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We see it all the time — unconventional (and sometimes unsafe) baby exercises going viral on social media. ⚠️ Even when ...
09/21/2025

We see it all the time — unconventional (and sometimes unsafe) baby exercises going viral on social media. ⚠️

Even when they look helpful, the wrong move at the wrong time can cause harm. 🚫

Your baby deserves more than social media trends. 📈

Your baby deserves care from providers licensed to touch, treat, and individualize their approach. 💛

Colic or coordination — which is it? 🤔Long, inconsolable crying spells are not always caused by digestive discomfort. So...
08/12/2025

Colic or coordination — which is it? 🤔
Long, inconsolable crying spells are not always caused by digestive discomfort. Sometimes the real challenge is in how baby coordinates sucking, swallowing, and breathing during feeds.

💨 Breathing coordination plays a big role in comfort.
👄 Timing of sucking and swallowing can affect how much air baby swallows.
🧠 Nervous system regulation impacts how easily they settle before, during, and after a feed.

When baby’s movement and body systems are not in sync, babies can seem “colicky” even when there’s no digestive reason to blame. That’s why we assess your baby’s whole body in addition to assessing their feeding skills — so you get answers and they get relief.

📍 Dallas & Houston
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✨ Is your baby meeting their milestones?✨ Do you wonder if their movement is helping — or holding back — feeding and dev...
08/11/2025

✨ Is your baby meeting their milestones?
✨ Do you wonder if their movement is helping — or holding back — feeding and development?

Houston families, join our Baby Movement & Milestones group led by Kiara Aponte, MSOT, OTR, CEIM, IBCLC — a pediatric occupational therapist, certified educator of infant massage, and lactation consultant who specializes in helping babies feed, move, and thrive. 💗

In this warm, welcoming space, you’ll learn:
✅ How to support motor skills that impact feeding, swallowing, and breathing
✅ Practical activities to boost your baby’s development at home
✅ What’s “typical” vs. when to seek extra help

Bring your questions, your baby, and your coffee — leave feeling confident and supported.

🗓 Wednesdays | 10–11 AM
📍 Heart of Houston Birth & Wellness Center
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Your baby’s milestones are worth celebrating — and supporting every step of the way. 💕

Feeding challenges? 🤔 It might not just be the latch.💪 Sucking skills depend on strong abdominal muscles.🦢 Swallowing is...
08/11/2025

Feeding challenges? 🤔 It might not just be the latch.

💪 Sucking skills depend on strong abdominal muscles.
🦢 Swallowing is powered by the muscles in the front of baby’s neck.
🌬 Breathing during feeds is impacted by baby’s postural stability.

When even one of these areas is off, feeding can feel harder — for both you and your baby. That’s why we go beyond the mouth and assess baby’s whole body to uncover what’s really going on.

The good news? With the right support, these skills can improve — often faster than you think. 🤱🏽🍼✨

📍 Dallas & Houston
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As World Breastfeeding Week comes to a close…We want to pause and say thank you. 💛✨ To the healthcare providers who walk...
08/07/2025

As World Breastfeeding Week comes to a close…
We want to pause and say thank you. 💛

✨ To the healthcare providers who walk alongside families on their postpartum journey.
✨ To the friends and family who show up with encouragement, practical help, and compassion.
✨ To the advocates working toward systems that truly support parents.

We also want to acknowledge that this week can feel heavy for some. For families who have faced:
🌿 Low milk supply
🌿 Tongue tie, lip tie, or cheek tie
🌿 Prematurity or complex medical needs
🌿 Developmental delays and syndromes that make breastfeeding more difficult

Your stories matter. Every journey is unique. 💛

We believe change is still needed, especially when it comes to better parental leave and broader systemic support here in the U.S., to make breastfeeding goals more feasible and sustainable for more families.

May this week be a reminder of the power of awareness, the importance of skilled and compassionate care, and the impact of encouragement without judgment.

Here’s to building a world where every family feels supported—whatever their feeding journey looks like. 💛 🌎

✨ You’d never guess it just from looking at this photo—but this sweet baby was struggling.She had a hard time moving her...
08/07/2025

✨ You’d never guess it just from looking at this photo—but this sweet baby was struggling.

She had a hard time moving her head symmetrically, took a very long time to feed at breast and bottle, and had more difficulty feeding at her mom’s left breast compared to right.

Her mom was exhausted, mostly pumping and bottle feeding, and had already seen multiple providers—with no significant improvement or lasting progress.

