Why join the MILK Workshops?
Because you want to learn more about
Merging Innovation and Lactation Knowledge, of course!
Maybe you’ve already attended one of my online or in‑person workshops, courses, or webinars—and you know there’s more to learn.
Or perhaps you've always been intending to sign up for one of the offerings from Babies in Common--NOW is the time!
And you know that with 109 bottles in my collection, it's a wild world for us and our clients when it comes to choosing bottles AND what the nuances are for using those bottles.
I want to share it ALL with you!
There are too many pumps, bottles, nipple shields, and feeding‑related products on the market today—and your clients are using them. They’re bringing products to sessions, asking questions, and expecting confident, evidence‑informed guidance. You want to feel grounded and capable as you help them navigate it all.
✔ Earn up to 18.5 L‑CERPs
✔ Or, if you are an IBCLC, earn up to 24.75 CERPs
✔ Learn practical, immediately usable tools and techniques
are live, interactive online workshops—with on‑demand replays—designed to bring your lactation knowledge together with the modern tools, products, and techniques our clients are using today.
- Contemporary approaches to flange fitting (even some new things I'll share since my March webinars!)
- Pumps, bottles, nipple shields, and other feeding products
- Practical techniques that support real‑world milk‑making and infant feeding experiences
- Helping clients meet their lactation and feeding goals with confidence
- Grow your confidence with products and innovation
- Strengthen your clinical skill‑set
- Better support families in today’s complex feeding landscape
Your face will not be published in the recording—but teaching is more engaging when everyone is visible, and participants consistently enjoy being able to “meet” one another.
- Whole MILK Package: $497 | 18.75 L‑CERPs
- MILK Expressing Package: $297 | 6.5 L‑CERPs
- MILK Feeding Package: $247 | 5.25 L‑CERPs
- Or pick and choose individual workshops (pricing below)
✨ The live workshops offer closed captions in multiple languages.
✨ A handful of the included options are already available as on‑demand webinar replays.
✅ All MILK Expressing workshops (see below)
✅ All MILK Feeding workshops (see below)
✅ Live Pumping & Feeding Gear (PFG) Workshop (or replay)
✅ On‑demand replays (with 90 days of viewing time) of:
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- Hacks and Nuances for Pumps and Flange Fitting
- Practical Tips for Flange Fitting
- Exploring Wearables: Considerations for Supporting Our Clients
What you get total:
✔️ 8 live workshops
✔️ 6 on‑demand webinars
✔️ Pumping & Feeding Gear workshop
Email anne@babiesincommon.com after purchase for a partial refund.
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- Fitting Flanges for Pumping Milk
3 hours | 1.5 L‑CERPs - Wearable Pumps: Dreams vs. Realities
2 hours | 1.5 L‑CERPs - Catchers & Pullers: Counseling Our Clients About Their Use
1.5 hours | 1 L‑CERP
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- Flanges and Fitting: History and Evidence
1 hour | 1 L‑CERP - Integrating Flange Sizing into Your Clinical Practice
1.5 hours | 1.5 L‑CERPs - Flange Size Matters: Discussing the Evidence
1 hour | No CERP
- Pacifiers: Counseling Families on Choosing & Using for Purpose
1.5 hours | 1.25 L‑CERPs - Nipple Shields: Counseling Families on Choosing & Using for Purpose
1 hour | 1 L‑CERP - Bottles: Counseling Families on Choosing & Using Responsively
3 hours | 2 L‑CERPs - The Basics of Supplemental Feeding Devices
1.25 hours | 1 L‑CERP
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- Package purchasers receive a package code to register for each live workshop.
- Indicate during registration if you do not plan to attend live.
- On‑demand replays are provided separately and have 90 days of viewing time, extensions granted on a case-by-case basis.
- If you don’t see access to the on-demand replays within 7 days, as it takes time to edit them, if you are looking for a recently-recorded replay, email anne@babiesincommon.com.
📅 All times listed are EDT (New York time).
🌍 Use a time‑zone converter, like this one, if needed.
$147 | 3 hours | 1.5 L‑CERPs approved by IBCLE
Includes two additional on‑demand webinars (2.5 L‑CERPs) + bonus videos.
- Fri, May 29 | 12:00–3:00 pm EDT
- Sun, June 7 | 4:00–7:00 pm EDT
- Tue, July 14 | 6:00–9:00 pm EDT
- Wed, Aug 5 | 9:00 am–12:00 pm EDT
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Many of our clients are using nipple shields, whether they were actually needed in the first place or not. There are many types of nipple shields on the market today, and we'll talk about how to help your clients choose and use them, based on why they are using them.
