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Read our blog for practical tips, evidence-based guidance, and real-life insights from our International Board Certified Lactation Consultants (IBCLCs) at CLS. We help you feel informed, confident, and supported during your breastfeeding journey, whether you are just getting started or looking to fine-tune your feeding routine.

Paced Bottle Feeding for Preemies & NICU Babies

Paced bottle feeding is a responsive, baby-led technique designed to mimic the natural rhythm of breastfeeding. By slowing the flow of milk and allowing your baby to pause, swallow, and breathe at their own pace, paced bottle feeding supports safer swallowing and improved digestion.

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Bottle-Feeding Basics: Choosing the Right Bottle & Nipple Flow

Bottle-feeding can complement breastfeeding, support flexibility in your daily routine, and allow partners and loved ones to participate in feeding and bonding. For many families, bottle-feeding can become an integral part of the feeding plan, whether with formula, expressed breast milk, or both.

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Introducing Solids While Breastfeeding

Introducing solid foods is an exciting milestone in your baby’s first year, allowing them to explore new tastes and textures while helping them learn how to eat. Around 6 months of age, your little one may begin to show signs of readiness for solids. Although breastmilk remains their main source of nutrition during this time, small amounts of solid food can help support sensory exploration and motor development, and lay the groundwork for healthy eating habits in the future.

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How to Travel Without Your Baby & Maintain Your Milk Supply

You may need to travel away from your baby for work, a family event, or personal reasons. However, being apart doesn’t mean you have to pause your breastfeeding journey or stop expressing breast milk. There are plenty of ways to maintain your milk supply and your energy while traveling.

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Pumping for NICU Babies: What You Need to Know

When direct breastfeeding isn’t possible, pumping can help you stay connected and nourish your baby in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). Many babies require care in the NICU because they are born early, have low birth weight, or face health challenges that make breastfeeding at the breast difficult or unsafe.

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Power Pumping: Does It Really Work?

If you're experiencing low milk supply, power pumping can be a promising technique to naturally increase your milk production. Power pumping mimics cluster feeding, which is when your baby nurses frequently, and signals your body to make more milk.

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Nighttime Pumping Strategies That Won’t Steal Your Sleep

When you're caring for a newborn, the idea of pumping at night may feel overwhelming. However, whether you're exclusively pumping or combining pumping with breastfeeding, nighttime sessions may help establish and maintain your milk supply, prepare you for a return to work, and support NICU feeding needs.

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Breastfeeding vs. Pumping: What’s Right for You?

Breastfeeding or exclusive pumping are both excellent and nourishing choices for feeding your baby breast milk. Some moms choose to breastfeed exclusively, nursing the baby at the breast from the start. Others find that exclusive pumping better suits their needs, allowing them to provide the same nutritional and immunological benefits of breast milk with added flexibility and convenience.

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How to Maintain & Clean Your Pump

Pumping helps you maintain your milk supply and provide your baby with breast milk even when you are not breastfeeding. Just like with any essential tools you use, your pumps too need regular care to perform at their best.

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