Happy Mama, Healthy Baby

09/10/2025

💫 If you want to gift your postpartum self time, energy, and nutritionally-sound meals, drop a comment below and I’ll DM you a link to my PDF cookbook containing 42 nourishing recipes, a cheat sheet for grounding snack and meal combos, and some nervous system resets for moments of dinner time overstimulation! 💫

08/29/2025

It’s all coming together! Earbud IBCLC membership is open now, and it’s still a steal at $9/month until I get the rest of the planned content uploaded.

BUT there are already 75+ audio episodes like this one set up to practically give you the tools you’ve been missing in your breastfeeding journey.

🎧 Comment EARBUD to learn more!

08/29/2025

It’s all coming together! Earbud IBCLC membership is open now, and it’s still a steal at $9/month until I get the rest of the planned content uploaded.

BUT there are already 75+ audio episodes like this one set up to practically give you the tools you’ve been missing in your breastfeeding journey.

🎧 Comment EARBUD to learn more!

08/26/2025

💐 Breastfeeding and postpartum can come with some of the highest highs and lowest lows. When it’s good, it’s great.

If you need help softening the hardest parts of your breastfeeding journey, comment SAY YES and I’ll DM you a link to my newest, most affordable breastfeeding resource.

08/26/2025

08/19/2025

Feels like we crammed all of summer into the last 4 weeks 🥵 No schedule, no routines, no regrets. AND we are very ready for predictability again this fall!

08/18/2025

No one tells you that your baby learning to ride a bike is a milestone that feels like cutting the umbilical cord all over again 😅

This summer has been busy and sunny and HARD. The last few months have been kind of a dark season in my personal life. I’m okay and I have support, but I also find that my margins are much slimmer. So for all the times someone asks me how I do it all… this is me saying that I don’t.

I have such a heart for helping moms navigate the early days and years of feeding their babies, and I love that this corner of the internet is so cozy, wise, encouraging, and uplifting. I truly enjoy chatting with other moms and professionals in the DMs and I’ve made several IRL friends via this little app.

But. There’s a weird side to having a business that’s online in any form. While I’m ALWAYS committed to my clients and customers, I’m not always committed to posting here. And it’s such a bad business move. Because I have legitimately helpful resources for moms, and I so badly want to promote them better, but… I’m incapable of being disingenuous and inauthentic. And right now, that’s what posting here feels like. Not because of this app, but because of my life outside of the small portion of my work that’s shown online.

So I’m going to continue doing the work, personally and professionally. But I won’t be showing up on Instagram very consistently for a few more months. I know I don’t need to announce anything. But also, I feel like saying it can be a permission slip for someone else in a hard spot. We can’t show up equally in all seasons in all areas, and that’s okay 🫶🏽

08/08/2025

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🎉 5th grade, 2nd grade, and toddler chaos here!

👉🏼 I’m always surprised how tired I am during the first few weeks of our school year, just from getting into the new routine.

🍎 It’s not just postpartum moms who need easy-button, nourishing meals.

💫 Comment DINNER and I’ll send you a link + discount code to Nourished Mothers, my PDF cookbook containing my family’s favorite meals requiring minimal prep time.

08/03/2025

Shoutout to all my lactation friends doing God’s work out there. Did you know the IBCLC certification is, like, EXACTLY as old as I am? I love that for me 😂

I also love that LaLeche League picked up where generational wisdom left off. Having professional help is never the same as having relationally-minded ancestral wisdom, but there are plenty of us out here trying to be both/and for the next generation of moms and babies 💪🏾🤱🏼🥕🥩

Take your “breasties” in the comments! I’ll start with and 🫶🏽

06/29/2025

Every year, I take the month of July off of social media, so I won’t see DMs and comments for a bit.

💫But never fear! Help is still here!💫

📞 If you’re a current client, text me.

💻 If you are in Nebraska and needing in-person help, visit my website happymamahealthybaby.co

🎧 If you have questions about prenatal breastfeeding prep, how to get a good latch, how to know baby is getting enough milk, how to establish a good milk supply (and if fluctuations are normal), ni**le pain, clogged ducts, mastitis, and so much more… check out Earbud IBCLC! I think you’ll be pleasantly surprised to find 5-10 minute podcast-style answers to a lot of your breastfeeding questions!

👉🏼 Skeptical? For the month of July, you can get membership access FREE for seven days! If you love it, stick around and you’ll get billed monthly.

🏃🏽‍♀️ Run to Patreon.com/happymamahealthybaby to check it out!

06/27/2025

This was hard because I know how deeply sensitive birth and breastfeeding can be and I hate hurting people’s feelings! But these 5 things are true even if they aren’t easy to say or hear, and the nice thing is, we have the ability to learn, pivot, and adapt as mothers.

1. Birth matters. Yes you can still breastfeed successfully after all sorts of births, and no we aren’t always in control of how birth goes. But we almost always have control of where we birth, who’s in the room with us, what the environment is like, and the attitude we bring into the birth space. An oxytocin-laden birth —> prime environment for first latch and a good milk supply.

2. Feeding on demand is best for your supply and your baby. No it’s not always convenient or predictable. Yes you’re allowed to take breaks and ask for help. But that doesn’t mean your baby needs to be trained to a schedule.

3. Movement for mom and baby matters during pregnancy, birth, and breastfeeding. Take deep breaths, get some fresh air, make eye contact with your baby and play with them.

4. Breastfeeding might not be right for every mom, but milk at the breast is best for every baby. Pumped milk is second best. Donor milk is third. Formula is fourth.

5. You matter, too. And your needs are not at odds with your baby’s needs despite how it might feel. You’re both growing and becoming in the postpartum season.

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