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09/12/2025

Ya girl passed the exam!!! 🎉 Now an IBCLC and ready to help St Johns County mamas!

🌎🤱🏻World Breastfeeding Week: Cross-Identification Theory & Mutual Connection 💕In the sacred rhythm of breastfeeding, the...
07/08/2025

🌎🤱🏻World Breastfeeding Week: Cross-Identification Theory & Mutual Connection 💕

In the sacred rhythm of breastfeeding, there is a profound moment many parents recognize: when a baby reaches up and touches their mother’s mouth. This tender gesture may seem small, but some theorists believe it reflects something much deeper — a form of cross-identification.

Cross-identification, a concept originally explored by Dr. Niles Newton, suggests that during breastfeeding, there’s a bidirectional exchange — not just of nutrition and comfort, but of identity and emotional resonance. When a baby touches the mother’s face, especially her mouth, it could be seen as a moment of recognition, reciprocity, and even gifting: the baby ‘gives back’ to the mother, forming a feedback loop of connection. In other words, it’s your baby’s way of saying “thank you.” 💜

During this World Breastfeeding Week, let us honor the sacredness of these beautiful, small moments — the ones where biology, love, and communication silently meet.

Love my Christmas present! “it’s a good day to feed tiny humans!”                                                       ...
28/12/2024

Love my Christmas present! “it’s a good day to feed tiny humans!”

Some of us are in the thick of life and it is HARD. And when you don’t have the right kind of support it can be even har...
17/09/2024

Some of us are in the thick of life and it is HARD. And when you don’t have the right kind of support it can be even harder. But sometimes the most growth happens in the most challenging times. I know that has been my experience. Hard doesn’t always equal bad, and you are strong and capable of hard things 💪🏼!! You got this!

Last day of World Breastfeeding Week 💜. I wish I had a picture of the last time I nursed my last baby, but with both my ...
08/08/2024

Last day of World Breastfeeding Week 💜. I wish I had a picture of the last time I nursed my last baby, but with both my babies, I didn’t know the last time would be the last time. So here is the first time ✨

It truly is my love of breastfeeding that inspires me to help mamas experience this love too. Breastfeeding is one of my favorite parts of motherhood 💖.

Struggling is common, but it’s not normal. Let me help you 🫂

Breastfeeding doesn’t need to be all or nothing! There are many alternatives to traditional breastfeeding. Do you need h...
22/05/2024

Breastfeeding doesn’t need to be all or nothing! There are many alternatives to traditional breastfeeding. Do you need help figuring out what will work best for your situation? Reach out to us!

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🤱🏻In 2019 the CDC reported that less than 25% of babies in the US were exclusively breastfed by 6 months of age, despite...
19/05/2024

🤱🏻In 2019 the CDC reported that less than 25% of babies in the US were exclusively breastfed by 6 months of age, despite the world recommendation to breastfeed to two years or longer.

🤱🏻It is well known that the benefits of breastfeeding are astronomical, seemingly infinite. Science is still uncovering the many benefits that only breastmilk can provide. And yet, so many families do not meet the recommended timeframe.

🤱🏻Why is this? Is it a physical inability? Or is it because they are lacking the education and support to reach their true breastfeeding potential? Families in the US deserve the right to TRUE information about breastfeeding. They deserve the ability to breastfeed their babies!

🤱🏻Let’s work together as healthcare, birth, and lactation professionals to help end the breastfeeding crisis in the US.

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Happy Mother’s Day to all you baddie moms 💪🏼🤱🏻We couldn’t do it without you ❤️________                                  ...
12/05/2024

Happy Mother’s Day to all you baddie moms 💪🏼🤱🏻

We couldn’t do it without you ❤️

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06/04/2024

Finally ordered some business cards! Let's get this party started!🥳

✨We are so excited to be able to offer lactation support to the Jacksonville area beginning April 22nd! 🎉Stay tuned for ...
23/03/2024

✨We are so excited to be able to offer lactation support to the Jacksonville area beginning April 22nd!

🎉Stay tuned for what we have coming up and be patient with us as we make our way down south! Looking forward to sunnier days 😎
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✨Stay tuned for what’s next for To Grow a Baby! 🎉________
19/03/2024

✨Stay tuned for what’s next for To Grow a Baby! 🎉

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Liquid gold at the end of this rainbow 🌈 🍀————
17/03/2024

Liquid gold at the end of this rainbow 🌈 🍀

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