Pettis County Baby Cafe

05/06/2026

So many benefits! 🥰

05/03/2026

🌼 Baby Café Friday 🌼

🤱🏽 What to expect at a Baby Cafè:

🩵 Free, professional lactation support.

🩵 Welcoming environment for you and anyone supporting you.

🩵 Peer connection with other breastfeeding families.

✨ Baby cafè is your local choice for breastfeeding support! ✨

04/29/2026

Fl**ge sizing isn’t a “pick it once and you’re done” situation. It can shift quite across the course of your lactation journey

Right after birth, your body is in a very different place than it will be a few weeks later. Between early latch learning (often a bit shallow at first), ni**le irritation, and primary engorgement, everything is a little more swollen and full. The breast tissue itself is fuller, and ni**les can be more elastic or puffy. In this stage, a larger fl**ge size can actually feel more comfortable and work reasonably well because that extra pressure from fluid inside the breast helps move milk out to a learning baby or pump

As the days and weeks go on, things start to settle
Swelling decreases
Breasts soften between feeds
Milk production becomes more efficient as supply regulates

This is usually when sizing issues become more noticeable. A fl**ge that felt fine early on may suddenly feel too big. Fl**ges that are pulling in too much ar**la, causing rubbing, or making output less efficient become more apparent. Sizing matter across time

Ni***es themselves are not static
They can:
• Change in diameter over time
• Become more elastic with ongoing pumping or feeding
• Respond differently to stimulation as tissue adapts
• Vary throughout the day depending on fluid shifts or pumping frequency

So it’s very normal to need to reassess fl**ge size more than once, especially:
• After engorgement resolves (around 1–3 weeks)
• When supply regulates (around 6–12 weeks)
• once the breasts are soft all the time at 6+ months
• If output drops without another clear reason

A good fit is usually where there is only the ni**le in the tunnel with minimal ar**la being pulled in, without rubbing or pain during or after pumping

If something feels “off,” it usually is. Bodies change. Ni***es change. Your pump setup should change with you

This is one of those quiet adjustments that can make a big difference in comfort, output, and overall pumping experience. Your baby’s mouth grows and adjusts to these size changes. Unfortunately hard plastic doesn’t make the same adjustments in its own

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04/29/2026

🌼 May Baby Café 🌼

04/26/2026

🌼 Baby Café Tuesday 🌼

🤱🏽 What to expect at a Baby Cafè:

🩵 Free, professional lactation support.

🩵 Welcoming environment for you and anyone supporting you.

🩵 Peer connection with other breastfeeding families.

✨ Baby cafè is your local choice for breastfeeding support! ✨

04/13/2026

Science shows us what we already know to be true—our babies thrive when kept near and nurtured 🥰

Research shows babies who sleep near a parent receive around 13,000 extra hours of touch by age three. This physical closeness is not about creating bad habits but plays a crucial role in healthy development.

Skin-to-skin contact and gentle touch support nervous system regulation, helping babies manage stress, calm faster, and develop emotional resilience. It also strengthens immunity, making them better able to fight infections in early years.

Studies indicate that close contact during sleep boosts brain growth and cognitive development. The repeated reassuring touch reinforces secure attachment, laying the foundation for strong emotional bonds and confidence later in life.

Parents who share safe sleeping spaces with their babies provide comfort, stability, and long-term benefits. Prioritizing touch and closeness during the first three years can have positive effects that last a lifetime, shaping mental, physical, and emotional health.

04/04/2026

This doesn’t get talked about enough—the more you know!!! 🥰

“My milk supply dropped…”
…or your body regulated

Around 11-14 weeks postpartum, milk production shifts from hormone-driven to supply-and-demand

It can feel like everything changed overnight
What regulation often looks like:

• Breasts feel softer
• Leaking slows or stops
• You’re not feeling full between feedings
• Less of that sweaty, engorged, sticky feeling
• Pump output may look different
• Baby may cluster feed again or seem unsettled

These are hormonal shifts into efficiency, not signs your milk is going away

What’s happening physiologically:
In the early weeks, hormones drive higher volume production and storage
That’s why breasts feel full, heavy, and leaky

As your body learns your baby’s needs, it adjusts:

• Extra blood and fluid are in the breast for the first few weeks to help push milk to the baby while they are learning to feed. This goes away and breasts feel soft
• Production responds more to milk removal
• Supply becomes tightly matched to your baby

This timing throws people off because this phase often overlaps with:
• A final early growth spurt
• Periods of cluster feeding
• Changes in sleep that can look like a regression

So you see more feeding + less fullness + more night waking
It’s easy to assume supply is dropping

What’s important to understand:
• Babies don’t keep increasing daily milk volumes for long. Once they reach 10-12 pounds, they need 25-30oz a day. And that’s what they need daily through the first birthday. Not gallons a day
• As a newborn, babies usually take 65-80% of the milk in the breast at any given feeding. There’s more milk always available for cluster feeds and growth spurts
• Growth continues, just at a slower, steadier rate
• Your body is matching that shift

What to watch instead:
• Diaper output
• Swallowing during feeds
• Growth patterns over time
• Overall feeding behavior

Soft breasts can still contain plenty of milk
Less leaking doesn’t mean less milk. It means more efficient milk production

This is milk supply regulation into the next stage of lactation and is expected

04/03/2026

Has anyone pursued baby led weaning? Or maybe are going through a weaning process either baby led or Mom led right now? These are some great tips when trying to wean. Of course, each journey is different—let us know what has worked for you in the comments or send us your questions about weaning! ⬇️

Is weaning on your mind? Here are some gentle ways to encourage your toddler to nurse less and help you move toward weaning.