Timing of release isn't just a catch phrase, it's the MOST important part of deciding when to have a tongue tie release.  Katie Oshita and Dr Gary Myers discuss how he started doing releases (spoiler alert: he was pushed into this space by Jennifer Tow), how his practice grew (crunchy mom referrals at first then eventually got some Pediatrician referrals).  Dr Gary talks about what he usually sees with clients, how different babies are from adults and how there isn't 1 right way for everyone.  Dr Gary also focuses on what he calls the 3 T's:Tethers- anatomy- his jobTension- bodywork spaceTechnique- Lactation spaceListen here for all the details from Katie and Dr Gary.Podcast Guest: Dr. Gary Myers is a pediatric dentist in the Jacksonville, FL area. He graduated residency in 2001 from MCV in Richmond, VA.  He currently lives in Middleburg, FL with his wife, 5 kids, and 2 dogs.  He was introduced, recruited, and educated to the world of helping babies achieve proper latch and functional breastfeeding in 2012 by one of the most wonderful IBCLC’s around, Jennifer Tow.  This was back when the Tongue Tie Support Group on FB had less than 1000 members!  He is holistic minded and always looking for novel ways to improve the oral and overall health of his patients and their families.Podcast host: Katie Oshita, RN, BSN, IBCLC has over 22 years of experience working in Maternal-Infant Medicine.  Katie is a telehealth lactation consultant believing that clients anywhere in the world deserve the best care possible for their needs.  Being an expert on TOTs, Katie helps families everywhere navigate breastfeeding struggles, especially when related to tongue tie or low supply.  Katie is also passionate about finding the root cause of symptoms, using Functional Medicine practices to help client not just survive, but truly thrive. Email katie@cuddlesandmilk.com or www.cuddlesandmilk.com

Recently Katie Oshita at the age of 44 years old had a functional frenuplasty with Dr Maggie Davis.  Katie had already done a lot of prep work  (listen back to episode 33 for some of her symptoms and pre release therapy) but was still surprised with some of the unexpected outcomes of her release.  Listen as Katie Oshita and Dr Maggie discuss Katie's release and much more about timing of release and adult vs baby releases.Podcast Guest: Dr Maggie Davis is a Pediatric dentist and also owns Florida Tongue Tie in Palm Harbor.  Her training and expertise are guided by her personal experience with her own son's tongue ties being missed.  Due to that, Dr Maggie has created the Florida Tongue Tie center in order for multi-discipline specialities to be able to collaborate for best possible outcomes for all TOTs kids.Podcast host: Katie Oshita, RN, BSN, IBCLC has over 22 years of experience working in Maternal-Infant Medicine.  Katie is a telehealth lactation consultant believing that clients anywhere in the world deserve the best care possible for their needs.  Being an expert on TOTs, Katie helps families everywhere navigate breastfeeding struggles, especially when related to tongue tie or low supply.  Katie is also passionate about finding the root cause of symptoms, using Functional Medicine practices to help client not just survive, but truly thrive. Email katie@cuddlesandmilk.com or www.cuddlesandmilk.com

Katie Oshita and McKale Fleming were both IBCLC's traveling the country in an RV.  McKale has an integrative health coaching lactation practice with bodywork and traveled all over the south bringing expert care to families in need.  Listen as they discuss the importance of bodywork and its many different methods, and how the team supports tongue tie families.  Podcast Guest: McKale is a board-certified lactation consultant, massage therapist and integrative health coach. Transitioning from a traditional office to a traveling business, McKale & her family traveled all over Georgia and Florida helping families with clinical lactation and structural integration. Recently settling in Atlanta, McKale continues to support families in a unique way through bodywork, family wellness, and infant feeding. She is a Mom to two boys; their breastfeeding journey created a compassionate foundation for her lactation career.Podcast host: Katie Oshita, RN, BSN, IBCLC has over 22 years of experience working in Maternal-Infant Medicine.  Katie is a telehealth lactation consultant believing that clients anywhere in the world deserve the best care possible for their needs.  Being an expert on TOTs, Katie helps families everywhere navigate breastfeeding struggles, especially when related to tongue tie or low supply.  Katie is also passionate about finding the root cause of symptoms, using Functional Medicine practices to help client not just survive, but truly thrive. Email katie@cuddlesandmilk.com or www.cuddlesandmilk.com

