Infant Feeding Consultations
Comprehensive Infant Feeding & Oral Assessment
Every consultation includes a thorough, full-body and oral assessment to uncover what’s really impacting your baby’s ability to feed comfortably and effectively.
Whether you’re dealing with pain, poor milk transfer, clicking, reflux-like symptoms, or slow weight gain, this evaluation helps us get to the root of the issue so you’re not stuck guessing.
Whether you’re dealing with pain, poor milk transfer, clicking, reflux-like symptoms, or slow weight gain, this evaluation helps us get to the root of the issue so you’re not stuck guessing.
What’s Included:
Whole Body AssessmentI assess your baby from head to toe for tension, alignment, and symmetry that may be affecting feeding.
Tongue Function & MobilityI evaluate how your baby’s tongue moves not just how it looks. This includes lift, extension, side-to-side movement, and frenum attachment.
Oral StructureI assess palate shape, lips, jaw, cheeks, gums, and nose symmetry to understand how structure may be influencing latch and comfort.
Suck & Swallow FunctionI observe your baby’s suck strength, rhythm, coordination, and swallowing patterns to determine feeding efficiency.
Reflexes & SensitivityI check gag reflex and oral responses that can impact feeding tolerance and coordination.
Whole Body AssessmentI assess your baby from head to toe for tension, alignment, and symmetry that may be affecting feeding.
Tongue Function & MobilityI evaluate how your baby’s tongue moves not just how it looks. This includes lift, extension, side-to-side movement, and frenum attachment.
Oral StructureI assess palate shape, lips, jaw, cheeks, gums, and nose symmetry to understand how structure may be influencing latch and comfort.
Suck & Swallow FunctionI observe your baby’s suck strength, rhythm, coordination, and swallowing patterns to determine feeding efficiency.
Reflexes & SensitivityI check gag reflex and oral responses that can impact feeding tolerance and coordination.
Root-Cause-Informed Lactation Dive
As an IBCLC I am
trained to identify physiological barriers to lactation and to coordinate care with medical providers.
What’s Included:
Comprehensive lactation assessment: Review of your feeding and pumping history, milk production patterns, and previous strategies. Individualized feeding evaluation: Assessment of infant feeding, milk transfer when appropriate, feeding frequency, and milk removal. Review of relevant health history: Discussion of factors that may be associated with milk production, including thyroid history, PCOS, previous breast surgery, pregnancy and delivery history, and certain medications. Personalized milk production plan: Evidence-informed recommendations tailored to your goals, circumstances, and feeding method. Collaborative care and referrals: When your history or symptoms suggest that further medical evaluation may be helpful, I can recommend follow-up with an appropriate healthcare provider.
Comprehensive lactation assessment: Review of your feeding and pumping history, milk production patterns, and previous strategies. Individualized feeding evaluation: Assessment of infant feeding, milk transfer when appropriate, feeding frequency, and milk removal. Review of relevant health history: Discussion of factors that may be associated with milk production, including thyroid history, PCOS, previous breast surgery, pregnancy and delivery history, and certain medications. Personalized milk production plan: Evidence-informed recommendations tailored to your goals, circumstances, and feeding method. Collaborative care and referrals: When your history or symptoms suggest that further medical evaluation may be helpful, I can recommend follow-up with an appropriate healthcare provider.