Katie The Traveling Lactation Consultant

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Welcome to the podcast. I am your host, Katie Oshita, BSN, RN, IBCLC and infant feeding specialist. Quench your thirst for knowledge and travel with me across the nation to discover, learn, collaborate and better serve clients from all over the globe. Let’s ride and thrive together.

  1. 1 hr ago

    Ep 132 Interdisciplinary Care with Dr Rishita Jaju

    Tongue tie is a process not just a procedure.  We say this all the time but not all providers actually mean they practice interdisciplinary care.  Dr Jaju at Smile Wonders in Virginia is a big advocate for collaborating with other providers.  Katie and Dr Jaju discuss the trends causing babies to not be treated young, all about interdisciplinary care and communication and aftercare.  As we said it’s a whole process not just a procedure.  Listen here for the episode  Podcast Guest: Dr. Rishita Jaju, is a Board Certified Pediatric Dentist, and founder of Smile Wonders in Reston, VA. She is a Harvard trained mommy dentist, a TEDx speaker, author and a published expert in Pediatric Laser Dentistry.  Dr. Rishita’s expertise in laser dentistry and passion for infant oral health have come from her experience in providing care for thousands of infants, toddlers and children with feeding difficulties over the last 15+ years. She is one of the few pediatric dentists in the country who has achieved Advanced Laser Proficiency Certification and Mastership Status from the Academy of Laser Dentistry as well as Breastfeeding Specialist Certification from Lactation Educational Resources.  Her service as the chief resident and visiting faculty at Children’s National Medical center,  the Council of Clinical Affairs for American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry and as a part of the Examination Committee of the American Board of Pediatric Dentistry, has given her a unique opportunity to have a positive influence on her profession. When it comes to research and publications her work can be found in peer reviewed journals on topics of pediatric dental care for patients with special healthcare needs, behavior guidance, esthetic dentistry, pain management and lasers in dentistry. Her numerous live and virtual training to  introduce the benefits of laser applications have been well received by her colleagues in general dentistry, pediatricians, lactation consultants, speech pathologists and other allied healthcare professionals.  Each year she participates in Give Kids a Smile initiative to provide pro bono care for  children of Northern Virginia in an effort to give back to her community.  Dr. Rishita and her husband are both proud UGA bulldogs who adore their son and their 2 Maltese doggies named Kaju and Kulfi. They have traveled together all over the world and have visited every continent (except Antarctica). Podcast Host: Katie Oshita, RN, BSN, IBCLC has over 25 years of experience working in Maternal-Infant Medicine.  While Katie sees clients locally in western WA, Katie is also 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 Support the show

  2. 18 Aug

    Ep 131 5 Years of Podcasting

    Five years podcasting!!  Wow, that is amazing.  This season had 5 bodyworkers, 8 release providers, 6 IBCLC’s, and 2 other providers as goes.  Katie interviewed guests from 11 different countries and has plans for more.  Listen to hear some highlights form the year, and which episodes you might want to go back and listen to again. Podcast Host: Katie Oshita, RN, BSN, IBCLC has over 25 years of experience working in Maternal-Infant Medicine.  While Katie sees clients locally in western WA, Katie is also 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 Support the show

  3. 4 Aug

    Ep 130 CST with Carol Gray

    When most practitioners see a tongue-tied baby, they also recognize areas of tightness.  They rarely see the weak side.  Carol Gray has been a practitioner and teacher on CST for decades and focuses on bringing balance to the Boyd, loosening a tight side but always bringing strength to the weak side for symmetry.  Katie Oshita and Carol Gray discuss how fetal constraint and early head engagement lead to these patterns in babies.  Listen here for more. Podcast Guest: Carol Gray has been a therapeutic bodyworker for more than 36 years.  She specializes in Craniosacral Therapy for pregnant, birthing, postpartum parents and infants.  Carol teaches perinatal and infant craniosacral therapy to bodyworkers, birth attendants, and other health professionals.  She attended births as a doula for 35 years and as a home birth midwife for 12 years.   Carol has spent decades developing hands-on, movement and strengthening techniques to enhance function and mobility for pregnant people and infants.  The goal is to give babies more room to develop, grow, and get born.  Post-birth, her role is to help babies fine-tune their optimal development. Carol is convinced that if parents are appropriately supported in growing, birthing and nurturing their babies, their lives will improve.  When parents' lives improve, their children's health improves.  Healthy children grow up to be healthier adults who create healthier communities and a saner, more peaceful world. Podcast Host: Katie Oshita, RN, BSN, IBCLC has over 25 years of experience working in Maternal-Infant Medicine.  While Katie sees clients locally in western WA, Katie is also 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 Support the show

  4. 21 Jul

    Ep 129 ICAP w/Katie

    Learning should not be a one-time thing.  As a provider, it is our responsibility to stay up on current research, new protocols and evidence-based medicine.  For Katie Oshita this meant attending the ICAP conference in April 2026 in Portland, OR.  ICAP is an international, interdisciplinary conference where providers come together to learn from one another.  In this episode, Katie Oshita will recap this amazing event and give you the short version, as she took 47 pages of notes!  Listen here to learn more, and click this link to learn more about ICAP, find a member, and join. Podcast Host: Katie Oshita, RN, BSN, IBCLC has over 25 years of experience working in Maternal-Infant Medicine.  While Katie sees clients locally in western WA, Katie is also 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 Support the show