In this episode, Katie Oshita discusses the all important phrase of "timing of release" and what it means.  Why does it matter when the tongue tie release is done?  What is meant by pre-release and post-release therapy?  What is the difference between active wound care and oral exercises or oral habilitation?  And rhythmic movements?  Listen as Katie addresses these and deciding on her own timing of release when getting a functional frenuplasty as an adult (at 44 years old).  If you have wondered what happens while "waiting" for a tongue tie release then this episode is for you.Podcast host: Katie Oshita, RN, BSN, IBCLC has over 22 years of experience working in Maternal-Infant Medicine.  Katie is a telehealth lactation consultant believing that clients anywhere in the world deserve the best care possible for their needs.  Being an expert on TOTs, Katie helps families everywhere navigate breastfeeding struggles, especially when related to tongue tie or low supply.  Katie is also passionate about finding the root cause of symptoms, using Functional Medicine practices to help client not just survive, but truly thrive. Email katie@cuddlesandmilk.com or www.cuddlesandmilk.com

In this podcast episode, Katie Oshita and Avery young discuss the blinding focus on tongue tie and oral function that is leaving many families in worse shape after support.  First by not know know to immediately stop breastfeeding pain, too many families are rushed to release by providers- Avery Young strives to change this by teaching other IBCLC's all about how to engage baby's feeding reflexes for a deeper, pain-free latch.  Then many families are still treated in this mono-focused way with other providers who support oral function, but know nothing about how to see and care for a dyad.  Avery Young has created a visual to try and bring awareness to the importance of prioritizing parental and infant wellness and breastfeeding relationship above oral function.  Listen as this and much more is discussed.Podcast Guest:  Avery Young is an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant licensed by the state of Georgia who is on a mission to help change the way we latch and feed infants. She has master's degrees in both Biology and Science Education and has been in private practice as a lactation consultant since 2014.She spent the first half of her career teaching Biology to anyone who would listen, from middle school through college.  She began her practice as a lactation consultant in 2014, after the birth of her second child, with the goal of helping to empower families with the resources and confidence to make decisions that were right for their own families. Her own journey into motherhood and her quest to understand the needs of her own neurodiverse family led her to a deeper study of infant reflexes, neurology, and brain plasticity. It was during this study that Avery began to understand the significance of reflexes and she began to observe and learn from babies during the latching and feeding process. She began to notice that babies have a highly repetitive and predictable sequence of behaviors that occur during the latching process. She quickly realized that those sequences of behaviors - which she calls the Cascade of Feeding Reflexes - have a far bigger role than just helping an infant to latch. They also establish the foundation of movement. By helping infants engage their feeding reflexes she believes we can change the developmental trajectory of an infant for the rest of their life, and her mission is to help everyone understand what those reflexes are, and how we can use them to make feeding better. When she is not working, or researching answers to her own questions, Avery enjoys reading, traveling, and spending time in nature with her husband and three children, in their hometown of Atlanta, Georgia. Podcast host: Katie Oshita, RN, BSN, IBCLC has over 22 years of experience working in Maternal-Infant Medicine.  Katie is a telehealth lactation consultant believing that clients anywhere in the world deserve the best care possible for their needs.  Being an expert on TOTs, Katie helps families everywhere navigate breastfeeding struggles, especially when related to tongue tie or low supply.  Katie is also passionate about finding the root cause of symptoms, using Functional Medicine practices to help client not just survive, but truly thrive. Email katie@cuddlesandmilk.com or www.cuddlesandmilk.com

