Our Services
Infant Feeding Therapy
We help infants with feeding difficulties, oral motor weakness, and swallowing deficits. An evaluation is recommended if your baby is demonstrating the following:
poor weight gain or weight loss
tongue tie, lip tie, and/or cheek tie
bottle refusal
increased irritability/squirming during feeds
feeds lasting >30 minutes
coughing/choking/gagging with feeds
colic, reflux, gas
aerophagia
tube weaning
trouble transitioning to table foods (solids)
Feeding Therapy for Solids
We help with infants and toddlers with extreme picky eating and feeding/swallowing difficulties. An evaluation is recommended if your child is demonstrating the following:
< 20 foods in diet
tongue tie, lip tie, and/or cheek tie
omitting entire food groups (i.e. fruits, veggies)
refusing previously preferred foods
difficulty increasing texture of food
difficulty chewing
difficulty weaning from bottle and using cup/straw
refusal to eat at family meals
tube weaning
swallowing deficits including pharyngeal dysphagia
Speech and Language Therapy
We help one and two year olds with early functional speech and language development. Take a look at these milestones to determine if an evaluation is warranted:
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- imitates sounds
- say a few words
- understand simple instructions
- recognize words for common items
- follow simple commands
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- recognize names of familiar objects
- follow simple directions
- say at least 10 words
- can identify body parts
- point to wanted objects
- imitates words
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- say at least 50 words
- use simple 2 word phrases
- ask 1-2 word questions
- answer simple questions
- respond to basic yes/no questions