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Jan 8
3 min

How to Cope When Working Remote With a Baby or Toddler

By Janice Russell Although everyone has faced challenges due to the pandemic, parents of young children are often put in uniquely difficu...

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Virtual or In-Person Visits. Policy and Procedure.

Carly Marks

Aug 19, 2020
2 min

Virtual or In-Person Visits. Policy and Procedure.

A other way to look at it is No Contact or Some Contact Infant Feeding Visits. In person visits are not what they used to be.

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Carly Marks

May 4, 2020
3 min

Self-Care and Mindfulness Techniques

My April Self-Care challenge through a becoming peaceful facebook group has taught me that taking care of myself is simple, and also not...

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Human Milk is Essential to Crisis Management.

Carly Marks

Mar 14, 2020
2 min

Human Milk is Essential to Crisis Management.

Supporting human milk feeding is essential. Unless/until my family self-quarantines: Client has the choice of virtual or in-home visit.

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Carly Marks

Feb 12, 2020
1 min

San Clemente Outlets Nursing Lounge.

If you’re thinking about visiting the outlets be assured there is a space for nursing folks!

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Get your breast cancer screening on time, regardless if you are lactating.

Carly Marks

Jan 21, 2020
2 min

Get your breast cancer screening on time, regardless if you are lactating.

Screening for this cancer during your annual mammogram time period is important to detect it at an earlier, curable stage, even while lacta

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Carly Marks

Dec 29, 2019
2 min

3 daily Mindfulness hacks.

I was prescribed mindfulness; is that irony? How I fit it in my life: Meditation, Mindful Taste, Journaling

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"I was stressed with all of this knowledge, why was this so HARD?"

Carly Marks

Dec 15, 2019
4 min

"I was stressed with all of this knowledge, why was this so HARD?"

I was told sometimes mothers just will not produce milk and it was ok. This was not ok with me!

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7 years later, my Multiple Sclerosis Journey, and how it helps me work with lactating parents.

Carly Marks

Dec 5, 2019
5 min

7 years later, my Multiple Sclerosis Journey, and how it helps me work with lactating parents.

Just as several things came together to give me my life back, my approach includes knowledge of the physiology of lactation...

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Birch Aquarium supports nursing in public, and it shows.

Carly Marks

Dec 3, 2019
1 min

Birch Aquarium supports nursing in public, and it shows.

My favorite view, in San Diego, and I shared it with no less than 3 nursing babies. I always see nursing babies when I visit. Out door f...

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Carly Marks

Nov 3, 2019
1 min

Mindful Infant Feeding- an Introduction

Every experience is influenced by our thoughts. Mindfulness practices allow us to observe this phenomenon, and create the setting...

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Home Visits for TriCare Reimbursement. It's worth it.

Carly Marks

Jul 15, 2019
1 min

Home Visits for TriCare Reimbursement. It's worth it.

There are a few of us who offer home visits, as TriCare-authorized lactation care providers. There are a few more of us who offer in-off...

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Carly Marks

Apr 16, 2019
1 min

Expecto Matres La!

If you bring along your little wizard, there are plenty of shady spots to sip your #butterbeer , and watch the robes flap in the wind. Fa...

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LEGOland, Boobs are awesome! Baby Care Center provides a lot, just not a comfy nursing area.

Carly Marks

Dec 21, 2018
1 min

LEGOland, Boobs are awesome! Baby Care Center provides a lot, just not a comfy nursing area.

This Laundromat has a coffee/snack bar, and a free-play area for building with Legos. That is a great place for other members of your pa...

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Legit Baby Care Center that blends in with the Magic, but #Disney respects your right to NIP.

Carly Marks

Dec 9, 2018
2 min

Legit Baby Care Center that blends in with the Magic, but #Disney respects your right to NIP.

If you have a photo of yourself nursing, in the park, covered or not, I'd love to make it the cover shot. That adorable baby, below is Wa...

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Infant Feeding Support Group, as part of comprehensive follow up.

Carly Marks

Nov 16, 2018
1 min

Infant Feeding Support Group, as part of comprehensive follow up.

I facilitate a #supportgroup, open to all #nursing and #pumping parents. Parent to Parent support can be more powerful than time with yo...

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The New Children's Museum has a Nursing Nook that they invite you NOT to use. Sounds about right!

Carly Marks

Sep 23, 2018
2 min

The New Children's Museum has a Nursing Nook that they invite you NOT to use. Sounds about right!

The sign made my heart sing! "#nurse #feed or #pump #anywhere" #normalizebreastfeeding This place is perfect for the family with multiple...

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Breast-feeding/Pumping About Town? I'm scoping it out for you!

Carly Marks

Aug 19, 2018
2 min

Breast-feeding/Pumping About Town? I'm scoping it out for you!

My first daughter was very fussy at the breast, latching was not simple, and she would often pull off and scream at me. We were in South...

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Mary Birch Hits it outa the (Petco) Park!

Carly Marks

Aug 18, 2018
2 min

Mary Birch Hits it outa the (Petco) Park!

#wholettheboobsout ? Anywhere parent and child are admitted, #breastfeeding is protected. I favor conspicuous #nursinginpublic, because ...

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