Beyond Preemie

Heather is an absolutely incredible pediatric OT who truly saved my breastfeeding journey. She came highly recommended by our lactation consultant after a tongue-tie release and months of trying *everything* to get my daughter to exclusively breastfeed—with little success. From our first visit, Heather was professional yet so warm and reassuring. She made our sessions feel easy— and even fun —for both my daughter and I. Unlike many prior recommendations that focused on stressful intraoral stretches, Heather showed us playful, gentle ways to strengthen my daughter’s suck and release body tension through movement and play. She is incredibly thoughtful about making children feel safe and comfortable—even down to wearing pink gloves because babies can associate blue gloves with past medical t

Heather is wonderful. She is so patient, kind, and good with the little ones. She was very thorough in her evaluation, detailed in the steps to improving, and encouraging throughout the whole process. She helped our child with fixing more of the root causes affecting her eating which is more of a long term solution! I would highly recommend her to anyone who is needing assistance in feeding their babies.

Our pediatrician recommended Heather, and we are so thankful they did. Our son was struggling with bottle feeding — frequent clicking and sucking noises, tiring quickly, and feedings that could take 45 minutes to an hour. Like many parents, we were hearing a lot about tongue-tie surgery, but we wanted to be sure it was truly necessary before going that route. From the very first visit, Heather was incredibly knowledgeable and thoughtful. She carefully evaluated our son and helped us determine whether surgery was needed or if we could instead focus on improving his oral strength and motor skills. What truly set her apart was her patience and calming presence — both with our son and with me as a worried parent. She took the time to explain everything clearly, answer all of our questions, an

What can we say about Heather? My goodness she is an angel! We started bringing our daughter to her at 8 weeks old because of feeding difficulties and bottle refusal. Heather was so patient and kind with both our daughter and with us as first time parents. She did a thorough evaluation and taught us different methods and techniques to help our daughter. In addition to the feeding therapy she also was instrumental in helping our baby reach various milestones by teaching us different exercises through play. Heather knows her stuff and is a total expert without ever being condescending or judgmental. Her own son had feeding difficulties too so she gets it, and to us, that really made a difference and put us at ease. She also makes herself so available to her clients beyond appointments. We

I recommend Heather to every parent who has a baby struggling with feeding or any other milestones. Heather worked with my baby from when she was a newborn, helping her to strengthen her suck for more efficient feeds. She could not breastfeed because of the same reason. Then Heather helped her meet her rolling milestone when she was having trouble at 6 months. She helped strengthen areas that would lead to future milestones such as walking and my baby started walking at 11 months!! She is a wealth of information about development. The best part is that she is kind, patient, and individualizes care to what our family needed. Personally, I am planning on seeing Heather with our next baby at the beginning to get a comprehensive assessment and ensure we are doing exercises that help them buil