Staff Spotlight: Jamila Squires, RN MPH IBCLC
For the better part of a year, we have been lucky to have Jamila Squires as part of the TBTN team, who brings a host of experience from...
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Teaching Hugo to Nurse
Four weeks into my baby’s life, I was still crying every day. When I gave birth, I had been an international board-certified lactation...
Buccal Frenula and Breastfeeding: Part 2
Welcome to Part 2 of puzzling out the buccal frenula! We’ve talked about what the buccal frenulum is in Buccal Frenula and Breastfeeding:...
Ellen Changed My Practice
"Just wanted to share: Thank goodness we got her nursing! We were up in a very remote part of Canada this weekend at our family cabin. We...
A Doctor's Nursing Journey
A few weeks ago I had my youngest patient. Four hours old, my son. The birth had been long and difficult, and he had swallowed a good...
Buccal Frenula and Breastfeeding: Part 1
What exactly is a buccal tie? Understanding the frenula has become pivotal to supporting breastfeeding. Although there is still much to...
A Mother’s Body and its Unique Quest for Baby’s Milk: A Reflection
Finding individualized nursing support through Mother’s Milk: Baby’s Body at Teaching Babies to Nurse gave my son and I the experience...
A Workshop for Lactation Consultants!
Many of the skills and tools used at Teaching Babies to Nurse are nontraditional. For example, I would tell you: deep latch doesn't...
A new approach to an old problem: Osteopathy alongside lactation support for feeding difficulties
In our many months of working together now, Ellen and I continue to meet babies struggling unnecessarily with one of their most important...
Teaching Babies to Nurse: Gratitude
We get so busy with the day-to-day that we sometimes forget to take a breath and say thank you. So, thank you to everyone who comes to...
As the Twig is Bent: Osteopathic Manipulative Therapy for Breastfeeding Babies
“As the twig is bent, so grows the tree.” -A.T. Still, founder of osteopathy In studying babies’ bodies in medical school, from the...
It Works! Mother's Milk | Baby's Body
The first day of Mother’s Milk | Baby’s Body worked! It was amazing, and she is so clearly good at what she does! Dr. Emily Esmaili and I...
Testimonial: She shared the enthusiasm like an equal partner...
Before we found you: Birth Centre, with Nurse, trying to improve latch Two IBCLC s Paediatrician to assess development (and said its...
Testimonial: You met us where we were and used your obvious expertise to gently guide us...
Dear Ellen, I’ve been meaning to write you for weeks now, but I think it’s actually lovely to have had the distance from our last visit...
Testimonial: You are amazing at your job...
Hi Ellen! I just wanted to reach out and thank you for all of your help with my baby! I have been able to continue exclusively pumping...
Testimonial: She’s a baby whisperer...
We first heard about you from Sibahan and Ami-“she’s the best” “she’s a baby whisperer” they said. I thought to myself “how much could a...
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