Birth trauma can be used to describe a couple of things... Negative feelings associates with a birth experience, which can impact...

Overstuffing: All babies do it! This is a normal part of learning to eat. But why? Just like putting hands and toys in the mouth, when...

Is baby spitting up? What's normal? All babies spit up, some more than others. This occurs when the lower esophageal sphincter relaxes,...

Bottle refusal can be very stressful for families. Often times parents assume it is the bottle style that baby is rejecting, and if they...

Oral habits are intense, frequent oral behaviors that can wreak havoc on your child's facial development and overall health. Things like:...

Was baby diagnosed with a "small tongue tie" but didn't require treatment to breastfeed? Or maybe a tongue tie was never diagnosed during...

Early milk, the colostrum, is already present in the second trimester of pregnancy and readily available to your newborn baby upon...

Bodywork is an umbrella term used to describe various types of manual therapy. This can be very beneficial to babies with feeding...

This is the million dollar question! Providers in the "tongue tie space" make this recommendation based on function . Is a tight frenulum...

Food Teethers: A Simple Yet Powerful Tool for Starting Solids If you’ve never heard of “food teethers,” you’re not alone — but once you...

Cup drinking is not just about hydration. It's another stepping stone in baby's developing oral motor skills. Babies can begin drinking...

Introducing solids in one of the most exciting milestones for parents AND baby. But sometimes it doesn't go as smoothly as parents had...

First of all, let's define tongue tie. We all have a string of fascia, or connective tissue, under our tongues called a frenulum (and we...

With so many bottles on the market, and each of them claiming to be just like breast, it can be difficulty to navigate. For starters,...

We often hear that babies should start solids at 6 months, which is supported by the American Academy of Pediatrics. But what's the magic...

Your baby is unique, and rehabilitation is not a one-size-fits-all. A lactation & feeding specialist trained in TOTs (tethered oral...

Milk tongue is characterized by a a white coating on baby's tongue that occurs when there isn't strong tongue to palate contact during...

Suck pads, which develop the last few weeks in utero, fill the oral cavity to help generate intraoral pressure for efficient milk...

Before rushing off to have it released, let's review best practice, including the key players in a team approach and optimal timing for a...