As an Infant Feeding Coach, I can help you explore your feeding goals and how you feel you can best reach them with the resources available to you and adjustments that work for you and baby. Through listening to your own feelings, questions and concerns around your feeding journey and where you want to get to as well as sharing evidence-based information and guidance, I aim to support you and your family to feel confident on your feeding journey.

From Antenatal sessions on how breastfeeding works, biologically normal infant feeding behaviour and expecations and handy demonstrations with my demo doll and crochet breast, to postnatal sessions troubleshooting and optimising your existing feeding journey to keep you comfortably and confidently moving towards your goal, I can offer support throughout those early months of welcoming and feeding your baby.

My Infant Feeding Coach Services include:

Antenatally (In-person or Online)

• What you can realistically expect from feeding your little one (whether by breast, bottle or both) 

• How breastfeeding works

• Demonstrations of antenatal colostrum harvesting for the early days of feeding your baby

• Guidance on the early days of establishing feeding and what can help e.g. skin-to-skin, babywearing, feeding-on-demand, cluster-feeding

• Demonstrations of comfortably positioning and attaching your baby at the breast and how you can identify and achieve active and optimal feeding

• Demonstrations of responsively and safely bottle feeding your baby 

• Possible struggles that may come up, how to prevent them, identify them and resolve them safely 

• When medical or alternative professional support may be needed)

• Identifying other helpful sources of support (online and locally in-person)

Postnatally (In-person or Online) 

• Submission of a detailed form, in advance, detailing your feeding journey from birth up until present day (including any relevant medical concerns/conditions to keep in mind)

• Observation of a full feed

• Talking through your goals and your current feeding reality and concerns as well as your options going forward

• Reviewing understanding of normal infant feeding behavior and how to identify effective feeding

• Reviewing understanding of helpful concepts such as skin-to-skin, feeding-on-demand, paced-feeding and baby-led v. adult-led breastfeeding positions

• Reviewing any use of/need for pumping within your feeding journey

• Helping you identify possible small adjustments and recommendations around positioning and attachment, optimal safe bottle feeding and any necessary referrals beyond my scope of practice

• Demonstrations with demo doll 

• A plan moving for you to move forward confidently

Prices:

• 90min call - £80

• At-home consultation (90min minimum) - £100 (plus travel costs)

• Whatsapp support add-on (I aim to reply to messages asap between 8am and 6pm) - £50 for a week Monday-Sunday

Note: All consultation/coaching services include a write-up (email) of what has been discussed, recommendations etc.