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BE THE PROFESSIONAL WHO SOLVES THE FEEDING CASES NO ONE ELSE CAN

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Become the expert who confidently decodes what others can't see

 

Your  role is to help families thrive.

But then come the babies who don’t.

Their latch looks fine… but they’re not transferring milk.

The mother’s in pain… but you can’t see why.

You’ve tried everything. And still—nothing works.

 

The families look to you for answers... and you feel stuck.

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BE THE PROFESSIONAL WHO SOLVES THE FEEDING CASES NO ONE ELSE CAN

Become the expert who confidently decodes what others can't see

Your  role is to help families thrive. But then come the babies who don’t.

Their latch looks fine… but they’re not transferring milk.

The mother’s in pain… but you can’t see why.

You’ve tried everything. And still—nothing works.

 

The families look to you for answers...

and you feel stuck.

Up-skill Your Confidence Now

It's not that these babies can’t feed.

It’s that we’re not being taught how to help them.

  • Babies struggle unnecessarily

  • Parents blame themselves

  • Feeding relationships end early

  • And you—the professional—are left feeling helpless

It’s not that these babies can’t feed.

It’s that we’re not being taught how to help them.

  • Babies struggle unnecessarily

  • Parents blame themselves

  • Feeding relationships end early

  • And you—the professional—are left feeling helpless
It Doesn’t Have To Be This Way

We’re Breaking the Rules

(On Purpose)

This is the first advanced training designed specifically for:

âś” Midwives

âś” IBCLCs and CLCs who want to deepen their skills

✔ Breastfeeding Counsellors 

âś” Doulas

âś” Maternal Child Health Nurses

No fluff

Just evidence-based tools and frameworks to help the babies and the mums everyone else has given up on.

Find Your New Skills For $347

INTRODUCING...

Decoding The Suck:

Gentle Support For Babies With Sucking Difficulties

By the end of the course, you'll have learnt how to:

  • Systematically assess suck function—beyond tongue ties
  • Conduct virtual assessments with clarity and confidence
  • Decode nipple pain, ineffective transfer, and feeding fatigue
  • Identify subtle oral motor dysfunction and reflex issues
  • Create targeted feeding plans that address root causes, not just symptoms
  • Transform "difficult" cases into your specialty - be the one that others call for complex challenges

Result: You'll gain the systematic skills that transform both your professional confidence and your ability to help families succeed.

INTRODUCING...

Decoding the Suck: 

Gentle Support For Babies With Sucking Difficulties

By the end of the course you'll have learnt how to:

  • Systematically assess suck function—beyond tongue ties
  • Conduct virtual assessments with clarity and confidence
  • Decode nipple pain, ineffective transfer, and feeding fatigue
  • Identify subtle oral motor dysfunction and reflex issues
  • Create targeted feeding plans that address root causes, not just symptoms
  • Transform "difficult" cases into your specialty - be the one that others call for complex challenges

Result:

You'll gain the systematic skills that transform both your professional confidence and your ability to help families succeed.

Let's Talk Modules

The breakdown

Module 1: Identifying Infants with Sucking Challenges

  • Fundamentals of normal sucking development

  • How suck works: mechanics, anatomy, and coordination

  • Identifying at-risk infants (instrumental birth, prematurity, oral variations)

  • When tone, tension, and neurological factors are involved

 

Module 2: Understanding Nipple Pain & Damage

  • How to read the nipple: trauma types and what they suggest

    Pump vs. baby: understanding the injury source

  • Vasospasm spotting and management in clinical care

     

Module 3: Comprehensive Baby Assessment

  • Our 5-part framework for structured infant feeding assessment

  • Observation strategies for body tone, tension & feeding readiness

  • Functional tongue and suck evaluation

  • History-taking that matters—plus virtual techniques.

     

Module 4: Exercises & Interventions

  • 15+ gentle exercises to support better sucking

  • Demonstrations with tips for cueing, shaping, and progression

  • Habit formation and reflex-based strategies

  • Tracking change over time

 

Module 5: Tools, Toys & Teats

  • Therapeutic bottle teat and pacifier guidance (based on function, not brand hype)
  • Safe use of oral motor tools (what, when, and how)
  • Toy-based exercises and progression planning

 

Plus: Real Case Resolution Practice

Apply your new skills on complex cases and build confidence with hands-on application.

 

Guided Reflective Learning Workbook

Deepen learning and document your CPD hours with confidence.