Telehealth is all the rage now since Covid, but there are practitioners who have been using telehealth for much longer.  Jennifer Tow, BFS, MA, IBCLC, LMT, CSOM has been seeing clients across the globe for more than a decade, using video visits as a way to bring expert care to families anywhere.  Jennifer is also the creator of the IBCLC Master Class, taught in a team with other providers.  Jennifers knowledge goes way beyond lactation, but understands and supports a state of wellness for parents and their babies.  Katie Oshita and Jennifer discuss how the current state of hyperawareness on oral function is actually harming families, causing them to lose the breastfeeding relationship in favor of oral function.  Listen in as this and much more is discussed.Podcast guest:  Jennifer Tow, BFA, MA, IBCLC, LMT, CSOM has practiced holistic lactation and guided parents in raising their children holistically for over 25 years. A fascination with the physiology of wellness has led her on a 30-year journey exploring the influences on infant health that come to define long-term human well-being. Her interests are focused in the areas of epigenetics and the microbiome, gut-brain health, airway function and oral functional competency, exploring the profoundly far-reaching implications of this work for breastfeeding dyads.While residing between the USA & France, Jennifer established an international client base and now sees most of her clients on-line, specializing in collaborating with her clients in resolving complex breastfeeding issues. With a Master's in Holistic Health Coaching, her reputation for guiding parents through these issues stems from her ability to integrate holistic modalities and an expanded skill-set, such as myofunctional therapy and craniosacral fascial therapy, into her practice. She is a writer and lecturer, offering workshops internationally and via webinar on breastfeeding & epigenetics, gut health & healing, tongue-tie & airway development and holistic breastfeeding practices. After a decade in development, she now offers a year-long advanced course in Integrative and Holistic Lactation. She is a founding member of IATP (the International Affiliation of Tongue-tie Professionals) and is the Breastfeeding Section Leader of the AAPMD (American Academy of Physiological Medicine and Dentistry) and founder of the Holistic Lactation Institute. Jennifer is the mother of three children born at home in 1988, 1992 and 1998 and a granddaughter born at home in 2009. Contact: IBCLCMasterClass@gmail.com or online at holisticibclc.blogspot.comPodcast host: Katie Oshita, RN, BSN, IBCLC has over 22 years of experience working in Maternal-Infant Medicine.  Katie is a telehealth lactation consultant believing that clients anywhere in the world deserve the best care possible for their needs.  Being an expert on TOTs, Katie helps families everywhere navigate breastfeeding struggles, especially when related to tongue tie or low supply.  Katie is also passionate about finding the root cause of symptoms, using Functional Medicine practices to help client not just survive, but truly thrive. Email katie@cuddlesandmilk.com or www.cuddlesandmilk.com

Katie Oshita and Bryna Hayden discuss how Bryna got started working with infant reflexes, why understanding and working with reflexes is important and how every IBCLC should start learning more and observing babies reflexes.  Bryna has a deep science background, uses that to study neurobehavior and babies.  They discuss how a hyper focus on problems, such as tongue tie and oral function, is clouding the field, covering up what IBCLC's are there to do- help the dyad (or triad) thrive.  Podcast Guest:  Bryna is a neurodivergent and queer IBCLC, adult educator, birth doula, mentor, and private practice owner. They have also sought additional training and continuing education in the areas of oral function and infant feeding, Rhythmic Movement Training (RMT), primitive reflexes and brain development in infants, cultural congruency, trauma-informed care, harm-reduction approaches to clinical care, and other counseling strategies for client-facing care. Inclusivity and accessibility are central values that Bryna hold as they approach their work. Bryna also recognizes that their background as a white person in the United States places them in a position of privilege, and they work to be cognizant of how that lens impacts their work. When not working, Bryna can be found staring up at huge trees in awe or inhaling the salty air at the coast in the Pacific Northwest where they live with their children, partner, and dogs.Podcast host: Katie Oshita, RN, BSN, IBCLC has over 22 years of experience working in Maternal-Infant Medicine. Katie is a telehealth lactation consultant believing that clients anywhere in the world deserve the best care possible for their needs. Being an expert on TOTs, Katie helps families everywhere navigate breastfeeding struggles, especially tongue tie and gut/allergy related issues. Email katie@cuddlesandmilk.com or www.cuddlesandmilk.com

