Spilling the Milk Podcast

17/10/2024

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27/04/2023

The latest episode of Spilling the Milk has dropped! (Or should we say dripped?) Take a listen for some relatable advice about maintaining a breastfeeding relationship even after returning to in-person, full-time work.

My guest is Kortney Ross, a mom of two littles who recently left her career as a full-time band director and teacher for freelance instructional design. That's how we met! We are both part of the Instructional Design community at www.idlance.com. ...

07/04/2023

Ooh, this episode was fun to record! Carolyn and I could talk for hours about our shared passion for women's health, nutrition, being moms, and everything in between, BUT we were able to pack lots of good stories and advice into a mere 30 minutes for your listening enjoyment :) You can connect with Carolyn at Satori_CL for all her offerings functional nutrition & lifestyle offerings related to gut health, hormone health, and longevity. Enjoy!

My guest is Carolyn LaPan, a Masters level psychologist and Certified Functional Nutrition & Lifestyle Practitioner. Carolyn and I connected in our local Holistic Networking Group and have been collaborating on ways to combine forces in suppor...

24/12/2020

11/12/2020

Baby cuddles for the win

23/11/2020

A new episode!!

Find out more about a topic intricately tied to breastfeeding and new parenthood -- baby (and parent!) sleep!

Hear from Beth Hawkins ( Nights Baby Sleep), a UK-based qualified child sleep consultant and a Mum who can talk from the heart about struggles with her own family's sleep challenges. For Mums and Dads wanting to make a change, she offers practical advice, bespoke sleep plans, and emotional support.

Check out our conversation!

In this episode we focus on a topic intricately tied to breastfeeding and new parenthood -- getting your baby to sleep (and getting enough sleep yourself!)Beth Hawkins is a UK-based BabySleepTheNight qualified child sleep consultant and a Mum who ...

17/11/2020

Can we get these in the US??

The initiative is meant to normalize breastfeeding.

20/10/2020

Great advice for staying sane through the time change!

Are you fretting about this weekends clock change, or forgotten all about it!?

Here are my top tips with how to approach it over 3 days...

This Sunday, the clocks will fall back 🍂

My recommendation is leave your clock as it is, it will be far less physiologically upsetting to see the time being an hour earlier than normal, and once you’ve made a ☕️ it will feel much better!

If your little one normally wakes at 7am and is now waking at 6am, try leaving them sleep til 6.10am for a day, 6.20am the next and 6.30am on day 3.

If morning nap is usually 9.30am, make it 9am (this will feel like 10am to your child) and it may need some major distractions to keep them awake.

Make sure you use the same approach for afternoon naps too.

If bedtime is usually 7pm, make it 6.30pm (this will feel like 7.30pm to your child).

Repeat for 3 days 🗓

On day 4, go back to your normal timings, their body clocks should now have had enough time to adjust and be back on schedule.

25/09/2020

So excited to share my conversation with my dear friend, and fellow Sarah, about her breastfeeding experience!

In this episode we hear from Sarah who says breastfeeding her children is the best thing she's done. We talk about how she flexed her work life to accommodate breastfeeding on demand, her feelings toward pumping (spoiler alert: she's not a fan), h...

14/09/2020

Story of our lives.

Haha, my kids all the time.

04/09/2020

In our latest episode, my guest is Holly a mom of 3 who works to support high-risk moms and babies. She shares her experience tandem nursing, baby-wearing, and giving advice to new moms. We we discuss cabbage leaves, Baby Led Weaning, WIC peer counselors, kissing baby foreheads, and more. Subscribe, listen, & leave a review!

Holly is a mom of 3, two boys (8 & 10) and a 4 year old girl who can do just about anything her brothers can…while wearing a princess dress. Holly is passionate about her work through Parents as Teachers, where she visits with families to make...

01/09/2020

So important! Traveling while pumping or nursing can be awful without a proper space..

During National Breastfeeding Month, we recognize that all moms deserve access to clean, safe breastfeeding spaces. Two years ago, Congress took the first step in making air travel easier for new parents by passing my bipartisan FAM Act, which provides nursing mothers with private, clean and accessible lactation rooms at medium and large airports. This year, I’m proud to have led the charge with Senator Fischer to pass legislation out of the Senate that builds on that progress by extending the law to small airports as well.

Breastfeeding plays a critical role in children’s development & helps reduce the risk of diseases for children and mothers alike. For families across the nation, it’s past time we fully support breastfeeding moms.

31/08/2020

Welcome to the FB page for the Spilling the Milk Podcast! Here you can share reactions to your favorite episodes and tag a friend who loves bf stories too. Subscribe today on your favorite podcast app to receive new episodes each week! http://www.spillingthemilkpodcast.com/

A series of casual breastfeeding chat sessions about the triumphs and tribulations of keeping tiny humans alive. Put on your yoga pants (oh wait, you're already wearing them!) and tune in. The most powerful way for mamas to support each other is to share that we're not alone. Click the link for y...

29/08/2020

“Why can’t I just figure this out on my own??” Maybe you can, but it’s 💯% 👌 to get help — most people do!

Discover even more ideas for you

27/08/2020

Episode 2 is Live! Remember to subscribe in your favorite podcast app so new episodes will magically appear each week 😊

My guest is Lauren, a wife and mom of two little girls, Elliana who is 2 ½ and Charlotte who is 7 months old. She is also a social worker who works with adults with developmental disabilities and is trying to balance it all, just like everyone els...

25/08/2020

Powerful.

From 📸

🎉🎉It’s the first day of Black Breastfeeding Week and also Andrea’s birthday!!❤️❤️ Happy birthday, Andrea!

“In honour of black breastfeeding week, I wanted to share my own personal breastfeeding journey, along with this photo that was taken when my son Elyas was 3 months old.
The photographer took one shot only, and this is it.
With my first son, Alden, although I was so thrilled and thankful I was able to breastfeed, I was so ashamed at how my “new” postpartum body looked. We had our photographer offer many times to take a breastfeeding photo of us, and I always declined. The only photo I have, is one my husband took. Breastfeeding is so hard. It’s so uncomfortable for a long time.
With my second child, I wanted to celebrate—my body, it’s ability to carry and nourish two beautiful children, my ability to breastfeed, and fight through Mastitis, plugged ducts, leaking breasts, sleepless nights, bleeding ni***es, nursing strikes, the list goes on and on. I’m so in love with this body. Every bump and every curve. I feel more beautiful, and more comfortable in my skin than I ever did at a Size 3. I’m so proud of have this snapshot of such a brave and beautiful time in my life. Breastfeeding isn’t easy, but what you get from it, is far more than what you give. To nourish two beautiful children with my own body and give them life, is beyond comprehension.
Parenting is such a powerful privilege. I wish that more women would have the right support systems from pre-natal to fight through those early hard days, to have the amazing experience that breastfeeding has been for me.”

24/08/2020

Take a quick listen to the intro of Episode 1!

24/08/2020

Episode 1 is LIVE!

Dr. Beth Trammell, PhD, HSPP is an author, speaker, psychologist, creator of Make Words Matter, Associate Professor of Psychology at Indiana University East, as well as a mother of four. You can learn more about her work at MakeWordsMatterForGood....