Pediatric Feeding
Empire Therapy
(509) 701-7651
We specialize in primitive reflex integration for infant development. We are natural preventative care.
At Empire, we consider breastfeeding the first milestone. Our certified breastfeeding specialists and counselors use oral/facial reflex integration to mature suck/swallow/breathe in infants. The position of which babies naturally feed is also addressed with body work and facilitating infantile reflexes. Reflexes are automatic responses babies should demonstrate and are designed for natural development. These techniques work really well for those babies who are bottle fed as well.
We specialize in breastfeeding, tongue ties, plagiocephaly, torticollis, and medically fragile infants. All babies can benefit from body work to improve alignment, function, and development. No referral needed! Call us now for your appointment.
Nourish Therapy
(509) 508-0725
Carissa Guiley is a Speech-Language Pathologist and Certified Lactation Counselor, specializing in pediatric feeding for ages birth to five. She provides care in-home, virtual, and at her South Hill office. Carissa has advanced training in areas of breast/bottle feeding and oral dysfunction, oral sensory-motor therapy, “TOTS” (or tethered oral tissues), and orofacial myofunctional therapy. She has a special interest in working with infants and children with tongue ties, infants having difficulty transitioning to table foods, and families of toddlers with picky eating behaviors. She offers a wide range of services from 1:1 parent coaching, to feeding therapy, as well as mommy-and-me classes for introducing solids, and parent workshops for tackling various mealtime challenges. She takes a holistic approach to intervention, with an emphasis on responsive feeding and nurturing the parent-child relationship so that mealtime can be a time of connection and nourishment.
Nurture Lactation
(509) 954-5337
Our mission at Nurture Lactation is to provide a wrap-around approach to the postpartum experience. We are proud to have a small team including a nurse practitioner, IBCLCs, and speech-language pathologists (feeding therapists) that can provide feeding and lactation support for children of any age. Whether it is assisting you in the early days of breastfeeding or helping an infant with complex medical conditions that impact feeding, we are here to help. We also offer in-office prescriptions for breastfeeding medical support, such as for breast/nipple pain, mastitis, or increasing breastmilk supply.
Our goal is to provide care that is compassionate, accessible, and inclusive to parents of all ages and stages of life, regardless of their sex, lifestyle, gender, age, or marital status. We are contracted with many insurance companies.
We are also the only milk bank drop and dispensing site in Spokane, in collaboration with NW Mother’s Milk Bank.
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