KINDNESS offers free infant feeding classes, open to anyone in Kodiak, that cover all aspects of infant feeding and can provide an individual prenatal consult with one of our IBCLCs.

You can also pre-register, before your baby is born so you’re in the know and ready for support when your baby makes it earth-side.

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You Can Contact Us

– ANY TIME

Message notifications won’t wake us at night, but a phone call will.

A real, live, caring person, who knows you and your family, will answer your call. Our mission is to be there for you, whenever you need us.

If you need help in the middle of the night or at any time,

call us on our 24 hour  “warm-line” number.

(907) 539 - 2660

  • Calls & Home Visits

    We contact you at key milestones during the first year of your baby’s life, and we provide same-day home visits for in-person help when you need it! 

  • Warm Line

    We offer a 24-hour “warm line” number you can call any time.

  • Text Messaging

    We use Tiger Connect, a platform that allows HIPAA-compliant texting and videoconferencing, with families who want that option for staying connected with us.

  • Pumps & Scales

    KINDNESS LENDS hospital-grade breast pumps and digital infant scales so you have what you need in your own home. 

  • Feeding Aids

    We keep an inventory of specialty feeding devices and feeding aids – all free and delivered to your door when you need them. 

  • Infant Nutrition Class

    Everything you need to know about starting your baby on solid foods and drinking from a cup, offered monthly.

  • Newborn Feeding Class

    We offer free prenatal classes and one-on-one consults to help you feel knowledgeable and confident about feeding your baby even before they are born.

KINDNESS Can Help…


  • KINDNESS can call you proactively at important feeding milestones after your baby is born, especially in the first weeks and months. We’ll ask a few questions, and you can ask us anything about your baby’s growth or nutrition. If we don’t know the answer, we’ll refer you to someone who does. You can expect to hear from us around 2-3 days, 1 week, 2 weeks, 6 weeks, 3 months, 6 months, 9 months, and 1 year after your baby’s birth. If you prefer emails or texts rather than calls for these routine check-ins, just let us know!

  • KINDNESS can visit you at your home as needed for in person help with breastfeeding, bottle feeding, expressing milk, choosing or mixing formula, baby weight checks, infant feeding assessments and training, or even just moral support!

  • KINDNESS offers short-term loans of hospital-grade breast pumps and digital infant scales. These loans provide peace of mind to families; they can track their infants’ growth between clinic visits during the fragile first month as feeding is being established and bridge the gap if families are waiting for a breast pump or unexpectedly separated from their newborn.

  • When challenges with infant feeding arise, it can make or break a situation to have the right tool at the moment you need it. KINDNESS keeps an inventory of tools and supplies not easily found on Kodiak to help you meet your goals, including single-user hand pumps, a variety of breast pump flange sizes, cups, oral feeding syringes and finger feeding tubes, nipple shields, and other items. Our Peer Counselors carry a selection of these items in their cars, for ready access at a home visit or same day delivery right to your door.

  • We teach the developmental approach to starting solids and introducing a cup, based on AAP infant nutrition recommendations. We offer a couple of options to fit your life:

    • Group Session, offered the first Thursday of every month, 6:30–7:30 pm,  Kodiak Public Library.

    • Individual Feeding Consults: Schedule a personalized session with one of our experienced team members. 

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