Hand Expression 101 🤱✨ An essential skill that every breastfeeding parent should know! Here’s the technique: 🔹 Warm & massage your breasts first to stimulate letdown (milk release reflex) and milk flow 🔹 Make a “C” shape about 1 inch back from the nipple 🔹 Press back toward your chest, then compress and release in a rhythm Why hand expression matters: ✔️ Can be fed directly to baby from a spoon, helping them practice coordinated sucking and swallowing 🥄💛 ✔️ Gets baby used to breastmilk’s t

There’s no right or wrong way to burp a baby. There are LOTS of techniques and I’m of the opinions do whatever works for your baby and what feels most comfortable and intuitive to you. #burpingbaby #babyburp #babyburpcloths | LALactation