  5. 7 Jul

    Ep 128 Running Two Businesses w/Annie Frisbie

    Annie Frisbie did not plan on healthcare as a field until her life changed with the birth of her first child.  Once Annie was helped by an amazing IBCLC, Catherine Waston Gemma, Annie dove into lactation.  From there, she opened a private practice in NYC, self-published a book, started a podcast, started Paperless Lactation, a separate business, and added contractor.  Listen now to hear more about Annie’s journey running two businesses, and all about an insurance-based private practice with Katie Oshita. Podcast Guest: Annie Frisbie, MA, IBCLC has been a lactation consultant in private practice in New York City since 2011. She is the creator of the Lactation Private Practice Essential Toolkit and its accompanying course, co-host of the Lactation Business Coaching Podcast, and recipient of the USLCA President's Award in 2018. Annie is a sought-after speaker on private practice, telehealth, insurance coding, and healthcare technology, having presented at ILCA, GOLD, USLCA, iLactation, and more.  Podcast Host: Katie Oshita, RN, BSN, IBCLC has over 25 years of experience working in Maternal-Infant Medicine.  While Katie sees clients locally in western WA, Katie is also 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   Support the show

  6. 23 Jun

    Ep 127 Oral Ties in The Netherlands w/ Dr Kirsten

    Tongue ties are everywhere, even in the Netherlands.  What they don’t have are CO2 lasers.  Dr Kirsten Slagter discusses with Katie Oshita how differences in availability, regulations, and tongue-tie culture affect treatment options for families in the Netherlands.  Listen here to learn more. Podcast Guest: Dr. Kirsten Slagter, DDS, PhD, graduated as a dentist in 2007 at the University of Groningen (cum laude). After graduation, she became a scientific researcher at the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery department of the University Medical Centre Groningen and finished her PhD in oral implantology 2016. In 2024 she changed to the Dental department of the university. Her area of interest is oral implantology and oral surgery. Kirsten started more than 10 years ago the Tongue Tie Clinic as the first clinic in the Netherlands and continental Europe for consultations and treatments. This in combination with the Tongue Tie Institute Netherlands, regarding scientific research and (patient) information. Her goal is to make health care accessible for everyone and to help babies, children and adults with their oral issues and problems. Podcast Host: Katie Oshita, RN, BSN, IBCLC has over 25 years of experience working in Maternal-Infant Medicine.  While Katie sees clients locally in western WA, Katie is also 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 Support the show

  7. 9 Jun

    Ep 126 Tongue Ties in India w/Dr Shah

    Tongue ties happen everywhere in the world and India is no exception. In this episode, Katie Oshita and Dr. Ankita Shah discuss what tongue tie care looks like in India today, the awareness, the gaps, and how one specialist is working to change the conversation. Listen to hear more about the unique challenges of diagnosis and treatment in India. Podcast Guest: Dr. Ankita Shah is an internationally trained airway-focused dentist, TMJ expert, and tongue tie specialist with 16 years of experience integrating sleep health, jaw rehabilitation, orthodontics, and myofunctional therapy. She holds several rare distinctions: India's first and only OC-trained TMJ expert in Gnatho-Neuromuscular dentistry (fewer than 200 practitioners hold this credential globally), and the first Indian Ambassador of The Breathe Institute, where she trained under renowned ENT and sleep surgeon Dr. Soroush Zaghi in Los Angeles. She also serves as President of the India Airway Co-LAB Chapter under the American Academy of Physiological Medicine and Dentistry. Podcast Host: Katie Oshita, RN, BSN, IBCLC has over 25 years of experience working in Maternal-Infant Medicine.  While Katie sees clients locally in western WA, Katie is also 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 Support the show

  8. 26 May

    Ep 125 Oral Ties in England w/Dr Suraj

    Tongue ties happen everywhere in the world.  Some places are good at diagnosis and support and others are still denying their existence.  In the UK many babies aren’t diagnosed and if they are most are “snipped” and sent on their way.  In this episode Katie Oshita and Dr Suraj discussed the similarities and differences in the tongue tie climate between the UK and US.  Listen to hear more about the complexities of hyper mobility and  use of Serrapeptase and wound healing.  Listen here. Podcast Guest:  Dr Suraj is a clinician with a specialist interest in airway health, breathing, sleep, and holistic root-cause medicine. He is passionate about bridging the gap between dentistry, medicine, and whole-body health, helping both children and adults address underlying issues such as mouth breathing, snoring, obstructive sleep apnoea, and swallowing dysfunction. Through his clinical work and educational outreach, Dr Suraj advocates for early intervention, prevention, and multidisciplinary care to optimise long-term health outcomes. Podcast Host: Katie Oshita, RN, BSN, IBCLC has over 25 years of experience working in Maternal-Infant Medicine.  While Katie sees clients locally in western WA, Katie is also 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 Support the show

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Welcome to the podcast. I am your host, Katie Oshita, BSN, RN, IBCLC and infant feeding specialist. Quench your thirst for knowledge and travel with me across the nation to discover, learn, collaborate and better serve clients from all over the globe. Let’s ride and thrive together.

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