Information sheets
Sore nipples and positioning and attachment sheet
Can I just pay for the snip?
‘Can I just pay for the snip because someone else has already done an assessment? I have been asked this twice this week. Whilst I completely understand the financial pressures facing us all at the moment due to the pandemic, I thought it may be helpful to explain why it would be wrong for me …
Choosing a breast pump
I decided to write this blog after seeing a mum post on a Facebook breastfeeding group asking for pump recommendations. The Admin for that group directed her to a link on the American Kellymom.com breastfeeding website on buying new and used breast pumps which really is not particularly helpful. I did a quick google and …
My baby has a suspected tongue-tie and I am struggling to access division due to the COVID 19 restrictions. What can I do?
With the reduction in services including postnatal support, breastfeeding support groups and tongue-tie division services it is an extremely stressful time for new parents. If your baby is struggling to feed and has a suspected or confirmed tongue-tie you may feel the situation is somewhat hopeless. However, it is important to understand that the impact …
COVID 19 and implications for tongue-tie division in infants
The views and opinions expressed in this blog are my own. I wanted to write this to get my own thoughts on this issue clear in my mind. It may be useful to parents in understanding all the issues that this pandemic is raising and why services are being disrupted. I hope it may also …
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Holiday March/April 2020
I am taking a break from work from 20 March – 6 April 2020. Upon my return I will be offering face to face consultations provided I am well and there is no guidance from Government precluding this due to the Coronavirus Pandemic. I will also be offering video call consultations. In my absence alternative …
I want to be a tongue-tie practitioner
I want to be a tongue-tie practitioner ‘I want to be a tongue-tie practitioner. How do I get trained to do this?’ There is rarely any information within the email which suggests the sender would be an appropriate person to provide tongue-tie division. I get at least one email per week like this. My immediate …
BBC headline ‘Babies don’t need tongue-tie surgery to feed’ – my response
This is a response to the research paper highlighted by the BBC and others which appeared in a US medical journal in July 2019.
Letters to Editors
From time to time articles on breastfeeding and tongue-tie appear in the national press, parenting magazines and professional journals which raise issues which merit further comment. Below are responses to articles which I have written. Please click on the link to open. These items should not be reproduced without permission. Disruptive Wound Massage: Response to JHL …