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​What kind of infant feeding problems can you support?

As an IBCLC & Infant Feeding Therapist, I support both breast & bottle feeding families

COMMON INFANT FEEDING. ISSUES I SEE INCLUDE:

• Feeding refusal & fussy feeding
• Taking too long to feed. & feeding too often
• Feeding too quickly & having tummy upsets
• Colic & settling difficulties
• Difficulty coping with milk flow suck as coughing, gagging, milk spillage
• Slow weight gains
• Weak sucking
• Fatiguing during feeds
• Suspected lip or tongue ties
• Sucking too strongly causing nipple pain/damage & a collapsed teat
• Low or high muscle tone
• Medical challenges such as cardiac issues, laryngomalacia, cleft lip/palate, downs syndrome

COMMON MATERNAL ISSUES I SUPPORT ARE:

• Blocked ducts
• Painful latch
• Low milk supply
• Excess milk supply
• Mastitis
• Breast & nipple thrush
• Damaged nipples
• Emotional difficulties coping with infants that have feeding difficulties

What is usually involved with a lactation & infant feeding consultation?

We are experienced at consulting with infant's  present & know that baby's don't like waiting to be fed,  so we always work around you & your baby

Before your appointment

You will be provided a tentative booking subject to completion of mandatory forms including Consent & Covid-19 Screening

These forms ensure you are fully informed with:

• What is involved in our consultation
• Our professional limitations
• ​Who to contact in the event of support between consultations

During our consultation

One of the most important phases of our consultation, is to discuss your concerns & what your goals are. This helps me to develop a template for our consultation, which is customised to meet the needs of you & your baby.

To further gain a complete picture of your background & concerns, I will need to ask you questions about your:

• Health
• Pregnancy
• Birth
• Postnatal Period
• Baby's wellbeing & feeding history
• Family History

During the consultation, I will also need to:

• Perform a physical examination fo your baby to rule out any structural or functional issues which impact on the advice I will provide you
• Examine your breasts  &  nipples to rule out any issues if breastfeeding/lactating
• Perform a breast and/or bottle feeding assessment
• Fine tune any feeding techniques to facilitate improvement
• Point out any variations & management options as  identified on your assessments

Orofacial Myology & Bodywork 

• Gentle infant exercise, stretching & massage techniques are demonstrated for you as your take home therapy to help improve your baby's feeding issues

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Towards the end of our appointment

By now, I will have a clear picture of the causes of your presenting issues
I will:

• Summarise my assessment findings with you in order to address your concerns
• We will discuss any queries you may have
• Together, we will make a holistic plan, which is aimed at helping you achieve your goals
• Your holistic plan will be emailed to you within 24 hours of our consultation
• If needed, we can arrange a review consultation, so that we can make any further adjustments needed & ensure that you are on track