Many nursing moms, especially first-time ones, are almost always on the look-out for products that will help increase and/or improve their milk supply. Most resort to the well-known, traditional malunggay or moringe olifeira, whether in capsule, tea, leaves, powder or other forms (there are now noodles, bread, and even chocolate drinks that are malunggay-enriched). However, moms who dislike the bitter taste that malunggay leaves in the mouth may want alternative ways of helping improve their milk supply.
Now mommies need not look any further. Mommy Treats lactation cookies is now available in the Philippines.
Most mompreneurs would agree that necessity is truly the mother of all inventions, and Mommy Treats is no different. This new mompreneur-run business is the “other baby” of yummymummy Paola Noelle Loot. 
Paola is a first-time mom to 6-month old baby Sjöfn Léonie. A graduate of Psychology and currently completing her MA in Counselling Psychology, Paola is a self-professed food-lover, and is always in the kitchen cooking meals from scratch, even attending special cooking classes to broaden her knowledge.
When she gave birth, she was determined to breastfeed her daughter for as long as she needed to. However, like most moms, she was worried that she might not have enough milk. Drinking malunggay pills did not go well with her, so she researched on other ways to increase her milk supply. She eventually ended up making her own lactation cookies, using proven galactagogues (a substance that promotes lactation, usually plant-derived) fenugreek, Omega 3-rich flaxseed and Vitamin B powerhouse Brewer’s Yeast. Initially for her own consumption, she later realized that other breastfeeding moms could benefit from her baked goods.
Thus, Mommy Treats was born. On January 11, 2011 Paola started accepting orders, and has been flooded with requests ever since. I was privileged to sample her treats for this review, and they really do live up to their name: they are literally treats for mommies like me! Yum yum!
Paola sent me several packs of the following Mommy Treats for sampling:
Lactation Cookies
• Oatmeal cookies with chocolate chips
• Oatmeal cookies with white chocolate chips
• Oatmeal cookies with raisins
• Oatmeal cookies with raisins – sugar-free version
Photo taken from www.mommytreats.multiply.com
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Muffin Bites
• Banana walnut flavour
Photo taken from www.mommytreats.multiply.com
Plus Mommy Treats’ special offering for February: Lactation Brownies – YUM!
They came in a box with a signed welcome note containing a few tips from Paola. What a nice personal touch!
Generally the lactation cookies had a bitter aftertaste because of the Brewer’s Yeast, but I personally didn’t’ mind. I preferred the raisin cookies to the chocolate chips version, while the white chocolate chips were a tad too sweet for me. Overall, though, I really enjoyed munching on the chewy, moist cookies, knowing that they would be good for Rysse (our toddler) as well, since she is still nursing.
The muffin bites were moist and soft, and totally yummy as well. There was just a slight hint of an aftertaste, unlike the cookies. However, the muffin bites only come in three-piece packs, unlike the 5-peso coin-sized cookies, which comes in six-piece packs. I liked the taste of the lactation brownies too! (I think I gained a few pounds after sampling the goodies!) I hope Paola makes them as a regular offering, as I am a brownie-lover myself.
Besides satisfying my sweet tooth, the treats seem to have improved my milk supply. Rysse, at 1 year and 7 months, usually nurses only twice or thrice a day. However, I noticed that after eating Mommy Treats (Paola recommends eating 5 to 6 cookies, or 3 to 4 muffin bites daily) for about two days, Rysse would want to nurse more often and for a longer period of time, and still I am able to provide.
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Another plus for breastfeeding mommies - Paola uses all-natural ingredients, and even has sugar-free versions of her goodies! She sources all her ingredients from specialty health stores in Manila and ships some from the United States.
Paola personally checks on her customers to get feedback and in turn they share their breastfeeding stories after sampling her Mommy Treats. As a breastfeeding mom and advocate, I would personally recommend Mommy Treats to all nursing mothers and pregnant moms who are decided on breastfeeding their babies.
For more information, please visit:
The Mommy Treats Website or The Mommy Treats Facebook page
Disclaimer: All opinions, thoughts and recommendations in this review are purely the author’s own.
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