Danielle Wiebel, CLC

06/04/2026

If you could ask a lactation counselor anything right now, what would it be?

06/02/2026

What was harder than expected: breastfeeding, pumping, or washing pump parts?

06/02/2026

These aren’t just opinions I’ve formed over the years. They’re things I’ve seen play out over and over again while supporting families.

Sometimes a small adjustment, the right support, or asking a few more questions can make all the difference.

What’s a breastfeeding or baby feeding hill YOU’d die on? ⬇️
Breastfeeding support • Breastfeeding pain • Tongue tie support • Reflux in babies • Lactation counselor

05/31/2026

What’s one feeding question you’ve Googled at 2am?

05/29/2026

What’s one breastfeeding myth you were told?

05/28/2026

Thankful to have such a great provider to refer my clients too!

05/28/2026

One of my favorite parts of supporting feeding families is helping create routines that actually fit their real life.
Returning to work while pumping can feel like a lot, and sometimes it takes a little troubleshooting to find a rhythm that supports both feeding goals and supply.

This schedule was created for a mom who has gone to work and needs a little extra support increasing milk production, so this is a temporary plan to help boost milk removals and jumpstart supply.

The goal isn't perfection! It's finding realistic, manageable ways to make it work.

There's no one-size-fits-all pumping schedule. What works best is the plan that fits your life, your workday, and your goals

Heading back to work and trying to maintain breastfeeding/ pumping? You don't have to figure it out alone.

05/22/2026

Find yourself wondering the same thing? 🤍

Babies are biologically wired to want to stay close to you. Being near their parent is how they know they are safe. Your baby doesn’t know that we live in homes with locked doors, video monitors, and temperature control. All they know is that being put down can feel vulnerable.

Most newborns also naturally feel most secure belly-to-belly on a parent. So when a baby goes from warm contact, movement, and your heartbeat to a cool, still bassinet on their back, it can trigger those little “alarm bells” in their body.

If you’re trying to transfer your baby, a few things that may help are:
✨ Lay baby down on their side initially with your hands still supporting them
✨ Once they are calm and settled, slowly roll them onto their back
✨ Add gentle shushing or light butt pats during the transition
✨ Optional: Warm the sleep space first

And remember: wanting contact and closeness is very normal newborn behavior. You are not creating “bad habits” by comforting your baby!
newborn sleep | contact naps | fourth trimester | responsive parenting | newborn behavior

05/20/2026

Hi! I figured now is the perfect time for a little reintroduction as I start opening my schedule back up for clients again 💛

I’m Danielle Wiebel, a Certified Lactation Counselor and the face behind D. Marie Lactation. I support families through all stages of their feeding journey with a focus on compassionate, evidence-based, judgment-free care.

A huge part of my work is helping babies and parents navigate oral function challenges, including tongue ties, before and after release support, feeding difficulties, bottle feeding, pumping, and overall infant feeding support. I truly believe feeding support should meet families where they are and honor their goals.

Over the last year I stepped back a bit to focus on homeschooling my youngest son and spending more time with my family, and now I’m so excited to slowly step back into serving clients again this summer before fully reopening my schedule this fall ✨

Services I currently offer:
🏠In-home lactation consults
📏Pumping & fl**ge fitting support
🍼 Bottle feeding support
🤰Prenatal feeding education
📞Phone consults
⭐️Support through Light House Family Chiropractic
and more…

Whether you’re exclusively breastfeeding, combo feeding, pumping, formula feeding, or somewhere in between you deserve support that feels safe and personalized for your family.

I’m so happy to be back 💛

If you’ve read this far, what’s your go to coffee order?

05/19/2026

Have you donated milk before?

Happy World Human Milk Donation Day!

This was a picture of my first donation. My first never really took a bottle and I didn’t go back to work until after he was a year old so I didn’t pump enough to really donate. For my second I went back to work after 10 weeks. I started pumping once a day at 6 weeks pp and my husband would give my son a bottle in preparation for me to go back to work, so this was the extra after about a month of pumping. I was never one to have a freezer stash so once the bin in my freezer got full I emptied it and donated it.

Donating milk is truly a wonderful thing, just knowing I could help someone provide breastmilk to their baby when they may not have been able to otherwise is a great feeling ❤️

Have you donated milk? What was your experience? Did you donate to a milk bank?