It Takes A Village:
Myofunctional Therapy Lactation Consultant
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.
My goal is to get this program into pediatric and dental offices so that all babies can be monitored and dysfunctions can be found early. I feel that this is crucial to growing healthy children and am excited to bring this program to the area.
My Programs
Habit Elimination Program
Myofunctional Therapy
Program
Infant and Toddler
Oral Wellness Program
Habit Elimination Program
My program is appropriate for children and teens. With this program I will work with your child to
eliminate any noxious habit that may be affecting their oral growth and development. Thumb and
finger sucking, pacifier use, and fingernail biting are examples of these habits that can alter the
growth of the jaw and face. A series of exercises are assigned each week that should be preformed
daily or multiple times a day. For the best results there needs to be a commitment to daily exercises
until the habit is gone.
Myofunctional Therapy
Program
This is the typical program for children 4 years and up. This program is comprehensive and covers
a variety of oral programs. The goal of this program is to eliminate the bad habits, develop proper lip
seal and tongue placement and teach chewing and swallowing patterns to reinforce good habits.
This program is designed especially with your child's needs in mind and can be from 6-12 months
with some treatments lasting longer if orthodontics or frenectomy procedures are needed
Infant and Toddler
Oral Wellness Program
This program is set for newborns through age 3 when these little ones have the largest growth and
development. It starts with prenatal appointments to set feeding plans then proceeds on past birth.
I will help guide, educate, and give resources for all the products that encompass having a baby and
toddler. All the while checking the oral growth and development as your child grows and which
products can help or hinder that development.