 

  • Certificate of Completion

  • Eligible for 8 CPD Hours (CPD guide inside the course with breakdown of details)

  • Lifetime Access to all lessons and materials

GET STARTED NOW → $347 ONE TIME PAYMENT

 To Deepen Your Impact

  • BONUS 1: Virtual Assessment Mastery Videos

    ($197 value)
    • Step-by-step infant oral assessment online
    • Tongue tie evaluation via video consultation
    • Professional virtual setups

    BONUS 2: "Practice with Us" Exercise Video

    ($147 value)
    • Hilarious behind-the-scenes with Katie & Johanna
    • Experience the exercises yourself first
    • Memory techniques for perfect recall

    BONUS 3: Professional Tools & Resources Library 

    ($97 value)
    • Complete tools guide
    • Evidence-based pacifier & bottle teat recommendations
    • Assessment forms ready to use

Sally - Breastfeeding Counsellor 

I just finished this course last night and I supported a family today with a newborn baby who has a tongue tie. I was able to assess this baby's suck with a deeper knowledge and understanding of what was going on and why. I was able to use the exercises to assess the palate and the tongue and give advice and guidance accordingly. I just need to memorise the exercises and which scenarios they are used in!

Bree - IBCLC & RN

I am absolutely loving your Decoding The Suck course! It all makes perfect sense, thank you so much. 

Evy - Midwife

I loooove everything I learned in this course. So much valuable information! Can't wait to implement this knowledge in practice and I do feel like I want some practice baby's now.

Christine Blivin - Birth Educator & Psychologist

Johanna and Katie have such a great dynamic that makes the videos fun to watch. Both are experts in the field of breastfeeding and give so generously of their knowledge and practical experience. You just feel like you're sitting in their living room with them, absorbing all this amazing information. There are videos where the techniques are shown in practice and really helpful handouts that are included so you can refer back to the tools easily. I would definitely recommend this course to anyone who is working with pregnant or new moms.

Trudi Dawson - Breastfeeding Counsellor 

This is the missing piece of the puzzles!  It was all fantastic, especially having all the exercises in one place. 

Charlotte Watson- Breastfeeding Peer Supporter & Doula

Katie and Johanna’s knowledge and experience is so valuable, this course is in depth and gives a greater understanding of issues women and babies may experience and practical exercises to help resolve them. I think I’ll be revisiting this information for some time.

I'm ready to join for $347

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7-DAY MONEY-BACK GUARANTEE

Our Promise

If within 7 days you don't feel this is the right course for you, just say and no questions asked. 

Plus you keep all bonuses as our gift.

We take all the risk. You get all the transformation.

WHAT THIS COURSE WILL DO

BEFORE:

“I know something’s wrong, but I don’t know what—or how to fix it.”

AFTER:

“I can systematically assess, identify, and resolve even the most complex feeding challenges.”

You've supported so many families. 

Now it’s time to deepen

your own support.

 

Learn from two IBCLCs who’ve been on both sides of the struggle and are here to bridge the gap.

 

Johanna Sargeant, IBCLC

Lactation Consultant and Educator with 15+ years of experience

Founder of a thriving Zurich clinic supporting 3,000+ families

International speaker at ELACTA, USLCA, GOLD and ILCA

Known for turning “unsolvable” feeding challenges into breakthroughs

 

Katie James, RM, IBCLC

Midwife & Lactation Consultant with 25+ years of experience

Host of The Midwives’ Cauldron and The Feeding Couch Podcasts (2M downloads)

Former Head of Lactation Education

Passionate about helping midwives and birth workers turn “impossible” cases into confidence

I'm Ready To Make a Change

You've supported so many families. 

Now it’s time to deepen your own support.

 

Learn from two IBCLCs who’ve been on both sides of the struggle and are here to bridge the gap.

 

Johanna Sargeant, IBCLC

Lactation Consultant and Educator with 15+ years of experience

Founder of a thriving Zurich clinic supporting 3,000+ families

International speaker at GOLD, iLactation, and ILCA

Known for turning “unsolvable” feeding challenges into breakthroughs

 

Katie James, RM, IBCLC

Midwife & Lactation Consultant with 25+ years of experience

Host of The Midwives’ Cauldron and The Feeding Couch Podcasts (2M downloads)

Former Head of Lactation Education

Passionate about helping midwives and birth workers turn “impossible” cases into confidence

Come Join Us

HERE'S WHAT'S INSIDE:

VIDEO TUTORIALS

 Clear lessons that walk you through assessment, understanding and intervention - so you go into practice confident.

SCENARIOS WORKBOOK

Real clinical cases to maximise your practice and reasoning to apply what you've learnt.

INSPIRATION & HUMOUR

Grounded, honest teaching with a good dose of humanity and fun - as this is how we remember new information!

TOOLS AND TOYS

A practical look at the equipment that supports oral function—and how, when, and why to use them.

TEMPLATES FOR PRACTICE

Assessment forms and planning templates you can use straight away—in clinic or online.

PDF RESOURCES

Quick-reference guides to go back to again and again, to better enhance your work with families.

Got Questions?

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This isn’t just CPD

ITS THE CONFIDENCE UPGRADE YOU HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR

Whether you’re a midwife, doula, lactation counsellor or lactation consultant

This course hands you the tools to help the babies no one else knows how to help.

Price: $347

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P.S.

Every week you wait… another family gets told “just keep trying.”

This time, you can be the one who says,

“I know what’s going on—and I know how to help.”