nipple) before they open their mouth. As they open their mouth they will tip their head back.

Source: Art of Breastfeeding

01/30/2026

Power outage? Ice storm? Extreme cold?

In emergencies, breastfeeding is one of the safest and most reliable ways to feed your baby. It does not require electricity, clean water for preparation, or special equipment. Your body continues to make milk, even during stressful situations.

As weather patterns across Canada become more unpredictable, it helps to be prepared.

Read more here:
https://www.lllc.ca/breastfeeding-emergencies

Save this post for storm season. Share it with someone who may need reassurance.

12/26/2025

10/15/2025

Did you know breastfeeding lowers your risk of some diseases, such as breast cancer?

09/21/2025

https://lllusa.org/celebrating-deaf-and-hard-of-hearing-breastfeeding-week/

La Leche League USA helps parents, families, and communities to breastfeed, chestfeed, and human milk feed their babies through parent-to-parent support. LLL USA encourages, informs, educates, supports, and promotes the use of human milk and the intimate relationship and development that comes from....