SuckleBubs

SuckleBubs I help mothers prepare for newborn life with feeding, sleep & sensory care, so they feel confident, calm & connected from the very first day.

11/06/2026

Honestly, one of the hardest parts of newborn life is the conflicting advice. Especially when it comes from the people who love you most. Watching you respond to every single cry can stir something in those who weren’t supported to parent that way. Their advice comes from love (and a very different era).

What you need to know is that you cannot spoil a newborn. Babies are born expecting closeness, it’s how they feel safe in the world. Every time you respond, you’re literally growing your baby’s brain.

So if you notice self-doubt creeping in, get curious. Is that doubt actually yours? Or was it handed to you by someone parented in the behaviourism era, when babies were left to cry and mothers were told their instincts couldn’t be trusted?

Have compassion and know that this advice comes from them doing their best with the support and information available at the time. See it for what it is, and choose to build your confidence anyway.

Your instincts telling you to respond to your baby is never the problem.

If you’re pregnant or a newborn parent save this: you cannot spoil a newborn 🤍

02/06/2026

If you want to establish breastfeeding after birth, this is one of the best things to keep an eye on in the colostrum stage so you can not only build confidence while learning but you can advocate for early support if your baby isn’t pooing in the first few days of life. This is also a great thing to look at if you are considering topping up with formula. What goes in must come out, and making informed decisions is what I value more than anything in my work with families
* Note this is for the colostrum stage ONLY. Once your milk comes in, urine is the best indicator of hydration typically from day 3 onwards. If you’re concerned, check in with your health professional or an IBCLC for support.
Arnikka x

11/05/2026

Breastfeeding is a learned skill, for every mother and every baby. But when you have two, the pressure to do it all at once can feel really overwhelming before you’ve even started.

In my clinical experience, so many mothers of multiples find it really helpful to learn to breastfeed one baby at a time first. Not because tandem feeding isn’t possible, it absolutely is, but because learning one feed at a time gives you the chance to tune into what an effective latch actually feels like, to get to know each baby individually, to build your confidence, and to troubleshoot (with hopefully a spare hand once baby is on!)

Once you’ve given yourself permission to just learn, experimenting with tandem feeding often comes so much more easily and you can tell when it’s working or when you need to troubleshoot. Because you and your babies have actually had the chance to figure each other out first.

There is never one right way. Every breastfeeding journey looks different and what works for some can work different for others.

If you’re a mother of multiples, please feel free to comment or share any kind words for the mums who are about to begin this journey or are currently in the thick of it.
🤍 Arnikka

10/05/2026

When my mother held my son for the first time, she looked at me and said, “your life is now on a whole new level.”

I didn’t understand the weight of her words in that moment.
I do now.

Motherhood has rocked me entirely. Emotionally, physically, spiritually. It has undone me and rebuilt me in ways I couldn’t have anticipated or prepared for. It wasn’t until I became a mother that my soul came alive and ‘online’ for the first time.

Nobody tells you that becoming a mother is its own kind of becoming. That the woman who you were before and the woman who you are now are not quite the same person. That you grow forwards only, and you’re never going back there. That it will be the most ordinary and the most sacred thing you have ever done, sometimes in the same moment.

To my mum, you are pure magic. Thank you for being my home, my safe place, and for loving me unconditionally. Watching you love my babies has been one of the greatest gifts.

To every mother today, whether this day feels full of joy, or grief, or both at once, I see you. All of it is valid. All of it is real.

Happy Mother’s Day. 🤍Arnikka

If feeding helps your baby settle into sleep and it’s working for you, nothing needs to change.That’s your baby regulati...
02/02/2026

If feeding helps your baby settle into sleep and it’s working for you, nothing needs to change.

That’s your baby regulating with you. Borrowing calm.
Letting their body switch off because it feels safe.

Sleep isn’t something you have to manage or teach.
It develops as babies mature, when their needs are met and their nervous system feels supported.

When we learn about what’s biologically normal and how to support our individual babies needs, we can make informed choices with confidence.


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Quigley, K. M., et al. (2017). Vagal regulation in breastfeeding infants and their mothers. Developmental Psychobiology, 59(7), 852–862.

17/11/2025

Night two often surprises even the most prepared parents. Your baby is suddenly unsettled, feeding what feels like constantly, and you might wonder if something is wrong. The truth is - this is one of the most normal behaviours a newborn will have around 48 hours of life.

Frequent feeding on night two helps bring your milk in and supports your baby’s nervous system while they adjust to life outside the womb. Skin to skin regulates your baby’s temperature, heart rate and breathing, reducing cortisol and increasing oxytocin.

Night two can feel intense - but it’s also temporary (and necessary) to bring your milk in. Your baby is communicating, not complaining. Your body is responding to frequent feeding, not failing, and both of you are learning each other, one feed at a time.

Save or share with someone who’s preparing to meet their baby soon 🤍 Arnikka x

I’m a Newborn, Sleep & Breastfeeding Expert (IBCLC) and here’s my biggest piece of advice to help you establish breastfe...
01/01/2025

I’m a Newborn, Sleep & Breastfeeding Expert (IBCLC) and here’s my biggest piece of advice to help you establish breastfeeding from birth ✨

Allow your newborn to participate in breastfeeding. How? Through something magical called The Breast Crawl - and in my experience, no one’s teaching new parents about this! 🤯

Your newborn arrives with powerful primal reflexes designed for breastfeeding. When placed skin-to-skin, these instincts activate, and something incredible happens: your baby uses their entire sensory system - smell, touch, and movement - to literally crawl their way to your breast.

After an unmedicated birth, this journey typically takes about 50 minutes, with your baby moving through 9 fascinating stages of movement, each one bringing them closer to feeding.

Here’s what I really want you to know: if you don’t get skin-to-skin at birth, that’s okay! 💗
Your baby maintains these crawling instincts for approximately 12 weeks after birth.If you missed this first opportunity - You can still experience this beautiful process as soon as you have your baby in your arms - and as often as you’d like.

How to honour your baby’s natural abilities:
* Keep your chest bare during skin-to-skin
* Support but don’t direct - baby knows the way
* Create a calm, quiet space
* Trust the process - every tiny movement matters
*You’re not teaching them to feed, you’re allowing them to show you what they already know💫

Want to learn more about supporting your baby’s natural abilities? I’ve got you! 🤍

DM me “BLOOM” to learn about preparing for your confident start to motherhood ✨

Let’s talk about what babies really need at night... * The gift of knowing they’re never alone* The gift of consistent r...
05/12/2024

Let’s talk about what babies really need at night...
* The gift of knowing they’re never alone
* The gift of consistent responsiveness
* The gift of feeling safe, day AND night
* The gift of having their needs met, without conditions

Here’s the truth: Most of us are parenting without support, without resources, without wisdom passed down. The early days of motherhood can completely overwhelm us. Conflicting advice and misinformation is a real problem.. But our babies - these tiny, nonverbal humans who depend on us entirely - deserve the same care and response we’d give any other vulnerable person who needed us.

No amount of clever marketing can change this fundamental truth: Babies are designed to need us, day and night. That’s not a problem to fix - it’s biology

Your baby will eventually sleep through the night, when they are developmentally ready 🩷 if you are struggling please know that there are so many things you can optimise to get more rest, and it starts with working with a practitioner who understands normal sleep biology

Save this post for the moments when you need to remember that responding to your baby isn’t creating ‘bad habits’ - it’s creating secure attachment, and supporting your babys mental health which flows on to adulthood.

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