Why We’re Here

We are a breastfeeding clinic, We are here to offer you real lactation care and education in a beautiful, relaxed and peaceful setting.

Our goal is to help you meet your breastfeeding goals. We will assess your baby during a breastfeed, and offer you guidance and support. We will help you sort out your breastfeeding challenges and offer current and best practice lactation education, Our training, experience and gentleness is what makes us different. You will receive a detailed Breastfeeding care plan that has been developed by an IBCLC to help you resolve your concerns and to help you feel more confident. Your providers will also receive our lactation summary notes.

breastfeeding is a natural experience, and most people anticipate that nursing a baby will be easy, however if it isn’t easy or comfortable, you are here now and we will help. We are Called IBCLC’s and we are experienced breastfeeding professionals, IBCLC’s are Internationally Board Certified lactation Consultants. We are the recognized authority in lactation care, not just in the uS, but around the world. For further information contact USLCA or ILCA,

You consider the health of your baby, and the way you feed your baby one of your most important priorities. Please know these are important priorities to us as well. We look forward to working with you during a 90-minute lactation consult at our lakeside location and we gladly accept insurance.

Our Mission

Our Mission is To be a place of peace, wellness and breastfeeding support for all families.

to calm the anxious heart of a mother if breastfeeding her baby becomes difficult or painful, by offering breastfeeding education and remedies, that will empower her and her family with the confidence that all things will work together.

To promote wellness for mother and baby, we will offer best practice, evidence based recommendations, and interventions, while focusing on meeting mother’s breastfeeding goals.

to ensure that breastfeeding is protected, we teach that breastfeeding every baby is normal and that the benefits of breast milk are exceptional. We acknowledge that each baby is unique and beautifully designed by our creator, and so is each Mother. We place a high value on her production of breastmilk as a renewable life-giving source of nutrition for her baby.

we will endeavor to inspire hope to the parents in our communities with classes, consults and support groups. We are here to respect each family as they navigate through their breastfeeding journey. We believe that breastfeeding is a vital and life sustaining effort, which improves the overall health of our families and communities we serve. our mission is to help each family succeed in this beautiful effort.

Sherilyn Johnson

. . . has always had a special place in her heart for babies even as a little girl. She grew up in Alaska in a family with 6 Siblings. After marrying her husband she graduated with her degree in nursing and began her career in Maternal Child Health in 1985. Over the past 38 years she and her husband raised 5 children and now adore 6 beautiful grandchildren.

In 2003, While living in Spokane, WA, Sherilyn accepted a position as a “Lactation Specialist” at Sacred Heart Medical Center.  she continued to pursue her advanced training and certification and became an Internationally Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC). By 2006, she had completed her course work and obtained her certification and has never looked back.

Sherilyn has enjoyed working with mothers and babies for most of her career. she has worked labor and delivery, mother-baby and lactation. Some of the other highlights of her career includes being asked to be a guest lecturer on lactation, for the nursing students at WSU for over five years. she has also enjoyed leading out in mother-baby support groups for many years, as well as owning a breast pump rental company.

After her children were grown, educated and married, Sherilyn and her husband found that their responsibilities began to shift in a new direction . In 2014, her mother passed away and her father was facing health challenges as well, so they relocated to central Washington. This allowed Sherilyn to assist in the care of her elderly father as well as help him through the years to come. 

Although, she continued working as a nurse in Yakima for Virginia Mason, she felt like she was still being called to do something more. realizing the need for additional outpatient lactation support in her community, she decided to do something about it. So, in the summer of 2019, she began to pour her heart and soul into making her dreams of opening a free standing, private practice, lactation clinic a reality. she is now able to give her full time attention, energy and support to the families she serves.

Continuing Education is important to Sherilyn, in 2020 and 2022 she attended the Master IBCLC Course. this training has given her the ability to assess and help babies with suck dysfunction, Working alongside a Pediatric Dentist, local Pediatricians and a Pediatric Body worker, Sherilyn supports both the mother and the baby throughout their breastfeeding experience.

Cuddles and Cream Lactation is a culmination of everything Sherilyn has worked towards and cared about for her entire career. She is passionate about working with mothers in need of breastfeeding support. If you are looking for a lactation consultant that believes that her ministry is nurturing both the mother and the baby, then Cuddles and Cream is the right place for you.