Flower Moon Families

08/08/2025

is here!!! Celebrate with us on socials! Today is .... Share how you show up in the world Indigenously Indigenous! Maybe that's beadwork, or moccs, or regalia, or long hair, or tending to a plant relative, or being in community, there's no wrong way to be Indigenous 💖

08/07/2025

Ayyyyyyy!!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 Go register!!!

https://indigenousmilkmedicineweek.regfox.com/indigenous-milk-medicine-conference-2025

08/07/2025

It's the last day to order your shirt!!!

This year?s IMMW 2025 shirt features artwork by Soni Lopez-Chavez, a Chichimeca artist. . This year marks the 7th celebration of Indigenous Milk Medicine Week (IMMW)?...

08/01/2025

Ok if you're not following Skilled Lactation Solutions, LLC you need to, because their content is 🔥🔥🔥 and I'm so excited because they've asked me to jump on and talk about how colonialism affects lactation on Monday. You know I've got WORDS to say about this 📢📢📢

August 1-7 is World Breastfeeding Week!

This year's theme is "Create Sustainable Support Systems". We're going to spend the week focused on "Babies Before Bottom Line" - exploring the systems in America that destroy the goals of the 83.2% of parents who WANT to give human milk to their babies. Only 24.9% make it to 6mos without formula.

We have something new planned every day, ending with a great giveaway on 8/7 to wrap up the week! Make sure you're following and turn on notifications so you don't miss anything!

08/01/2025

Aanii friends! I'm on the planning committee for Indigenous Milk Medicine Week 🥰 (squee!)and helping compile a directory of all the Indigenous IBCLCS in Turtle Island for the Indigenous Milk Medicine Collective website. Shoot me an email with your name, tribal affiliation/nation/identity, contact info, and general practice region/location if you want to be included! Feel free to share this! We want to make sure all Indigenous IBCLCs who want to be on there get the chance!

elizabeth@flowermoonfamilies.com

07/23/2025

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Everyone is welcome to attend our breastfeeding awareness walk happening on August 12th! 😊

Hope to see you there!

07/22/2025

Sleep! Whew. What a minefield, amirite? Look. We all need sleep, that's the thing. We can't just....not. And it turns out babies aren't that great at taking directions when we ask them politely to just lay down, on their back, in a crib, away from their nursing parent and take a load off for a few hours. 🤣 So, how can we as lactation providers and community healthcare workers navigate conversations with parents about infant sleep in ways that support their innate wisdom and sovereignty, protect infant safety, honor cultural practices, and help everyone get what they need???

Coming up next month, I will be taking part in a panel on safe sleep and lactation. Free registration, offered through the Michigan Dept of Human Health and Services. It is a 3 part series, today was the first part where they went over the ABM protocol for bed sharing and the AAP guidelines, August 5th I will join 2 other presenters (Natosha Bylsma, IBCLC, CPST and Steph Thornton, CHW) to represent the provider side of these conversations and strategies, and then August 26th will feature 3 parents (Hoda Winkler, Jiah-Rebekah Israel, Briana Phelps, and Jenilee Moody) to share their experience.

Would love to see you there!

Safe Sleep Resources

07/09/2025

🎉🙌🏽🎉🙌🏽🎉 it's here!! The best fundraiser of the year!!!

📢 The IMMW 2025 T-Shirt Fundraiser is LIVE!

We’re excited to launch our 7th annual Indigenous Milk Medicine Week (IMMW), celebrated August 8–14 during National Breastfeeding Month.

Order by July 18 to receive yours in time. Every purchase supports Indigenous-led education, celebration, and advocacy.�
👉 https://www.bonfire.com/support-indigenous-milk-medicine-week-2025/

Your support helps keep IMMW programming free, virtual, and accessible—including cultural offerings, storytelling, movement sessions, and community-led panels.

✨ 2025 Featured Artist: Soni Lopez-Chavez

The design reflects this year’s theme:�Unapologetically Indigenous: Love, Landback, and Liberation.�Follow Soni on Instagram:

✊ Wear yours with purpose.

07/08/2025

Job opening for my Seattle folks! One of my favorite humans is a Public Health Nurse with Family Ways, this could be a rad position 💗
https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/kingcounty/jobs/4985357/education-specialist?department%5B0%5D=DPH%20-%20Public%20Health&sort=PositionTitle%7CAscending&page=1&pagetype=jobOpportunitiesJobs

07/08/2025

And up North!! What a beautiful way to connect with other families and receive support from Jailyn!

Boozhoo! (Hello!) Welcome to KBIC Breastfeeding Support! This page will be dedicated to supporting our breastfeeding mamas on their sacred breastfeeding journeys. Feel free to follow if you have breastfed in the past, are currently breastfeeding, or plan to breastfeed!
Miigwech! (Thank you!)

Please see below for our upcoming sacred milk circle. Also, keep your eyes open for future milk circles and other breastfeeding related events!

07/08/2025

South West Michigan relatives!!! Lifting up this amazing Indigenous IBCLC serving your area 😍😍😍