Happy Mama, Healthy Baby

12/11/2025

…your baby’s needs are not at odds with your own.

In fact, this has applied to every stage of parenting for eleven years and counting.

When I’m not good at listening to my body or taking myself seriously, my kids will show me. If parenting or homeschooling or breastfeeding is making me feel resentful, there’s something for me there.

Hardest but best advice ever.

Pay attention:

Need to slow down? Your baby might seem clingy, unsettled, and needing to nurse frequently.

Need to move your body? Your baby might be tense, finicky about feeding positions, and have a shallow latch.

Need to be better about asking for and receiving support? Your baby might be awake frequently at night and fretful about being separated.

Need to focus on nourishing yourself? You might feel like you’re struggling with milk supply or baby’s weight gain.

Need to get more sunlight? Your newborn may be jaundiced or wake frequently at night.

This isn’t about a 2+2=4 equation. The exact observations and lessons will be different for everyone. It’s about tuning in to you and your baby. What nursing behavior feels like it’s pushing you over the edge? Is it asking you to soften? To strengthen? To lean in? To seek help?

These are the kinds of things we lean into in Earbud IBCLC. Sure, the lessons contain tons of practical, tangible breastfeeding answers. But they’re also designed to guide you toward tuning in to the right answer for you and your baby.

10/11/2025

Marshmallow ‘mallows is one of my FAVORITE recipes from my postpartum cookbook.

🌱 Marshmallow root is a mucilaginous herbs that helps with hydration and fluid balance, soothes mucous membranes, and promotes tissue healing.

🥣 Gelatin contains glutamine and glycine which can regenerate and repair intestinal cells and balance immune responses in the gut.

🤝🏽 Together they make the smoothest, meltiest marshmallows for your coffee or hot chocolate.

I only use Perfect Supplements gelatin because it’s grassfed and third-party tested for (and free from) heavy metals and glyphosate.

Their annual Black Friday sale is 🔥🔥🔥. Monday November 10 through Thursday November 15, you can get 27% off ALL Perfect brand products. My code HAPPYMAMA10 stacks with this sale for 37% off the best collagen, gelatin, multi-organ supplements, and more.

🤌🏼 The code also gets you 10% off other brands on the Perfect website like Rosita cod liver oil, MegaSpore IgG, Smidge magnesium, and Bioray kids’ tinctures.

07/11/2025

Years and years ago, I heard say that little boys say “I love you” by crashing into you. I don’t think any parenting perspective shifts have ever been more monumental for me than that one.

21/10/2025

‘Tis the season! When we’ve been around sick friends this fall, I’ve run home to make a new batch of these. Happy to say all my kids approve and don’t even realize it’s medicinal!

2 cups 100% tart cherry juice
1/2 cup elderberry syrup
1-2 Tbs manuka honey
6 Tbs grass-fed gelatin powder (HAPPYMAMA10 gets you 10% off my favorite gelatin)

Add the cherry juice to a small saucepan, pour the gelatin powder evenly over it, and allow it to bloom for several minutes. Then turn the stove on medium-low and stir occasionally until the gelatin dissolves. Add the elderberry syrup and honey, and keep stirring until the honey has dissolved.

Pour into a 9x9 glass dish and refrigerate until solid. You can cut into 9-12 squares, or let your kids use small cookie cutters to made medicinal “jigglers.”

27/09/2025

Swipe to the end for a list of my favorite super easy and/or one-handed breastfeeding-friendly snacks!

Breastfeeding hunger can be intense the first few months postpartum and whenever infant illness or growth spurts pop up. It’s good for your blood sugar (and therefore good for your milk supply) to combine carbs with fats, proteins, or fibers.

I have plenty more in my postpartum cookbook, like baked oatmeal, easy quiche, chia pudding, and banana buckwheat muffins! Comment NOURISHED for a link to purchase.

💫 If you’d rather have some pre-made meals, code HAPPYMAMA saves you $$$ on .restorativeroots postpartum meals and snacks!

💫the code HAPPYMAMA also gets you 15% off Prime protein and Prime bars if you’re struggling to get protein while eating dairy-free!

19/09/2025

🍪 Cinnamon Raisin Lactation Cookies 🍪

1 cup grassfed butter at room temperature
1 cup white sugar
½ cup brown sugar or coconut sugar
2 large eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 Tbs collagen powder or 1 scoop Equip vanilla protein powder
6 tablespoons brewer’s yeast or unfortified nutritional yeast
2 cups flour (or GF flour blend
2 cups quick oats
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cinnamon
3/4 cup raisins

1. In a large bowl, cream together butter, sugar, brown sugar, vanilla, and egg using a hand mixer.

2. Add nutritional yeast and collagen or protein powder and stir until incorporated.

3. Add flour, oats, baking soda, and salt, and mix well. Then, fold in chocolate chips.

4. Refrigerate dough for 30-60 minutes.

5. Preheat the oven to 350°F.

6. Roll into balls and bake for 11-13 minutes.

7. Serve and enjoy!

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10/09/2025

💫 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! 💫

29/08/2025

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!

29/08/2025

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!

26/08/2025

💐 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.

26/08/2025