Philadelphia just got a great new pediatric dental practice, Philadelphia Pediatric Dentistry with Dr Maria Cordero-Ricardo.  As an experienced and patient teacher, Dr Maria spent the last 10 years in academia teaching and guiding dental students in all the ways of infant oral health and tongue tie.  Now that she is in private practice, Dr Maria is passionate about her office being a calm environment for all (low sensory, calm lighting, great spots for parents to sit and very calming presence).  Infant oral health, and habits that parents can adopt before the child turns 3 are rarely discussed, but in her office it's a priority for Dr Maria.  She knows an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, for oral health and tongue tie!  Listen as Katie Oshita and Dr Maria discuss this and more in Ep 35.Podcast guest: As a mom, pediatric dentist, biomedical engineer, and dental school faculty, Dr. Maria offers families a uniquely tailored approach to children's dental care.  She earned her Doctor of Medicine in Dentistry degree at the Rutgers School of Dental Medicine. She went on to complete her specialized Pediatric Dentistry Residency at The Ohio State University and Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio.She is a board-certified pediatric dentist with a deep commitment to promoting children’s oral health through nutrition, wellness, prevention, and a focus that includes lactation and infant oral health support. Dr. Maria has extensive pediatric experience in treating children of all ages and has taught hundreds of dental students and residents over the last decade.Beyond serving families, Dr. Maria describes herself as “a joyful wife and mother of 2 living in the Art Museum neighborhood of Philadelphia. I feel gratitude for living in Philadelphia today and love exploring the museums and green spaces with my family and neighbors.”Podcast host: Katie Oshita, RN, BSN, IBCLC has over 22 years of experience working in Maternal-Infant Medicine. Katie is a telehealth lactation consultant believing that clients anywhere in the world deserve the best care possible for their needs. Being an expert on TOTs, Katie helps families everywhere navigate breastfeeding struggles, especially tongue tie and gut/allergy related issues. Email katie@cuddlesandmilk.com or www.cuddlesandmilk.com

All mammals breathe air, all mammals give live birth.  All mammals breastfeed their young.  Humans are mammals, even tho we tend to forget it.  Breastfeeding should be easy (cats don't worry about breastfeeding).  Katie Oshita and Shaz Tayebi talk about how remembering that we are mammals can deeply change and impact our breastfeeding practices.Podcast guest: Shaz Tayebi, IBCLC, brings her midwifery experience from Iran to her lactation career in Canada. She noticed there were much more breastfeeding challenges in her practice in Canada compared to rural areas of Iran, where they trust babies more than books, apps, instructions, etc. That’s why she created the documentary “We’re Mammals”!“We’re Mammals” helps parents and healthcare providers understand newborn’s innate feeding behaviors, acknowledge that the mammalian approach to breastfeeding is a failproof method (the reason we are not extinct) and identify barriers to trusting baby’s instincts.As a mother of two, one having special needs, she has first hand experience in what a normal breastfeeding journey looks like.  She’s also a craniosacral therapist, a gentle form of body work, which she originally learned for her son and is now corporating  it in helping families too. She mentors doulas and lactation consultants as well.Podcast host: Katie Oshita, RN, BSN, IBCLC has over 22 years of experience working in Maternal-Infant Medicine. Katie is a telehealth lactation consultant believing that clients anywhere in the world deserve the best care possible for their needs. Being an expert on TOTs, Katie helps families everywhere navigate breastfeeding struggles, especially tongue tie and gut/allergy related issues. Email katie@cuddlesandmilk.com or www.cuddlesandmilk.com

