Nursing Strikes and Starting Solid Foods with Erin Walsh, MA, CCC-SLP, IBCLC, BCS-S
- What a nursing strike is and what some of the causes might be to less breastfeeding
- How to re-establish a connection with your nursing baby if they’re getting distracted
- How to organize solid food feedings around continued breastfeeding for older babies
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Episode Description
What if your baby suddenly stops breastfeeding around the time they also start solid foods. What is a nursing strike and how do you get your baby interested in breastmilk again? Erin Walsh is an SLP who also specializes in breastfeeding and she’s here to talk about nursing strikes and how breastfeeding changes when your baby starts solid foods.
About the Guest
- Erin Walsh is a speech language pathologist who specializes in infant feeding and breastfeeding.
- She is working on a Smart Pacifier that will help give clarity to potential oral problems in infancy.
Other Episodes Related to this Topic
- Episode 436 - How Long Can I Breastfeed? with Ronietra Stewart, RDN, IBCLC
- Episode 424 - Breastfeeding & Starting Solid Foods: When Will My Milk Supply Drop Off? with Jessica Smith, MSN, RN, IBCLC
- Episode 150 - Breastfeeding + BLW: How to Succeed at Both Simultaneously with Heather Dvorak, IBCLC
Links from Episode
- Learn more about Erin’s smart pacifier that she’s working on at https://latchability.com/
- Baby-Led Weaning with Katie Ferraro program with the 100 First Foods™ Daily Meal Plan, join here: https://babyledweaning.co/program
- Baby-Led Weaning for Beginners free online workshop with 100 First Foods™ list to all attendees, register here: https://babyledweaning.co/baby-led-weaning-for-beginners
Resources & Research
- Research articles on sucking by Erin and her colleagues:
- Truong, Phuong et al. “Non-Nutritive Suckling System for Real-Time Characterization of Intraoral Vacuum Profile in Full Term Neonates.” IEEE journal of translational engineering in health and medicine vol. 11 107-115. 23 Dec. 2022, doi:10.1109/JTEHM.2022.3231788
- Truong, Phuong et al. “Application of Statistical Analysis and Machine Learning to Identify Infants' Abnormal Suckling Behavior.” IEEE journal of translational engineering in health and medicine vol. 12 435-447. 17 Apr. 2024, doi:10.1109/JTEHM.2024.3390589
- Research articles on nursing strikes mentioned by Erin in the interview:
- Nayyeri, Fatemeh et al. “Frequency of "Nursing Strike" among 6-Month-Old Infants, at East Tehran Health Center and Contributing Factors.” Journal of family & reproductive health vol. 9,3 (2015): 137-40.
- Jalali, Fatemeh et al. “Nursing strikes among infants and its affecting factors in Rafsanjan city.” Journal of medicine and life vol. 14,1 (2021): 56-60. doi:10.25122/jml-2020-0118
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