Doula Megan Davis

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic I’ve added virtual postpartum support appointments. Caring for your newborn and yourself at home has additional challenges right now, perhaps with less support then you planned. I can increase your confidence and ease your transition during 1-2 hour virtual visits through Zoom or FaceTime. The cost is $60 per hour.

During a virtual postpartum visit you can:

Get guidance for feeding, lactation, pumping, pacifiers and bottles
Get help soothing your fussy/crying baby
Get tips on newborn care such as bathing
Ask questions about your physical recovery from birth Develop family sleep strategies
Receive emotional support as you adjust
Get help for recognizing the signs of postpartum mood disorders

Contact me at www.doulamegandavis.com for more info.

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What a wonderful depiction for normal infant feeding by The Breastfeeding Dietitian! If your baby feeds often, has an EFFECTIVE latch and good milk intake, and you are comfortable - then this pattern is so likely to be super normal! Have a lactation checkup if you have any concerns! Posted • .dietitian FEEDING ON DEMAND. Yep. I used cereal and blueberries to see the difference between expectations and reality of many breastfeeding moms. .

📷 inspo from .ie .

We’re you told your baby should breastfeed every 2-3 hours? I was. Did you know that only came from figuring out how often feeding was needed for a baby to feed 8-12 times in a 24 hour period...


So yes we APPROXIMATELY would like babies to feed AT LEAST 8-12 times, but the way it all plays out in a 24 hour period is very different for each baby.


Reality: babies feed like the blueberries. Lots of feedings. Some small. Some big. Some close together. Some far apart. .

Babies do not feed like clockwork where every cereal (ahem.. feed) is spaced equally apart and the same size. You can relax if your otherwise healthy baby goes longer than 3 hours between a feed. You don’t need to think “you can’t still be hungry” and delay a feed if they are showing signs they want to feed earlier than 2 hours.


Listen to your baby. Trust your instincts. Let go of the cookie cutter “ideal” and develop your own relationship that works for you and your baby. .

Do you feed on demand? What works for you and your baby?

Thanks for this Jenny!

Nice to see this getting more press and also that it is beneficial for full-term newborns in addition to premature newborns. Just wish they would call it kangaroo parents care instead of kangaroo mother care.

Kangaroo Care Helps Preemies And Full Term Babies, Too Holding a newborn on a parent's bare chest has long been used to help premature babies. Hospitals increasingly recommend it for full term babies, too. Doctors say it reduces pain and lowers stress.

Does Breast Milk Have a S*x Bias? Evolution explains why boys and girls may get different nourishment.

It is now recommended that all babies begin peanut exposure at 4-6 months to reduce incident of peanut allergies which can be severe.

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/01/05/well/eat/feed-your-kids-peanuts-early-and-often-new-guidelines-urge.html?smprod=nytcore-ipad&smid=nytcore-ipad-share&_r=1&referer=http://m.facebook.com

Feed Your Kids Peanuts, Early and Often, New Guidelines Urge Parents should feed babies foods containing peanut powders or peanut butter at 6 months or even earlier as a way to help avoid peanut allergies.

Megan Davis, Postpartum Doula is a finalist for Red Tricycle's Totally Awesome Award 2016! I would love to have your vote before September 30th. This link takes you right to the doula category for quick voting. Thanks for your support!

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This really resonated with me and I wanted to share with you.

Night time is my time. While the days are for work, cleaning, and errands, once the last child breathes heavily and steadily in their bed, I come alive in a new way. Silence descends upon my home and I'm free to do whatever I'd like.

It wasn't until an hour after I'd tucked everyone in when I heard him wail. I froze and listened. Sometimes he does that in his sleep, but no, he was calling me by the only name he knows me by.

I found him half sitting up, agitated and sweaty. He was whine crying incoherently. I tried all my normal tricks: finding his favorite red bear, taking the sheets off of him so that the air could cool him down, scooping him into my arms like a baby for a hug.

Life has been hectic and different lately, maybe he feels it? Of course he does.

Nothing worked and I felt that familiar frustration rising. I didn't want to be here, in his room, battling with the most difficult version of him. I wanted to lie down, read, watch Netflix, or eat something I shouldn't. I deserved it. I only had an hour or so left before I'd fall prey to the sleep that's always behind my eyes. And what if he wakes the others? The only thing worse than one awake child past their bedtime is three in the same predicament.

My first instinct was to fight to protect what's mine- the sacred night- but if there's one thing I've learned about motherhood it's that some things can't be rushed. Children feel when you're impatient and so they deliberately, infuriatingly, slow down. They can sense when you're in two places at once and will use every weapon in their arsenal to bring you to the present moment.

I'm proactive. I'm a problem-solver, a brainstormer, and a doer. I like to be in control. But up against a 3-year-old who needs me to sit by his bed in the dark and hold his hand until he falls asleep, I know nothing would change until I let my agenda float up and away.

I called all of my attention away from the things I wanted to do and into the present of the darkened room with my son in his Paw Patrol pajamas and cheap plastic Lightning McQueen bed.

I relaxed into the thin rug on the wood floor and surrendered, not to him or his needs, but to what the moment needed of me. I needed to be there and I knew it. There was no escaping this, no convincing, bribing, or threatening my way out of it. The parenting books and experienced grandmas might say different, but I could feel in my bones where I needed to be: here.

I thought about nothing and felt his soft little hand in mine, first gripping tightly, then relaxing, going slack as his breathing deepened and steadied.

People pay good money to learn what children teach for free: how to stop fighting against what is and see it. That doesn't mean you say yes to everything, but to effectively change something, you first have to know it by fully experiencing it no matter how uncomfortable that may be. Sometimes you have to sit.

He's finally asleep, for now. With children, "goodnight" can sometimes mean, "see you soon" but I feel calm. Whether he wakes up 8 hours from now or in 30 minutes, I'll meet him where he is. After all, that's what coffee is for.

IKEA welcomes breastfeeding mothers to nurse in the chair of their choice in any staged living... An awesome sign was spotted at IKEA UK, where store management warmly welcomes breastfeeding mothers to lounge comfortably and feed their babies in the chair of their choice in the faux living areas in the store. I can’t think of a better way to test out a new sofa or chair than while kicking ...