How Aarani Montanari Is Redefining Modern Lactation Support for New Families
Aarani Montanari is an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant who believes lactation support should feel both evidence-based and deeply personal. As the founder of R&R Motherhood, a private lactation practice serving families across Arlington, Massachusetts and surrounding communities, she has built her work around one simple philosophy: every family deserves access to compassionate, high-quality feeding support without judgment.
Aarani provides in-home and virtual lactation care for new and expectant parents navigating everything from painful latch and low milk transfer concerns to pumping, bottle feeding, supplementation, and infant weight gain. What sets her apart is not only her clinical expertise, but also the calm, reassuring approach she brings into some of the most vulnerable moments of early parenthood.
Through R&R Motherhood, Aarani has become known for blending evidence-based care with practical, real-world support. Her visits include weighted feeds, personalized feeding plans, and hands-on guidance tailored to each family’s goals. She works with parents across all feeding journeys, emphasizing that infant feeding does not have to be “all or nothing” to be successful.
That balanced perspective has resonated strongly with modern parents, especially in a time when new mothers are inundated with conflicting information online. Aarani focuses on helping families feel informed rather than overwhelmed. Whether she is explaining normal newborn behavior, supporting a struggling breastfeeding parent, or helping families navigate combination feeding, her goal is always the same: to help parents feel confident in their decisions and connected to their babies.
In addition to private consults, Aarani is passionate about building community support for families in the postpartum period. She hosts free infant feeding support groups in the Arlington area, offering parents a welcoming space to ask questions, connect with others, and receive guidance from an IBCLC without pressure or shame. Her work also extends into prenatal education, where she teaches breastfeeding preparation classes designed to help expectant parents feel empowered before their baby arrives.
Much of Aarani’s growing visibility has come through her educational presence online. Through digital education, she shares approachable, evidence-based content about breastfeeding, pumping, newborn feeding behavior, and maternal mental health. Her educational content stands out for its ability to make parents feel seen while being grounded in science and research. Instead of perfection-driven messaging, Aarani normalizes the realities of postpartum life - contact naps, cluster feeding, emotional overwhelm and the learning curve that comes with feeding a newborn.
As awareness around postpartum care continues to grow, Aarani hopes to help shift the conversation around lactation support from something families seek only in crisis to something that is viewed as proactive, preventative, and foundational. Her mission is not simply to help parents feed their babies, but to help them feel supported while doing it.
For families throughout Arlington and the greater Boston area, R&R Motherhood has become more than a lactation practice. It has become a trusted resource, a source of reassurance, and a reminder that parents do not have to navigate the early stages of feeding alone.