- Tue, June 9 | 9:00–10:15 am EDT
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It seems that most parents want (or already have) a wearable pump, but they are, unfortunately, not the best pump for everyone. We'll discuss the differences between many of them, how to do a flange fitting for a wearable pump, and the important things to know as you counsel your clients about wearable pumps.
- Tue, June 9 | 12:00–2:00 pm EDT
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Products that catch and pull milk are commonly used by parents and marketed by companies today, but they can create problems or worries for many families. Let's talk about the different types and when and why you might encourage or discourage their use.
- Tue, July 7 | 9:00–10:30 am EDT
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$37 | 1.25 hours | 1 L‑CERP approved by IBCLE
If you are new to supplemental feeding devices (also called supply lines or alternative feeders), we'll go over which ones are on the market, when you might choose them, and some basic information about them. If you'd like more indepth information on using them and talking about them (convincing your clients to use them), then take Johanna Sargeant's workshop (see further below on this page).
- Tue, July 7 | 12:00–1:15 pm EDT
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There are too many pacifier options on the market. During this workshop, you'll see most of them close to the camera, and we'll talk about why you might recommend your clients avoid certain ones, s well as why you might encourage them to use others...if using a pacifier is what they are choosing or you are using them for a specific purpose (temporarily).
- Thu, July 30 | 9:00 am EDT
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$147 | 3 hours | 2 L‑CERPs approved by IBCLE
With over 100 bottles in my collection, we'll talk about why we might encourage our clients to choose certain teat shapes (and flow and texture) over others, which ones we might discourage (and why), and which positions and techniques we might recommend in which situations.
- Fri, Aug 14 | 9:00 am–12:00 pm EDT
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$297 | 8 hours in two sessions | 7 L‑CERPs approved by IBCLE
During this 2-session workshop, you'll be with a cohort of people, and we'll go through flange fitting and flanges, pumps, nipple shields, bottles and bottlefeeding, catchers and pullers, supplemental feeders, and more gear. Does this cover a lot of the same as the above individual workshops? Yes! But hearing things more than once AND being with a cohort of the same people for two sessions is invaluable. As adult learners, hearing things more than once and sometimes in a different way helps us learn and think about things from different perspectives. If you'd rather cover as much as possible in a 2-day workshop instead of signing up for all the different live sessions above, this is also a great option for you! Included in the WHOLE MILK Package!
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- July 9 & 16 | 9:00 am–1:15 pm EDT sign up for only the July PFG 2-session workshop
- Aug 11 & 18 | 12:00–4:15 pm EDT sign up for only the August PFG 2-session workshop
➕ registration for one of the 2-session Pumping and Feeding Gear live workshops includes many bonus videos for everyone, but IBCLCs can choose to earn 6 additional CERPs (for an additional fee) for the PFG Resource Collection.
⚠️ IBCLCs only | Verification required
- Wed, July 1 | 9:00 am–12:30 pm EDT
- Thu, Aug 20 | 9:00 am–12:30 pm EDT
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📚 On‑Demand Courses Available NOW, to Everyone
These are already online, as on-demand webinar replays, so if you aren't ready to sign up for one of the packages above, or these aren't included in the package you are choosing, you can start watching as soon as Jeanette or Anne get you access to them (should be within a day or two of you signing up, and each has a 90-day viewing window). Note that all of these are included in the WHOLE MILK Package!
- Flanges & Fitting: History and Evidence
1 L‑CERP | FREE learn more - Integrating Flange Sizing into Clinical Practice
1.5 L‑CERPs | $34 sign me up! - Flange Size Matters: Discussing the Evidence (Dr. Lisa Anders and Jeanette talk about their research study)
No CERP | $10 sign me up! - Hacks and Nuances for Pumps and Flange Fitting
No CERP | $24 sign me up! - Practical Tips for Flange Fitting
No CERP | $34 sign me up! - Exploring Wearables: Considerations for Supporting Our Clients
No CERP | $34 sign me up!
- All MILK workshop CERPs are approved under the Clinical Skills category.
- If you register for a live event but can’t attend, notify us so your seat can be released.
- Replays will not include the faces of participants but their voices (and possibly name) may be seen in the replay (efforts will be taken to edit out last names, if possible, but no guarantees can be made).
About Your Workshop Facilitator
Jeanette is the creator of the Flange FITS™ Guide, which is being used all around the world by more and more lactation and perinatal professionals, including in hospitals. She is an experienced childbirth educator, former birth doula, and an IBCLC-lactation consultant. She is also an international speaker, known for teaching about pumping, flange fitting, bottlefeeding, feeding gear, and more.
