The Hug Your Baby training has connected the dots for me as a lactation consultant. All my Hug Your Baby experiences are meaningful. I can say that this training has given me great tools to assist families with circumstances that can affect breastfeeding (like sleep states, temperment and SOS). . It's always challenging to give information to families in a way they can understand and utilize in their lives. Hug Your Baby bridges the gap between understanding developmental infant milestones and its impact upon breastfeeding. In my experience, it seems breastfeeding is always blamed then minimized or stopped altogether because baby is behaving in a way that is quite normal. Both breastfeeding and infant development are a series of skills that a baby must master in order to grow and mature. However, it seems abnormal to parents who do not know what they do not know. It is a great feeling to give parents knowledge that their baby is behaving, really communicating, their desires and when we listen we are building the bonds for a great parent child relationship and a healthy breastfeeding journey.