Heather Eure, an IBCLC joins Ciarra to discuss the complexities of choosing the right baby bottles. She emphasizes the importance of understanding bottle features, such as nipple shape and flow rate, and how these factors can impact feeding success. Heather also shares insights on transitioning between bottle and breastfeeding, adapting bottles as babies grow, and the significance of paced bottle-feeding techniques. The discussion highlights the need for parents to follow their baby's cues and make informed choices based on their unique family values and circumstances.

Heather Eure is a board-certified lactation consultant, postpartum and parent coach, educator, and mom of three. For over a decade, she’s supported new and growing families through their feeding and parenting journeys. Her work is evidence-based, neurodiversity-affirming, and LGBTQ+ inclusive. With multiple certifications in perinatal mental health, Heather brings a compassionate, mental health– and nervous system–informed lens to every family she serves.

Contact Heather:

512-270-9280

oxytocinperinatal.com

heather@oxytocinperinatal.com

IG: www.instagram.com/heather.eure.ibclc

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