🔍 What was missed?
Torticollis. A muscular asymmetry that often impacts feeding, head shape, and development.

👉 Early identification and therapy could have saved time, stress, and money! Most families are not referred soon enough—especially when feeding challenges are the only visible sign.

📌 Up to 1 in 6 babies have congenital torticollis
📌 85% of babies with torticollis also have positional head flattening (plagiocephaly)
📌 The longer you wait, the longer it takes to resolve—only 19% of babies who start therapy after 6 months show optimal outcomes

💡 This is why we are passionate about early, integrated care with occupational therapy, feeding therapy, and lactation consultation!

📍 Serving Dallas & Houston
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💧 Your breastmilk is 87% water!If you make 30 oz of milk in a day, that’s over 26 oz of water leaving your body!No wonde...
08/07/2025

💧 Your breastmilk is 87% water!

If you make 30 oz of milk in a day, that’s over 26 oz of water leaving your body!

No wonder you’re thirsty, tired, or even getting headaches—your body is working hard!

💦 Hydration = better energy & milk supply.
Keep a water bottle nearby and take a big sip at every feed.

✨ Sip. Feed. Repeat.
Small habits make a big difference—for your milk supply and how you feel.

💗 Your body (and your baby!) will thank you.

For Infants 0-6 months old —Day 0: We want to see a diamond ♦️ shaped wound approximately as tall as it is wide. We want...
07/17/2025

For Infants 0-6 months old —

Day 0: We want to see a diamond ♦️ shaped wound approximately as tall as it is wide. We want the diamond to appear “flat” against the floor of the mouth. It’s important that the release provider “frees” the genioglossus muscle while being careful not to go into the muscle.

Day 3: The diamond ♦️ wound gets shorter this day as the wound begins to contract. If baby’s body was ready for the release, with consistent wound care every 4-6 hours, we will see the diamond get progressively taller over the next few weeks.

Day 7: The diamond ♦️ wound should be “taller” now (about as tall as the wound was on the day of surgery) and slightly more narrow. Keep going with wound care!

Day 14: The diamond ♦️ wound should now be considerably “taller” than “wide” and the new frenulum begins to form. Keep going with wound care for at least 3-4 more weeks while gradually increasing the length of time between wound care (as directed by your team)!

Day 30: The new frenulum 👅 is mostly formed now although it will continue to remodel over the next 3-6 months. Ideally, the new frenulum is much “taller” than before which will allow baby’s tongue to elevate (lift up), lateralize (move side to side), extend (stick out of the mouth), and move in a peristaltic (wave-like) motion during feeding. Now is usually when we decrease to wound care 1-2x/day or discontinue it altogether.

Providers, if you’ve ever worked with a “colicky” baby where everything looks “fine” on paper—but nothing is actually go...
06/09/2025

Providers, if you’ve ever worked with a “colicky” baby where everything looks “fine” on paper—but nothing is actually going well—you’re not alone.

This course was born from the frustration of seeing families struggle while providers play symptom whack-a-mole: gripe water, gas drops, PPIs, H2 blockers, maternal diet elimination, hypoallergenic formula switching… yet baby is still miserable and the parents are at a loss. There’s no roadmap, just trial and error. And often, it doesn’t get better—it just morphs. The colicky baby becomes the 4-year-old with eczema or the 6-year-old with chronic digestive issues.

This course is for you if you’ve ever cared for an infant who:
– Screams endlessly or sleeps horribly
– Has worsening eczema or mucousy poops
– Reacts to foods in maternal diet, but cutting foods hasn’t helped
– Was exposed to antibiotics during pregnancy, labor, or early postpartum
– Has poor digestive function, but GI doctor finds nothing structurally wrong with baby

It’s also for those who work with moms with IBS, Crohn’s, or ulcerative colitis who’s desperate not to repeat history. And for the provider-parent who wants to advocate better for their own baby.

We’ve packed this course with the practical tools we wish we’d had years ago:
✅ Evidence-based intervention strategies
✅ Low- and no-cost recommendations
✅ Functional testing options and how to interpret results
✅ Smarter probiotic selection
✅ Root-cause frameworks for supporting the infant gut
✅ Case Studies to better understand how this all can look in clinical practice

We have poured their hearts and expertise into this course! Our mission is to equip you with the knowledge and tools to support families who are truly struggling—and to do it better, sooner, and more effectively.

✨ $100 off through Sunday, June 15 at 11:59 p.m. CST!
Enrollment is open now: http://www.lactationot.com/functional-nutrition

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