In this episode, the host Katie Oshita, BSN, RN, IBCLC discusses her tongue tie symptoms and how this is affecting her treatment plan.  Tongue tie symptoms are generally pretty similar in babies and breast/chest feeding parents, but when the tongue tie goes untreated for years, and even decades, there is a wider variety of symptoms that can happen.  Katie also discusses her treatment plan that will include working with previous podcast guests Dr Maggie Davis from Florida Tongue Tie Center and Kendra LaGrande from Thrive Myofascial Release.Podcast host: Katie Oshita, RN, BSN, IBCLC has over 22 years of experience working in Maternal-Infant Medicine. Katie is a telehealth lactation consultant believing that clients anywhere in the world deserve the best care possible for their needs. Being an expert on TOTs, Katie helps families everywhere navigate breastfeeding struggles, especially tongue tie and gut/allergy related issues. Email katie@cuddlesandmilk.com or www.cuddlesandmilk.com

Myofascial release therapy is wonderful and not frequently understood or widely available.  Katie and Kendra discuss how myofascial works on the body, what treatments are like and who can benefit from this form of bodywork.  Kendra has also been the bodyworker for Katie's children before and after their releases.  When Katie started her myofascial release therapy with Kendra she experienced a healing crisis, and they discuss how this can happen based on trauma, immune issues, gut dysbosis, and scar tissue.   Podcast Guest: Kendra LaGrande is passionate about the effectiveness of John Barnes Myofascial Release as it has been immensely beneficial in her healing journey. This holistic form of authentic healing has helped her the most achieve lasting results to alleviate chronic pain. She has been exclusively practicing Myofascial Release for 8 years and using her many years of experience as a PT to assist all ages- infants to the elderly.  She is an expert level Myofascial Release therapist and assistant for John Barnes’ Myofascial Release Seminars.  Kendra has been a Physical Therapist for 24 years and specialized in the area of pediatrics for over 16 years. She has worked in numerous pediatric settings including outpatient clinics, a preschool, All Children's Hospital, a hippotherapy program, and a center for medically fragile children. She is NDT (Neurodevelopmental Treatment) certified in the Treatment of Children with Cerebral Palsy and other Neuromotor Disorders. She is also trained in Craniosacral Facial Therapy- The Gillespie Approach and has taken numerous courses on Tethered Oral Tissues, including through the Breathe Institute.  Kendra graduated with a Masters in Business Administration from Nova Southeastern University in 2002, and the University of Central Florida with a Bachelors of Science in Physical Therapy in 1998 and a Bachelors of Science in Health Services Administration in 1996.Podcast host: Katie Oshita, RN, BSN, IBCLC has over 22 years of experience working in Maternal-Infant Medicine. Katie is a telehealth lactation consultant believing that clients anywhere in the world deserve the best care possible for their needs. Being an expert on TOTs, Katie helps families everywhere navigate breastfeeding struggles, especially tongue tie and gut/allergy related issues. Email katie@cuddlesandmilk.com or www.cuddlesandmilk.com

