Oral Wellness Program for Infants and Toddlers

Most myofunctional therapy programs start at 4 years old when children have the cognitive ability to learn and do when it comes to exercises. There is, however, a gap from newborn to 3 years old when growth and development of the jaw and mouth is not monitored. This is the reason I began my journey into breastfeeding and lactation. I will use this knowledge to help families navigate the world of infant and toddler oral health. This oral wellness program starts with prenatal appointments to go over feeding plans and progresses after birth. Each appointment I will reassess your baby in terms of facial growth and mouth development, check for any signs of dysfunction and refer when needed, discuss any products that you may want to use and the effects, if any, those products may have on your baby’s growth, and advise of growth milestones.

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This program is set to answer so many questions:

*Do I need to worry about my baby's lip or tongue tie?

*What type of pacifiers are the best for my baby?

*How do I transition my baby for my return to work?

*Why is tummy time so important?

*What type of teethers are the best?

*When should my baby start solids?

*What is baby led weaning?

*Why is it important to let my baby reach milestones naturally?

*Primitive Reflexes: what are they and why are they pivotal to growth and development?

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Oral Health and Wellness

This program will walk you through the first two years of your child's life. We start after birth to access the baby's oral cavity. Go over any feeding issues and get a baseline of how the mouth functions.

Then I follow the baby on the same schedule as the pediatrician at 3 months, 6 months, 9 months, and so on until age 2. At each visit, I will reassess the oral cavity and how it is growing, go over anything that might hinder that growth.

We will follow milestones and how we can get the baby to progress through them naturally. Why it is important to assess reflexes and ways to address them at an early age to help baby grow happy and healthy.