Jeanette started her career working with families while serving as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Côte d'Ivoire, West Africa in the early 1990s. She loved that work so much she went on to receive a public health masters degree from Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, focusing her studies on nutrition for maternal and child health. Her two children were breastfed for more than 2 years each and Jeanette has experience pumping at work for both children and has supported more than a thousand families with breastfeeding, chestfeeding, pumping, bottlefeeding, cupfeeding, tubefeeding, etc. over the years.
Jeanette provides prenatal childbirth and breastfeeding classes at her office in Northborough, Massachusetts, as well as providing office and virtual feeding consultations. She also enjoys leading workshops for perinatal health professionals and mentoring those who work with families. If you have questions, feel free to email jeanette@babiesincommon.com.
Discounts
- If you are a BIPOC-identifying IBCLC or perinatal professional or you work FULL-TIME for WIC, email jeanette@babiesincommon.com to inquire about a discount code for 15% off the package price.
- Contact jeanette@babiesincommon.com for group discounts for those who all work in the same practice or hospital.
- International attendees are welcome!
PRICING for Class B, C & D Countries Available For significant discounts for those who LIVE and WORK in lower-income countries, enter discount codes
CLASSBPKG (50% off),
CLASSCPKG (70% off) or
CLASSDPKG (80% off)
at checkout to receive the discount.
To determine which discount applies to your country, see the World Bank Economy lists here.
What people have said about my workshops
I want to tell you; I am a seasoned OB nurse for 29 years and Lactation Consultant for over 15 years. It never occurred to me that we were fitting our patients incorrectly in their flanges!! That is, until YOU came along! What enlightening information to learn. I am at a busy children's hospital in […] and also work in their clinic and your expertise and knowledge has helped out so many of our families. As you know, many more families are pumping and bottle feeding now due to working, better pumps, etc., so to have this extra knowledge to help these families has been exceptional and so very helpful. THANK YOU!!! Sincerely, Cindie L
Thank you so much for your fabulous talk. I watched it yesterday and already I have been able to change a woman’s expressing journey for the better. She came to me using size 24mm flanges (what came with her pump). I measured her up and her nipple tip measured 10mm…… the smallest we have is 13mm here at the hospital, so we tried those and doubled her output. She was totally amazed, pain free, and with the same sized nipple as she started with. She has gone to source the smaller size to see if that is better. One happy IBCLC – one happy mummy. Thank you so much. ~ Ange, IBCLC, Perth Western Australia
"I have been on a soap box for many years about how unethical it is that pump companies don't send more sizes of flanges to families. I am a board certified lactation consultant and can still remember when I was pumping my size 12mm nipples with a 24mm flange. Se essentially, 12mm of my areola were also being pumped! It caused tissue damage, pain and frustration and I have been pissed since. That was 11 years ago! But, I didn't quite know what to do about it. Jeanette's course connected the dots, gave me confidence to explore professional flange fitting, all with evidence based practices behind it. It is a pivot we will look back on in the lactation history books. I can't wait to help all of my future clients." ~ Tara Czapla, IBCLC
Fantastic Course on Pumping & Feeding Tools—Highly Recommend! I recently completed the Pumping & Feeding Gear course for IBCLCs by Jeannette Mesite, and it was absolutely fantastic! The course was incredibly informative, providing a deep dive into the different pumping and feeding tools available and how they can best support families. Jeannette’s teaching style is clear, engaging, and practical, making complex topics easy to understand. I feel much more confident in guiding clients through the various options and troubleshooting potential issues. I highly recommend this course to any IBCLC looking to expand their knowledge in this area! ~ Maria Fernandez
I think this course is so important that ALL IBCLC's should take it. It is rare for most IBCLC's to be able to see all the pumps, wearables, bottles, and feeding devices on the market the way you can in this course. It was so helpful to understand the history of pumps and flanges and to really challenge the way we traditionally do things. This course will change the way you practice! I highly recommend this course. ~ Dr. Carrie Dendtler, PT DPT IBCLC
I would absolutely recommend the Pumping & Feeding Gear course for IBCLCs. As a newer IBCLC, seasoned NICU occupational therapist, and mother of 4 there were many jaw dropping moments for me around being introduced to her updated way of flange fitting. My mind is absolutely blown at how wrong we've gotten it for so long!! The examples Jeanette provides of how different pumps, pump settings, and the use of untraditional sized flanges really play into comfort and milk output are super helpful. She has me a 100% believer that as an IBCLC after taking this course, I can go out there and help change the trajectory of many pumping journeys! - Kathy Jessen OTR/L, IBCLC
