Lactation Consults

Guidance for what comes next

Our standard schedule for routine Follow-up Consults gives us opportunities to check in at times when we anticipate changes. We try to stagger with the typical pediatrician schedule, so we can monitor things without making you too busy.

Here are the topics we’ll typically cover during routine Follow-up Consults:

• 3 weeks old – starting bottles and pumping, upcoming growth spurt, cluster feeding, and longer sleep stretches

• 6 weeks old – preventing bottle refusal, stashing milk for later, birth control methods compatible with lactation, postpartum mobility classes, checking that a longer sleep stretch is happening most nights, and what to do if it’s not

• 3 months old – checking baby’s growth after milk supply regulation, sleeping all night and upcoming sleep regression, monitoring for symptoms of mood disorders, pumping at work

• 6 months old – starting solids, drinking from a cup

• 12 months old – changes to the feeding plan after baby’s first birthday

We’ll do a visit whenever you decide to wean, and if you need extra appointments at any point, we’ll add those in, too.

Want to know even more? This page talks through what to expect at your consult and how to prepare.