SLP Speak 2 Me Speech Therapy, LLC

01/05/2024

I have reached 200 followers! Thank you for your continued support. I could not have done it without each of you. 🙏🤗🎉

10/21/2023

House divided! 🖤💛Charge On! Go Knights!

08/20/2022

My Sunny SPOT every day! ☀️💛

08/17/2021

07/29/2021

Great resources and family fun at this Summer Block Party! Come find me at Sunny SPOT Therapy booth.

05/14/2021

Today I celebrate Apraxia Awareness Day for all my kiddos working on finding their voice! I am proud to be recognized for my expertise with CAS. I love working with families and educating others on being the best advocate for our patients! For more info in Central Florida visit SLPSpeak2me.com

05/13/2021

I’ll be wearing blue! Will you?

05/10/2021

Feel free to brag about your Super Powers here! Happy mother’s day!

05/08/2021

A friend sent me this photo of an innocent conversation that just plain INSPIRES! ❤️🌎

05/06/2021

05/04/2021

SLP’s ❤️ a play on words!

05/04/2021

05/02/2021

It’s almost Apraxia Awareness Day! Coming to your hometown on May 14th. Wear blue to support those finding their voice. Can you help?

05/01/2021

It’s Better Speech & Hearing Month!
Celebrate with me by supporting Apraxia Kids all month long.

04/02/2021

Getting excited!!! 😃

03/02/2021

Have these words ever been used to describe your baby?

Colicky
reflux
Poor weight gain
Needs to be held upright
Dislikes tummy time
Poor sleeper

Do not accept this as “normal” or be told this is only a stage and it will pass.

With my first daughter, I could check off each of these points.

Breast feeding did not work out as “planned.” I was told that I was doing everything I could do as a brand new mom, all while no one was formally assessing my baby’s oral motor skills, feeding, mouth, or even my own diet.

Those first 6 months were a blur. Sure, things got easier, but I had to supplement with alimentum for most feeds since she had a dairy intolerance, and her latch was not optimal for my supply to meet her demands. I didn’t go anywhere for almost 3 months because she would scream all the time, in the car, before feeds, after feeds...didn’t matter. I would bounce sitting on a therapy ball while holding her to get her to sleep, which she would finally surrender 30 minutes before she was due to eat again. Then, I would do it all over again. Day and night.

At the time, I didn’t know any different. I just accepted the fact that I did all I knew to do, and I wanted to just make sure my baby was growing. My mindset was focused not on quality but quantity. It should’ve been the other way around.

So many people would say, she just has your mouth. Well, I was also a colicky, reflux, poor sleeping baby, and I had to get jaw surgery when I was 13.

If only I knew then what I know now and the resources I wish I had available to me back then. As a PT, I knew what to do for her gross motor development. I didn’t know the other factors that were impacting her feeding, reflux, poor sleep, poor latch, and my supply. It’s a negative cycle.

That’s why Jenn and I started MSA as a baby resource!

We can relate as moms and neonatal therapists. We have been there...the constant trial and error, sleep deprived, wondering what your baby needs, and why everyone is just brushing it off. We can help break this cycle and get things going smoother for you and baby! 💜