Recipes to Build or Maintain Milk Supply

LACTATION SMOOTHIE
2 cups almond milk
1 banana
1/2 cup oats
2 tbsp chia seeds
2 tbsp flax seed
1-2 tbsp brewers yeast
Handful of spinach
Turmeric or ginger spice
Blend and enjoy!

CHEWY OATMEAL DATE BARS 

• 1 cup butter
• 1 ¼ cup brown sugar
• 1/4  cup sugar

Beat until creamy.

• 2 eggs
• 2 TBSP milk
  
• 2 t. vanilla

Add and beat well. 

• 1 ¾ cup flour
• 1 t. baking soda
• ½ t. salt

Add and mix well.
Add remaining ingredients:

• 2 TBSP Flax Seed
• 2TBSP Brewer’s Yeast 
• 2 ½ cup Quick oats
• 1 12 oz pkg. of dates
• 1/2 cup chopped nuts (optional) 

Press into 9X13 pan and bake 25-30 minutes.

Increase Your Milk Supply Cookies (AKA: Housepoet's Famous Lactation Boosting Oatmeal, Chocolate Chip & Flaxseed Cookies ™ )

Ingredients:

• 1 C butter
• 1 C sugar
• 1 C brown sugar
• 4 T water
• 2 T flaxseed meal (no substitutions)
• 2 large eggs
• 1 t vanilla
• 2 C flour
• 1 t baking soda
• 1 t salt
• 3 C Thick cut oats
• 1 C Chocolate chips and/or 1 C raisins
• 2 T Brewer’s Yeast (no substitutions) 

Preparation:

• Preheat oven at 375
• Mix 2 T of flaxseed meal and water, set aside 3-5 minutes
• Cream butter and sugar
• Add eggs.
• Stir flaxseed mix into butter mix and add vanilla
• Beat until well blended
• Sift: dry ingredients, except oats and chocolate chips and/ or raisins
• Add butter mix to dry ingredients
• Stir in the oats and then the chocolate chips and/or raisins
• Drop on parchment paper on baking sheet
• Bake 8-12 minutes 

Buffet Chat and Chew Bars
(Treats for Basking Babies Buffet and for medical office business promotions)

Ingredients

• 5 Cups Old fashioned Oats       
• 1/2 cup Steel Cut Oats
• 1/4 cup Nutritional yeast
• 1/4cup Flax Seed
• 2 cups nuts                                
• 1cup brown sugar
• 1cup butter                              
• 1/2 cup honey
• 1/3 cup maple syrup                    
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1  teaspoon salt

Add dried fruits if you like. Those that increase milk production are: Figs, Dates, Apricots.  Also good with chocolate chips and/or raisins added

Directions

• Mix and press in to well greased cookie sheet
• Bake at 425 for 15-20 minutes
• Burns easily-watch closely!

NO BAKE LACTATION COOKIES

1 cup old fashioned oatmeal
1/2 cup honey
1/2 cup Peanut Butter
1/4 cup flaxseed meal 
1/3 cup chocolate chips

Mix, roll into balls and refrigerate

Oatmeal Energy Bites: 
1½ cups large GF oat flakes
½ cup almond/peanut butter
⅓ cup raw honey
¼ cup chocolate gems 
¼ cup mini DF chocolate chips
½ tsp vanilla

Place all ingredients in food processor, pulse until combined (I added the chocolate gems by hand after). Roll into 1” balls and refrigerate.

Power Packed Oatmeal for the Nursing Mother

• Prepare 1 Cup of Steel Cut Oats in 4 Cups water as directed
  

• Add:
  
  • 2 Eggs
    
  • 2-3 TBSP Vanilla Protein Powder
    
  • 2 TBSP Nutritional Yeast 
    
  • 1 TBSP Ground Flax 
    
• Add dried fruits if you like. Those that increase milk production are:
  
  • Figs Dates and Apricots
    
• Cook until eggs done
  

Will Keep in refrigerator for 2-3 days

Oatmeal Muffins:

