HOLISTIC
We do more than just help you latch your baby. We get to the root cause of your lactation difficulty.
TONGUE TIE EXPERTS
Our Lactation Consultants have expert level training and experience in tongue, lip and buccal ties.
COMMITTED TO YOU
Comprehensive visits, written care plans, and quick responses to your questions
ABOUT THE OWNER
KATHERINE HAVENER, JD IBCLC RLC
KATHERINE KNOWS YOUR JOURNEY
Katherine is a mother of four beautiful daughters ages 9-19. She spent ten years in total nursing her babies, including seven months breastfeeding an infant and toddler in tandem. “I loved my time breastfeeding, which is why I LOVE helping families on their own breastfeeding journeys!”
INTERNATIONAL BOARD CERTIFIED
Katherine is an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) since 2016. IBCLCs hold the GOLD STANDARD, crème-de-la-crème expert-level certification of all the breastfeeding helper credentials.
Katherine was also a La Leche League Leader for three years. “I love La Leche League for its nurturing, child-centered philosophy that believes in mothering through breastfeeding. La Leche League changed my life in my early years of parenting and I want to do the same for others!”
ADDITIONAL SPECIALTIES
Katherine pursued advanced training in assessing for tongue, lip and buccal ties, as well as methods to help habilitate the oral function of babies that have ties and structural issues that affect breastfeeding. “Every day, I help families navigate through tongue/lip/buccal ties to successful breastfeeding!”
Before Katherine was an IBCLC, she was a Certified Lactation Counselor through the Healthy Children Project.
AUTHOR
Katherine is the author of the well-known nightweaning book for breastfeeding toddlers, “Nursies When the Sun Shines.” The book was published in 2011, has sold more than 40,000 copies, and is on the Amazon best seller list of sleep disorder books.