Colin Malloy, MS, RD, CDN, CDCES, IBCLC
REGISTERED DIETITIAN, BOARD CERTIFIED LACTATION CONSULTANT, AND CERTIFIED DIABETES CARE AND EDUCATION SPECIALIST
Maternal and Prenatal Nutrition
Women's Health and Chronic Disease Management
Breastfeeding, Lactation, and Infant Feeding
Infant and Early Childhood Feeding (Birth to Age 2)
Client Focus: Expectant and New Mothers, Pregnancy and Postpartum, Infant and Early Childhood Feeding, Young Families, Women's Health
Specialties: Maternal and prenatal nutrition, breastfeeding, lactation and infant feeding, infant and early childhood feeding from birth to age two, women's health and chronic disease management, gestational diabetes, hypertension, PCOS, diabetes and pre-diabetes, fertility nutrition, introducing solids
Treatment Methods: Evidence-based medical nutrition therapy, board certified lactation and infant feeding support, individualized and realistic meal planning, gestational diabetes management, responsive feeding guidance, behavior change support, compassionate counseling
Outside of the office, Colin enjoys spending time with her family, including their new baby girl, exploring parks and hiking trails, seeking out new coffee shops, cooking, and spending time on the family's sailboat in Ithaca, New York. These pursuits reflect the same balanced, joyful relationship with food and life that she hopes to help her clients discover.
Because Colin is credentialed in both maternal and infant health and carries her care through a child's first two years, she supports mother and baby as one connected pair rather than treating each in isolation, offering rare continuity through pregnancy, feeding, and early childhood.
Her board certification in lactation adds a level of specialized expertise to the practice's prenatal and postpartum offerings that few nutrition practices can provide, giving new mothers expert, hands-on feeding support at the exact moment they need it most.
By meeting each family where they are and accounting for the full picture of their lives, Colin creates a space where clients feel genuinely heard, free from judgment, and confident in their ability to nourish both themselves and their children.
Because Colin is credentialed in both maternal and infant health, she is able to support a mother and her baby as one connected pair rather than treating each in isolation, offering well-rounded guidance through every stage of the childbearing years.
Her compassionate and practical philosophy keeps the focus on what is realistic and sustainable rather than restrictive, meeting each client where she is and building from there.
By accounting for the full picture of a client's life, including lifestyle, culture, and personal goals, Colin creates a space where clients feel genuinely heard, free from judgment, and confident in their ability to nourish both themselves and their families.
Colin Malloy is a Registered Dietitian and International Board Certified Lactation Consultant whose expertise spans the full arc of early nutrition, from a mother's pregnancy through her child's first two years of life.
As one of a small number of dietitians who hold the International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) credential, the highest standard of certification in lactation care, Colin brings a depth of clinical training to breastfeeding and infant feeding that meaningfully extends the practice's prenatal and postpartum support. Her work does not end at delivery. She is particularly expert in infant and early childhood feeding from birth to age two, guiding families through the introduction of solids, the transition from milk to table foods, and the common feeding challenges of the toddler years. This continuity allows Appleman Nutrition to care for young families as they grow and expands the reach of the practice's pediatric work into its earliest and most formative stage.
Colin earned her Master of Science degree in Clinical Nutrition from New York University and spent several years in clinical practice in an outpatient OB/GYN setting at The Mount Sinai Hospital. There, she worked closely with women managing high-risk pregnancies and supported families through postpartum recovery and the early stages of infant feeding, developing real depth in the medical and emotional realities of this season of life. As a Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist (CDCES), she brings additional expertise to the metabolic care that so often accompanies pregnancy and the postpartum period, including the management of gestational diabetes, hypertension, and PCOS. Her work also extends to diabetes and pre-diabetes and fertility nutrition.
Colin's approach is at once compassionate and practical. She focuses on what is realistic for each client rather than what is restrictive, and she accounts for the many factors that shape a person's relationship with food, including lifestyle, culture, and individual goals. In joining Appleman Nutrition, she is eager to build the kind of meaningful, long-term relationships that allow care to deepen over time, and she looks forward to collaborating closely with her colleagues and referral partners so that clients and their children receive thoughtful, coordinated care as a team.