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Feeding the Family: How Everyone Can Be Nourished When Breastfeeding
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- Aug 18, 2025
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Summary
August is Breastfeeding Awareness Month, and this year’s theme, as set by the World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action, is Create Sustainable Support Systems . This call to action goes beyond supporting just mothers. It is about supporting the entire family in the feeding journey. In this episode of the Momcozy Village: Together We Grow podcast, host Lalaina Rabary is joined by Nicole Fox, a pediatric nurse, registered dietitian, and international board-certified lactation consultant with NAPS, for an honest and insightful conversation about the real-life challenges of breastfeeding. Nicole shares why it is essential to consider the needs of the whole family when creating a feeding plan. She offers practical guidance for how partners can contribute meaningfully and how parents can build sustainable routines through flexibility, rest, and teamwork. Reflecting on her own experience as a mom, Nicole speaks candidly about the pressure to do everything ‘right’ and how that perspective now shapes her compassionate, evidence-based support for others. She addresses the emotional weight of feeding challenges, the common gap in care after leaving the hospital, and the value of early, accessible support. Her message is simple yet powerful: you are the right parent for your child, and that is more than enough. Episode Highlights 00:50: Nicole’s Background. 01:55: What Does Feeding the Family Look Like? 03:55: How Can Partners Be Included in the Breastfeeding Process? 07:04 : How to Make Breastfeeding Sustainable. 11:26: What Are the Challenges in Transitioning from Hospital to Home? 15:19: How Nicole’s Experience as a Mom Has Influenced Her Work. 20:55: Your Support Person Could Be Anyone! 21:16: What Success Looks Like to Nicole. About the Guest: Nicole Fox Nicole Fox is a pediatr…