36|Mel Lactation consultant. Breastfeeding, tongue ties, reflux, intolerances, myth busting co-sleeping, bottles, dummy's, and everything to prepare for postpartum.

We welcome Melissa Hays from Cocoon & Cradle for all the breastfeeding and holistic sleep support you could need. Her goals are helping new parents thrive in the transition to parenthood, and optimise sleep and feeding with a personalised, tailored holistic input. Mel is a qualified nurse, midwife, international board certified lactation consultant (IBCLC), holds two certified infant sleep qualifications, and recently became a qualified orofacical mycologist specialising in all things mouth, tongue and jaw function. Mel focusrs on tongue and lip ties, and how they affect swallowing and latch for breastfeeding. After 10yrs as a nurse and midwife, Mel confidently entered into postpartum thinking "how hard can this be?". Then Mel felt absolutely overwhelmed after the birth of her first child, where she talks openly about crying everyday in the shower, all whilst wading through the amount of conflicting and confusing information about infant feeding and sleep. Driven to do better, she began a journey on educating herself, and building the business she wished existed when she was postpartum. Chloe who is currently 33 weeks pregnant, and Clare who is still breastfeeding her almost 2yr old, are at very different spectrums of feeding and sleep; so we know this episode will have something for everyone! We start with prenatal expressing, what to expect in the first three days of feeding, when to introduce bottles and dummy's (this will surprise you), how to co-sleep, reflux, colic, intolerances, myths on feeding and sleep, as well as tongue and lip ties, weaning toddlers and getting more sleep without sleep training or crying it out.  This episode is jam packed with information and we highly recommend following Mel's insta for fantastic positive videos on breastfeeding/side lying/reclined, sleep prep and realistic content that will validate your journey. Insta: @cocoonandcradle Web: https://www.cocoonandcradle.com/ Share this episode with any mums or mums to be that you know, Love, Patty XX