Joan Comrie is a SLP who has worked closely with IBCLC's to support tongue tie families. In a world where IBCLC's and SLP don't always see eye to eye on how to work with families struggling with infant feeding, Joan was able to work on a "dream team" with an IBCLC in a NICU for many years.  While SLPs are more focused on suck and swallow mechanics, and IBCLCs are more focused on supporting the dyad, they both can educate and support each other as professionals to help families with complex feeding issues.Podcast guest: Joan Comrie is a speech pathologist that has worked in pediatric dysphagia for over 35 years.  She started in the NICU helping mommies and babies fulfill their breastfeeding goal through creating a “Dream Team” with Lactation.  She transitioned to her own practice in the 90s. Joan has helped over 10 thousand patients many with complex issues related to TOTs, airway and GI issues. Joan is a constant learner earing multiple continuing education award through her national certification (ASHA). She is a teacher at heart.  She always opened her practice to grad students. She has lectured and consulted to organizations internationally and here in the US, lectured at the graduate level and presented at conferences including ASHA, NOMAS, Neonatal Network and ILCA.  There are many parent and professional how-to’s in publication which anyone can download on our website feeding.com, as well asmany parent how-to videos on her youtube channel. In her mission to teach, she provides a course in which LC can learn about the coordination of suck swallow breathe and the sensory motor patterns of feeding to help the LC understand infant feeding and when to engage the help of a SLP on the feeding dream team. You can find her course at feedingacademy/thinkific.comPodcast host: Katie Oshita, RN, BSN, IBCLC has over 22 years of experience working in Maternal-Infant Medicine. Katie is a telehealth lactation consultant believing that clients anywhere in the world deserve the best care possible for their needs. Being an expert on TOTs, Katie helps families everywhere navigate breastfeeding struggles, especially tongue tie and gut/allergy related issues. Email katie@cuddlesandmilk.com or www.cuddlesandmilk.com

In this tongue tie world, IBCLC's and Pediatric chiropractors are BFF's!  IBCLC's have clients with tongue tie babies needing bodywork, having knowledge of the best pediatric chiropractors is essential, the opposite being important for chiropractors.  In this episode Dr Rosen and Katie Oshita discuss how to support tongue tie families throughout the process.  As we say, rehabilitating tongue tie is a process not a procedure!  Listen to hear more from Dr Rosen and Katie Oshita.Podcast Guest: Dr. Martin Rosen is a 1981 summa cum laude graduate of Life Chiropractic College. Over the past 4 decades he has taught pediatrics, craniopathy, primary healthcare management, practice management and chiropractic philosophy nationally and internationally to thousands of chiropractors, chiropractic students, healthcare providers and on public forums.As parents of two daughters, Drs. Rosen and Watson have been committed to helping other parents learn from both their personal and professional experiences.  Through their combined 80 years of teaching, writing and clinical experience they have brought a unique insight, motivation, and support to thousands of lay and professional individuals in numerous fields.Contact info:WellesleyChiro.comDrMartinRosen.comPeakPotentialProgram.comItsallintheheadbook.comdrmartinrosen@gmail.comPodcast host: Katie Oshita, RN, BSN, IBCLC has over 22 years of experience working in Maternal-Infant Medicine. Katie is a telehealth lactation consultant believing that clients anywhere in the world deserve the best care possible for their needs. Being an expert on TOTs, Katie helps families everywhere navigate breastfeeding struggles, especially tongue tie and gut/allergy related issues. Email katie@cuddlesandmilk.com or www.cuddlesandmilk.com

