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09/11/2023

Having a child L O O K at your face when practicing speech sounds is a great way to help teach them!

V I S U A L feedback is an important component of speech therapy! You can also try pairing a visual model with a visual cue card for the sound. When doing this, hold the card up next to your mouth!

My favorite affordable cue card resources are from Bjorem Speech and can be found on their website

24/09/2023

November 5 at 1:00p
December 3 at 4:00p

$30 to register via link in bio!

Linnéa will also be back from maternity leave with limited hours starting November 1.

17/09/2023

Meet Lindsey •

“I love being an SLP because I love helping people find their voice, whether it be vocal or through different modes of communication. My passion is working with individuals on the spectrum. I love how every individual is unique and I love working with parents as well..” •

Lindsey is a speech language pathologist. Her specialties are autism spectrum disorder and other developmental disabilities •

Fun fact about Lindsey:
She is also a hair stylist! 💇🏼‍♀️

Want to know more? Drop a❓for Lindsey below! ⬇️

14/09/2023

We love our clients and are so honored to serve each of you! Thank you for sharing our small business!

How to scan a QR Code from an image on iPhone?
• Open the screenshot on your phone gallery
• Click the live text detection on the bottom right corner
• Click the QR Code and follow the prompt

🔗 OR just click the “digital business card” link in our bio!

18/07/2023

‼️ to shop our favorite cups, head to link in bio!

❌ We are not fans of sippy cups, 360 cups, straws you have to bite, or prolonged bottle use because they can negatively impact oral development, dentition, speech, facial features, & more!

✅🍵 Open Cups:
• are often easiest for breastfed babies to transition to
• facilitate proper jaw development
• promotes a mature swallow pattern (these tongue movements are important in eating solids and in speech!)

✅🥤Straw Cups:
• are often easiest for bottle-fed babies to transition to
• facilitate proper lip closure and use of jaw, tongue, and cheeks (this is important for speech development!)
• prevent tooth decay

✅🧃Squeezable Cups:
• are often easiest to learn from because an adult can help guide straw drinking
• has all the benefits of straw drinking
• can be used to help children who don’t have musculature to drink from a straw independently yet

If you want to know more about the cups you are using and pros/cons of them, leave the name of the cup in comments ⬇️

08/07/2023

What is Occupational Therapy?!

Think about all the skills needed to do every day activities! Those skills are what OTs help with.

An OT helps children with:
Processing sensory experiences
Gross motor skills (i.e. walking)
Fine motor skills (i.e. picking up pieces of food)
Eating with the family and eating a variety of foods
Regulating their emotions and using coping skills
Advocating for themselves
Handwriting and other school-related tasks
Getting dressed
Managing chronic pain
Playing with friends safely
Grooming and hygiene skills, (I.e. brushing teeth)
Organization (think: desks, backpacks, bedrooms)

Pediatric OTs support children with and without disabilities! Think your child could use support with some of these things? We have openings so send us a message or give us a call!

*at this time we are unable to accept insurance for OT

05/07/2023

Meet Denise •

“I love occupational therapy because I can make a difference in someone’s life… and I get to play all day!”

Denise is an occupational therapist. Her specialties are ages birth to ten and developmental disabilities (excluding cerebral palsy)! •

Fun fact about Denise:
She can play the drums!🥁 •

Denise has some openings NOW(!!)
She sees patients in homes, schools, and daycares in Midland and Odessa.

Want to know more? Drop a❓for Denise below! ⬇️

03/07/2023

baby led weaning or purees? NEITHER!

(or both depending on how you look at it)

‼️ The focus should not be on finger foods vs puréed foods - the focus should be on the interaction between parent and baby.🤍

We call this RESPONSIVE FEEDING because as a parent you are watching your child’s cues and facilitating mealtimes based on those cues. How do you do this with purées and solids?

Purees are an important texture (yogurt, guacamole, & queso anyone?!) and should not be completely skipped over.

When feeding purees:
• ❌ skip giving straight from a pouch whenever possible
• 🥄 when using a spoon, wait for baby to open their mouth to you OR load up the spoon and give it to them for self feeding
• 🥣 when using a spoon, AVOID scraping it against baby’s mouth - allow them to transfer the food to their mouth themselves
• 👶🏻 watch for cues baby is FULL (turning their head, not opening mouth) and stop feeding at that point
• ✅ another way is to present purees as a dip for other foods

When feeding solids:
• 🍌 start with thick stick-shaped pieces that are soft and easily squishable between your fingers
• 🎨 allow baby to explore and get messy!
• 👌🏻 remember that in the early stages of solid feeds, babies likely will intake very little
• ❌ stop feeding when baby is fussy, throwing foods, or turning their head away

Responsive feeding decreases food aversion and picky eating and lowers the risk of obesity. So next time someone asks if you’re doing BLW or purées, educate on responsive feeding instead!

29/06/2023

feeding therapy - what does it look like?

for us it is:
• developing a bond and trust with your child
• parent involvement (this is INCREDIBLY important)
• play & getting messy
• repeated exposure to foods
• low pressure to eat or “take a bite”
• prioritizing connection and joyful mealtimes
• helping families to meet their personal feeding goals
• finding and treating the root cause of feeding difficulties (& referring to other professionals when it’s outside out scope)

every feeding client is different so the plan for each child is different too but these are the things we strive for in each session!

questions? ⬇️

26/06/2023

There is so much more than the tip of the iceberg when it comes to mealtime struggles and picky eating in children (and most of these can be applied to infants and teenagers too)!

Our children’s behaviors around mealtime can also trigger our own negative emotions and behaviors and may lead to less than happy mealtimes for all. It can all feel so hard and overwhelming!

If you’re needing support in this area and tired of the struggle, we have an incredible team of SLPs, OTs, pediatric feeding specialists, lactation consultants, and orofacial myofunctional therapists to help find the root cause of your child’s feeding difficulties.

Mealtimes should be a time of joy and connection, not a battle and there is still hope if you are feeling discouraged 🤍

07/06/2023

Meet Jacie •

“I love being an SLP because I love seeing progress in speech and feeding and being able to include families in the process. Parent education has become a huge component of my therapy and it’s important to me that families know how to work on goals outside of the therapy room.” •

Jacie is a speech language pathologist. Her specialties are feeding & picky eaters, apraxia, fluency/stuttering, and speech sound disorders •

Fun fact about Jacie:
She loves to travel and go camping! 🏕
She has a little girl and a boy due this July! 💙

🚨 Jacie has a couple of openings for picky eaters before she goes on maternity leave. Call today 432-900-2095 if you need to get in!

Want to know more? Drop a❓for Jacie below! ⬇️

04/06/2023

To the mama with an aching back, trying to feed her baby and collect extra milk at the same time - we see you.

To the mama who desperately wants to breastfeed but doesn’t know how much longer she can keep trying - we see you.

To the mama who is tired and anxious and sad and it all feels like too much - we see you.

To the mama who’s feeding journey has become a full time job - we see you.

To the mama with a toddler running around begging for snacks while you try to latch your newborn for the 14th time today - we see you.

To the mama making a hard decision in what to do and who to see about tongue ties or lip ties - we see you.

And to all the mamas in-between who are doing beautiful and hard things every day, we see you.

Mothering is hard. Postpartum healing is hard. And you can do hard things. You are a good mother.

🤍 Your worth is not defined by how you feed your baby or in a number of ounces that you produce. 🤍 It is rare that breastfeeding comes easily and without a hiccup. But we are here to support you and honor your feeding and motherhood journey and .

Come grab a coffee with us! ☕️
We can’t wait to meet you!

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