Body/Breast/Bottle Feeding Basics @ Southwest

About the event

Join Andrea Fowler, Postpartum Doula & Certified Lactation Counselor, to start your infant feeding journey off with calm and confidence!

During this FREE course, you will learn small, but impactful adjustments to help ensure your comfort and baby’s ability to remove milk effectively during direct breast/bodyfeeding. We will practice paced bottle feeding, discuss different bottle/nipple shapes and explain how to introduce a bottle, so that you can feed your baby human milk in the way that works best for your family.

Registration is encouraged but not required. Each pregnant or lactating parent may bring along one support partner. Babies in arms (under 1 year) are welcome. The course will be 10am-12pm including time to address your specific questions and concerns. Snacks and socializing will follow.

Topics we will discuss include:

Parent positioning

Baby positioning

What an ideal latch looks like

Signs of a shallow latch

Adjustments to improve latch

Postpartum support resources

Feeding goals

Introducing bottles

Bottle type selection

Paced bottle feeding

Pacifier use

Flange fit for pumping

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