Dr Kotlow started recognizing and treating tongue tie decades before most other providers.  In fact he has been treating tongue tie since 1974!  Dr Kotlow is dedicated to helping patients have full oral function and not letting tongue tie limit their bodies.  Dt Kotlow and Katie discuss the changes in lasers, treatments, new tools and what families need.Podcast guest:  Lawrence Kotlow DDS: Pediatric Dentistry , Solo Practice Albany NY 1974-Present.  Attended Albany College of Pharmacy 1965-1968.  Graduate of SUNY Buffalo School of Dentistry 1968- 1972.  Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Dental Residency 1972-1974.  Past president of the 3rd District Dental Society 1995.  President’s Award 3rd District Dental Society 1996.  3rd District Dental Society Three Clinician Awards.  A. Feldman-Hunn medal of merit award 1989, B. William B Smith Award 2000,     C. Down’s-Ripp Award 2008.  Board Certified Pediatric Dentistry 1980.  Life member of the American Dental Association, (ADA).  Life Fellow of the American Board of Pediatric dentistry (FABPD).   Life member of the  NYSDA and 3rd District Dental Society of NY.  Member of American Academy of Physiologic Medicine and Dentistry  (AAPMD).  Member of Academy of Laser Dentistry  since 2000.  Mastership Academy of Laser Dentistry (MALD).  ALD : Leon Goldman Award for clinical excellence 2014.   ALD : John Sulewski Distinguished Service award 2022.  ALD :Speaker and Trainer.  Using multiple Laser wavelengths since 1998 for dental procedures.  ALD advanced Laser proficiency in Erbium:YAG, Nd:YAG , CO2 @9300nm  , Standard Proficiency in  Diode 810nm,980 nm and 1064 nm  lasers.  ICAP 2018 Professional Educator Award.  IATP founding member.   Author of over 30 peer reviewed articles,  2 texts : Atlas of TOTS and  SOS 4 TOTS, about lasers, infant frenectomies, and breastfeeding.   Contributed to various chapters in texts on laser  & pediatric dentistry: Dental Clinics of NA,  Principles and Practice of Laser dentistry (Editions 1,2,3),  US dentistry 2006,  Lasers in Endodontics.  NY TopDOCS: Top Dentist 2021,2022.  Today’s Dentistry Recognition 2001,2022 Leader in EducationPodcast host: Katie Oshita, RN, BSN, IBCLC has over 22 years of experience working in Maternal-Infant Medicine. Katie is a telehealth lactation consultant believing that clients anywhere in the world deserve the best care possible for their needs. Being an expert on TOTs, Katie helps families everywhere navigate breastfeeding struggles, especially tongue tie and gut/allergy related issues. Email katie@cuddlesandmilk.com or www.cuddlesandmilk.com

In this episode Katie and Dr Justin talk about how Chicago Tongue Tie Center started and why they see a need for a Tongue Tie Center.  Since Chicago Tongue Tie Center is new in early 2022 (though Dr Justin, Dr Bindi and Dr Derik have been preforming frenectomies for years) they discuss building a team, who should be on that team and how the team not only helps the families they serve but the professionals as well.  Podcast guest: Dr. Justin completed his general dentistry training at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and this was followed by a two-year advanced program focused on pediatric dentistry at the UIC Hospital. In addition to being a board-certified pediatric dentist, he is also a Diplomate of the American Board of Pediatric Dentistry, the highest honor a dentist can achieve in this specialty.  On top of being a practicing dentist, Dr. Justin is also a professor. He currently serves as faculty at Midwestern University, teaching pediatric dentistry, and he also lectures at continuing education events across the country.  To stay abreast of the latest advancements in dentistry, he is a member of the American Dental Association, Illinois Dental Society, and the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry.Podcast host: Katie Oshita, RN, BSN, IBCLC has over 22 years of experience working in Maternal-Infant Medicine. Katie is a telehealth lactation consultant believing that clients anywhere in the world deserve the best care possible for their needs. Being an expert on TOTs, Katie helps families everywhere navigate breastfeeding struggles, especially tongue tie and gut/allergy related issues. Email katie@cuddlesandmilk.com or www.cuddlesandmilk.com

In this episode Katie and Dr Meggie Graham discuss how tongue tie and breastfeeding challenges should be supported by a team for better functional results.  They talk about how to make a team, how this approach supports families better, optimal timing of release and why the Untethered Initiative.Podcast guest: Dr Meggie Graham graduated from Marquette University School of Dentistry in 2009. Dr. Graham owns Lake Park Dental and Untethered Airway Health & Tongue Tie Center. Both are located on Milwaukee’s Eastside near UWM & serves the entire Milwaukee area. She and her team offer a relaxed atmosphere where comprehensive, holistic health is top priority. She is very involved in continuing education, community outreach, and expanding public awareness of airway health. She is an affiliate of The Breathe Institue, a Liason for AAPMD, and member of the Spear Faculty Club.Podcast host: Katie Oshita, RN, BSN, IBCLC has over 22 years of experience working in Maternal-Infant Medicine. Katie is a telehealth lactation consultant believing that clients anywhere in the world deserve the best care possible for their needs. Being an expert on TOTs, Katie helps families everywhere navigate breastfeeding struggles, especially tongue tie and gut/allergy related issues. Email katie@cuddlesandmilk.com or www.cuddlesandmilk.com

