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For the Love of Milk

A podcast for women who are breastfeeding, pumping, or preparing to pump or breastfeed.

For the Love of Milk

Ask an IBCLC: nipple shields, rice cereal and prenatal colostrum expression

October 07, 2024 • Anna and Amanda • Episode 12

Amanda and Anna answer questions from the internet! They discuss whether to wake a sleeping baby overnight (2:00), the importance of overnight milk removal (3:30), tips for waking a sleeping baby (4:40), when and how to stop using a nipple shield (7:00), slow infant weight gain (13:00), whether to add rice cereal to baby's bottle (13:30), when to start solid foods (14:00), and if mothers need to express colostrum while pregnant (19:00).