The BEST Place for Moms LLC

10/01/2026

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09/19/2026

Well that is one pretty hand pump! Has anyone else ever decorated their pump?

We didn’t win, but we didn’t get mastitis!’ 🍼

Honestly, give Taylor Cox the award for most iconic red carpet accessory. The writer and mum-of-two turned up to the Emmys in an orange dress (complete with a bedazzled breast pump) and made postpartum practicality look seriously glam.

09/18/2026

Have you replaced the duckbill valves in your pump recently? It definitely can make a difference!

09/17/2026

💯 this. Healthy mom and healthy baby are obviously great, but there’s more to birth than that!

08/26/2026

🚨 BIG NEWS! 🚨 Now accepting Medi-Cal/Partnership!

We offer visits for
🤰Prenatal breastfeeding/pumping preparation.
🤱Lactation support for any issues after birth.
💻Help planning for returning to work/school.
🍼Help with a baby who won’t take a bottle

We offer home visits in most of Butte County or virtual visits!
530-287-8222 text or call

Supporting you in your parenting journey with expert breastfeeding, pumping, and bottle refusal help in the comfort of your home in Butte County: Chico, Paradise, Magalia, Oroville, Durham, and more.

08/25/2026

One of the biggest misconceptions about breastfeeding is that the hospital lactation consultant is going to “teach you how to breastfeed” before you go home

And I need parents to understand this with love and honesty:
Most hospital lactation consultants simply do not have enough time 😞

Not because they don’t care
Not because they aren’t skilled
But because hospital systems are stretched thin

One lactation consultant may be covering:
• Multiple postpartum floors
• NICU
• New admissions
• Discharges
• Pumps and paperwork
• Babies with medical complications
• Moms recovering from surgery
• Charting and insurance requirements

Meanwhile you’re 24 hours postpartum, exhausted, bleeding, learning a brand new human… and someone pops in for 12 minutes while your baby is asleep 😅

Breastfeeding is not a one-time lesson
It is a learned relationship that unfolds over days and weeks

The hospital is often just:
✨ “Here’s how to latch”
✨ “Baby has jaundice start supplementing”
✨ “Baby lost too much weight start pumping”

And then parents go home thinking:
“Why does this suddenly feel impossible?”

Because the real challenges often start AFTER discharge:
• Milk coming in
• Engorgement
• Cluster feeding
• Ni**le pain
• Pumping
• Bottle refusal
• Oversupply
• Low supply worries
• Weight gain concerns
• Sleep deprivation
• Learning your actual baby

This is why postpartum lactation support matters so much 💛

Here’s what I wish every family knew:
• Take a prenatal breastfeeding class BEFORE birth
• Follow evidence-based lactation accounts during pregnancy
• Have a lactation consultant lined up before delivery if possible
• Don’t wait until things are “bad enough” to ask for help
• One good postpartum visit can change your entire experience

And if breastfeeding felt harder than you expected after leaving the hospital?
You did not fail a class everyone else passed

You were discharged from a major medical event while learning one of the most biologically complex things humans do

That deserves support

08/07/2026

Breastfeeding definitely doesn’t have to be all or nothing! If you can’t fully breastfeed/give breastmilk you don’t have to go strictly to formula. Combo feeding can be great, any amount of breastmilk you can give will give you both huge benefits!

07/14/2026

The Baby Buddha 2.0 is a great portable pump if you need strong suction.

07/06/2026

Good basic discussion on ranking bottle types.

06/07/2026

How cool is this?!