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Why is a sound machine important for newborn sleep?

The short answer to why a sound machine is important is because we want newborns to have a high quality of sleep! In the womb, babies are surrounded by a constant and LOUD noise. The sound of blood rushing around the placenta is comparable to that of a vacuum cleaner. Hearing a similar noise can…

Baby hunger and fullness cues

is my baby hungry or full? baby hunger cues

We are baby experts, it’s true…but 99% of the parents that we work with are not! Parents usually know a few things about babies – they poop often, they don’t sleep often, and they eat OFTEN. So, it stands to reason, when a baby starts to fuss, a parent’s natural instinct is to feed their…

What is the Haaka?

Mother breastfeeding with hakaa breast pump on other breast

The haaka is magic. The end. Okay but seriously…it is. It’s a small silicone cup type contraption that you suction to the breast that you are not nursing on. It stays there while you hands-free nurse off of the other side. Oftentimes the breastfeeding person leaks off of the breast they are not nursing on.…

But what if my baby doesn’t like being swaddled?

This is a very difficult topic to talk about without sounding insensitive…because nine out of ten times, the baby doesn’t like being swaddled because they aren’t being swaddled correctly! There are some rare babies who sleep better unswaddled, but when we say rare we mean RARE. Babies that have medical issues, and babies who bedshare…