Northern Rivers Lactation Plus

16/10/2026

13/10/2026

Explore a more current clinical perspective on maternal care. Free, live and practitioner-focused.

13/10/2026

If you are interested in joining a new group I’m creating for neurodivergent women, of all ages.

Join online , come as you are, to a safe supportive space to enjoy a coffee and chat.

Here is the invitation. I’ve just realised that the QR code doesn’t work. Here is the physical link.

https://meet.google.com/jbw-vtfo-ggb

DM me so I can send you a calendar invite.

Feel free to share with anyone you might think is interested.

10/10/2026

November 16 to 19, 2026 The Think Sensory Summit Season 2 Free Virtual Summit • Hosted by Mick Olds & Greg Santucci Join thousands of therapists, educators, and parents for four days of free learning from Dr. Barry Prizant, Dr. Ross Greene, Alfie Kohn, Kelly Mahler, and more. Register Free Registe...

03/10/2026

This is important for our kids sake. AI isn’t safe. They use it a lot (my teen has done assignments with it). It’s free. Check it out.

Free Parent Conference

02/10/2026

What great information..I’m ADHD even I was unaware of all of this.
I often sigh before I answer my kiddos request..I’m going to work on all of these.

01/10/2026

So true!
Thank you Moomysmilk

Babies are supposed to wake at night.

I know social media can make it feel like a “good baby” is one who sleeps 10–12 hours straight, but frequent waking in infancy can be completely normal. Babies wake for many reasons: hunger, comfort, connection, temperature changes, developmental changes, growth spurts, and because their sleep cycles are simply different from ours.

For breastfed babies especially, night feeding can be a normal part of maintaining intake and supporting milk production. Prolactin, one of the hormones involved in milk production, is generally higher overnight, so those nighttime feeds or pumping sessions can matter…especially in the early weeks while supply is being established.

That does not mean every baby must wake the same number of times, and it does not mean you should wake an older, healthy baby indefinitely without a medical reason. Feeding needs change with age, growth, medical history, and how well baby is gaining.

But a baby waking overnight is not automatically a sleep problem.
It is not proof that your milk is “not filling enough.”
It is not proof that you are doing something wrong.

Sometimes it is simply a baby… being a baby.

And I really wish we would stop making exhausted parents feel like their infant has failed some imaginary sleep test because they still need them at 2 a.m. 🤍