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Polina Lykova, MD, IBCLC

• Speaker Type: 2025 Main Presentations
• Country: Kyrgyzstan

Biography:

Polina Lykova has been supporting breastfeeding women for more than 15 years. Since 2014, she has been helping with breastfeeding professionally through conducting face-to-face (> 2,500) and on-line (> 5,000) consultations. Polina obtained an MD degree in 1999 and received her IBCLC in 2016. As a mentor, Polina works with colleagues from «New Degree», the largest Russian-language resource for consultants on breastfeeding, solid food and sleep for infants; she also has her own course on sensory processes in infants.

Deeply interested in the potential causes of various problems concerning feeding and sleep in infants, Polina came to study the theory of sensory integration. Polina was drawn to the sensory approach, as it considers a range of characteristics of children and parents, allowing to analyze the problem holistically and choose the optimal solution even for the most complex and confusing issues. In 2022, her book “Breastfeeding: Myths and Reality” was published (in Russian), and in 2024 Polina finished the work on her second book, “Weaning Without Torment,” based on her own weaning method.

Polina believes that working with breastfeeding, solid food and sleep requires an analysis of the sensorimotor characteristics of the mother and the child, on the basis of which the specialist selects an appropriate assistance option for the whole family.