Born to Bloom: Maternal and Infant Occupational Therapy

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Born to Bloom: Maternal and Infant Occupational Therapy BORN TO BLOOM: Maternal and Infant Occupational Therapy was founded in 2023 by Libby Skolnik M.S. Thank you for your support đź’•

Libby Skolnik, M.S.

OTR/L, CEIM* to support and empower mamas, nurture infant development and create maternal community building.

✨FOR THE MAMAS✨
OT’s role in Maternal Health:
• Addressing the physical, emotional and occupational needs of women during pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum. What it looks like:
•Parenting skills and support
•Preparing for motherhood
•Addressing musculoskeletal concerns
•Mental Health +

Wellbeing
•Postpartum Rehabilitation

✨FOR THE BABIES✨
OT’s role in infant development:
•Addressing various aspects of baby’s sensory, motor and cognitive skills to foster development

What it looks like:
•Educating parents on their child’s individual growth utilizing developmental screening, observation and assessment
•Providing parents with proactive and habilitative therapy interventions tailored to meet their child where they are and help prevent and/or remediate delays in development

✨For the Community✨
Offering classes/workshops/meetups that promote maternal wellness, mother-infant bonding and infant development to promote maternal camaraderie and community building. What it looks like:
•Classes for: Infant Massage, Tummy Time, Age specific development, Parenting skills, Maternal health and wellness
•Meet ups with other moms and organizations to create multimodal support and integration of maternal well being services

We cannot wait to serve the Memphis Mama and Baby community. OTR/L, CEIM
CEO Born to Bloom LLC.

“Empowering Mothers, Nurturing Futures”

I don’t want to bounce back.I want to deep dive.Into healing. Into knowing myself again. Into the real transformation of...
21/07/2025

I don’t want to bounce back.

I want to deep dive.
Into healing. Into knowing myself again. Into the real transformation of motherhood.

I want to plant my feet.
In this season — not rush past it.
To feel the ground beneath me instead of chasing a version of me that no longer exists.

I want to be present.
With my baby.
With my body.
With myself.

Let’s stop glorifying “getting back” to something.
You didn’t go anywhere — you evolved.
This isn’t about bouncing. This is about becoming.

💛 You don’t have to bounce back. You get to bloom forward — in your own time, in your own way.

Birth Trauma doesn’t look the same for everyone. For me-it was quiet.It was Covid times and I had just brought the most ...
16/07/2025

Birth Trauma doesn’t look the same for everyone. For me-it was quiet.

It was Covid times and I had just brought the most beautiful baby girl to my chest after a very long induction.

I was so focused on her and making sure she was okay, still numb from my epidural-I didn’t even notice the OB and my midwife were still at my bottom half quickly moving around the room asking nurses to get supplies.

When I asked if everything was okay (as I sensed it wasn’t), they responded with “You’re bleeding a little bit more than we would like but we are working on it.”

I was hemorrhaging.
And had to be emergently packed with a small soccer ball amount of gauze to stop the bleeding.

The epidural wore off and the pain was worse than anything I experienced during the birth itself and I was offered TYLENOL. Tylenol.

I had to beg for more pain relief before the OB on call that night finally put in an order for Oxy.

I couldn’t sit for weeks. On anything.
I brought a pillow to every restaurant for months just on the off chance the seating wasn’t soft enough.

My second birth is my redemption experience and one I will treasure for the rest of my life. And I credit the lessons I learned from my first birth experience and the trauma I have processed for making me more informed and empowered, as a mother and healthcare advocate.

🎓✨ Celebrating our June Infant Massage graduates! These amazing mamas and their babies wrapped up a month of bonding, co...
12/07/2025

🎓✨ Celebrating our June Infant Massage graduates! These amazing mamas and their babies wrapped up a month of bonding, connection, and nurturing touch. So proud of each of you! 💛

(Only missing one of our sweet moms and babies -Alex and Elijah)

🎓✨ Celebrating our June Infant Massage graduates! These amazing mamas and their babies wrapped up a month of bonding, co...
12/07/2025

🎓✨ Celebrating our June Infant Massage graduates! These amazing mamas and their babies wrapped up a month of bonding, connection, and nurturing touch. So proud of each of you! 💛

(Only missing one of our sweet moms and babies Alex and Elijah)

✨ Just got certified as a Perinatal Mental Health Clinician (PMH-C)! ✨As an occupational therapist working with moms and...
02/07/2025

✨ Just got certified as a Perinatal Mental Health Clinician (PMH-C)! ✨

As an occupational therapist working with moms and babies in the NICU, this certification deepens my ability to support the emotional + mental health needs of families navigating some of the most vulnerable moments of their lives.

Perinatal mental health is neonatal health — and with this added lens, I’m even more equipped to hold space, advocate, and create trauma-informed, family-centered care plans that truly honor the parent-infant dyad. 💛

NICU care isn’t just about survival. It’s about connection, regulation, bonding, and long-term outcomes — and mental health is at the heart of it all.🧠👶🏽

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