• 3 mashed bananas
• 1 c of milk
• 2 eggs
• 1 tblsp baking powder
• 3 c oats (can use quick-cook or regular. Can use steel cut; but soak the batter longer so the oats softened a bit)
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 3/4 c chocolate chips (optional)

Preheat oven to 375.  Mix the batter and let it absorb some of the liquid while you prepare the muffin tins.  Since there's no flour, the batter will look a little bit like oats sitting in milk:-)   Bake for about 25 minutes.  Makes 12-18 muffins.  These are chewier and heartier than regular flour muffins:-)

Recipe for Constipation

• 1 cup applesauce
• 1 cup oat bran or unprocessed wheat bran or bran buds
• 3/4 cup prune juice

Begin with 1-2 TBSP each evening mixed with or followed by one cup of water or juice.  This should help to soften and regulate your bowel movements within 2 weeks. If no change occurs, slowly increase to 3-4 TBSP

Natural Recipes for Baby Care

Mosquito/tick spray:
Use 15 drops of Purification oil & 10 drops or more of Peppermint oil in 4 ounces of distilled water. Put it in a spray/mist bottle to apply. If I was using this on  babies I might consider to not make it quite as strong. Either by putting that  amount of oil in 8 oz. or cutting down the number of drops for the 4 oz.

Baby Wipes
Cloth wipes are truly easy to use. You can premix your wipes solution and moisten a few wipes when you're out and about. Simply place them  into a re-sealable plastic bag, or into a travel wipes container and you're ready to go. Throw them into the dirty duds bag or a plastic shopping bag along with your diapers when you use them. (Recipes sourced from the internet)

Basic Baby Wipes Solution #1

• 1/2 cup light olive oil
• 4 cups water
• 1/2 cup gentle baby shampoo 
• 1 roll paper towels cut in half
• 2 empty baby wipes containers, plastic coffee cans, or other containers

Mix olive oil, water, and baby shampoo. Remove the cardboard center from both halves of paper towels.
Place halves of paper towels in 2 separate containers. Pour 1/2 of mixture into each container, cover and shake gently. Pull sheet from the center of the paper towel roll and poke through the hole in top of baby wipe container; or cut hole in lid of plastic coffee can. Use just like regular store-bought wipes. 
NOTE: I don’t recommend a metal coffee can just to avoid any corrosion that might occur.

Basic Baby Wipe Solution #2

• 2 TBSP Baby Wash 
• 2 TBSP Olive Oil
• 2 Cups water

Mix well in a spray bottle or your wipes box. Spritz on a cloth wipe before using or swish solution over paper towels/folded cloth wipes in a wipe box.

Basic Baby Wipe Solution #3

•  2 TBSP Baby Wash
•  2 TBSP Olive Oil or 1 TBSP Calendula Oil
•  2 Drops Tea Tree Essential Oil 
•  2 Cups Water

Mix well in a spray bottle or your wipes box.  Spritz on wipe before using if in spray bottle. Swish solution around over wipes  if using a wipes box. Tea Tree Oil has lovely disinfectant properties along with its wonderful, clean smell.

Aloe Vera Baby Wipes (THESE ARE THE ONES MADE AT BBB!)        

•  1/4 Cup Aloe Vera Gel 
•  2 Drops Tea Tree Oil
•  2 Cups Hot Water                     

Stir or shake until this recipe is well mixed. Don't use until the mixture cools. Spritz on wipe before using if in spray bottle. Swish  solution around over wipes if using a wipes box.

Baby Wipes with Vitamin E and Essential Oils 

• 2 Drops Tea Tree Oil 
• 2 Drops Lavender Oil (use only pure essential oil, not synthetic oils)
• 2 Drops Chamomile Oil   
• 2 Cups Water
• 1 Vitamin E Capsule

Cut open vitamin E caplet & squeeze into water, add essential oil drops. Mix well in  spray bottle or your wipes box. Spritz on wipe before using if in spray bottle. Swish solution around over wipes if using a wipes box.

Bottom Cream

• 2oz A&D ointment
  
• 2oz Zinc Oxide ointment 
• 1oz Mylanta or Maalox (antiacid)
  
• 1oz Bacitracin

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