It's been a year on the road, a year of meeting with providers, watching frenectomies, discussing breastfeeding medicine, tethered oral tissues and more.  In this episode Katie reviews both her personal and professional journey on the road so far, and gives some sneak peeks for the upcoming year.Podcast host: Katie Oshita, RN, BSN, IBCLC has over 22 years of experience working in Maternal-Infant Medicine. Katie is a telehealth lactation consultant believing that clients anywhere in the world deserve the best care possible for their needs. Being an expert on TOTs, Katie helps families everywhere navigate breastfeeding struggles, especially tongue tie and gut/allergy related issues. Email katie@cuddlesandmilk.com or www.cuddlesandmilk.com

In this episode Katie and Lynn discuss how birth trauma and breastfeeding challenges should be supported by both an IBCLC and chiro/bodyworker team.  They talk through their own journeys, why colic isn't a diagnosis and the best time to start working with an IBCLC and chiropractor.Podcast guest: Dr Lynn Gerner, DC, FICPA specializes in pre/post-natal maternity care and pediatrics, including advanced cranial adjusting techniques.  Dr Gerner works closely with IBCLC's to support breastfeeding challenges, TOTs, colic, euro-processing challenges and more.  Dr Gerner is the founder of The Good Life Learning, LLC and teaches post-graduate education courses on Advanced Cranial work for breastfeeding infants and chiropractic prenatal care.  Dr Gerner practices at The Good Life Chiropractic in Davis, CAPodcast host: Katie Oshita, RN, BSN, IBCLC has over 22 years of experience working in Maternal-Infant Medicine. Katie is a telehealth lactation consultant believing that clients anywhere in the world deserve the best care possible for their needs. Being an expert on TOTs, Katie helps families everywhere navigate breastfeeding struggles, especially tongue tie and gut/allergy related issues. Email katie@cuddlesandmilk.com or www.cuddlesandmilk.com

Dr Saleha Mahmud-Ritter started Tongue Tie Center of Baltimore is a was a General Dentist before becoming a parent.  Having her first son she learned all about lactation and tongue ties from the support of her IBCLC.  This led Dr Saleha to "quit" general dentistry, and truly jump into all things Tongue tie.  In this episode, Dr Saleha and Katie discuss their families tongue tie journeys, hospital lactation care, Baby-Friendly certifications and how it all comes together.Podcast host: Katie Oshita, RN, BSN, IBCLC has over 22 years of experience working in Maternal-Infant Medicine. Katie is a telehealth lactation consultant believing that clients anywhere in the world deserve the best care possible for their needs. Being an expert on TOTs, Katie helps families everywhere navigate breastfeeding struggles, especially tongue tie and gut/allergy related issues. Email katie@cuddlesandmilk.com or www.cuddlesandmilk.com

Having a baby with multiple food sensitivities is painful and exhausting.   In this episode, Dr Trill discusses her journey from PhD doing ovarian cancer research to allergy mom then breastmilk allergy detector kit developer/CEO of Free to Feed.  Dr Trill is doing the most amazing (and some of the only research in this area) research for allergen detection in breastmilk to help families understand how to help their babies eat without pain.  She also started Free to Feed to be a source of education and support for allergy families.  Follow Dr Trill with Free to Feed on Instagram.Podcast host: Katie Oshita, RN, BSN, IBCLC has over 22 years of experience working in Maternal-Infant Medicine. Katie is a telehealth lactation consultant believing that clients anywhere in the world deserve the best care possible for their needs. Being an expert on TOTs, Katie helps families everywhere navigate breastfeeding struggles, especially tongue tie and gut/allergy related issues. Email katie@cuddlesandmilk.com or www.cuddlesandmilk.com