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Infant Feeding Services

Our  Infant feeding services support a successful feeding journey. We specialize in sensory and motor skills, co-regulation, positioning, and oral function for your baby’s needs.

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About Infant Feeding Services

Child’sPlay Therapy Center is now offering infant feeding services, including both breastfeeding and bottle feeding!

Our feeding therapists hold advanced degrees in Speech-Language Pathology or Occupational Therapy. They have dedicated many years towards developing infant feeding expertise different areas of infant development, including breastfeeding, bottle feeding, introduction to solids, and much more.

Our team of therapists specializes in a holistic understanding of your baby’s sensory and motor skills, co-regulation, ideal positioning, and the structure and functions of the mouth that are vital to successful feeding. Please call us today to see how our team can partner with you to support the feeding journey that best fits your family!

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Prenatal Breastfeeding Education

Feel confident and equipped as you prepare to welcome your new baby home. Join us for a 1:1 counseling session to get your lactation and infant feeding questions answered and to learn about:

  • Breastfeeding and/or bottle-feeding basics
  • Positioning
  • Latching
  • Pumping
  • Preventing or troubleshooting common issues

Breastfeeding and Bottle Feeding Evaluation and Treatment

Receive individualized support in achieving your goals for breastfeeding, bottle feeding, or combination feeding. We can help you to:

  • Identify feeding cues
  • Achieve an effective latch on the breast or bottle
  • Find the right balance between breast and bottle feeding that meets your family’s needs
  • Problem solve pain
  • Address milk supply issues
  • Support feeding with tethered oral tissues
  • Address swallowing or choking concerns
  • Collaborate with your baby’s medical team to address more complex feeding difficulties
  • And more!
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Introduction to Solids Feeding Evaluation and Treatment

Ready to introduce solids or cups? Let us support you with this transition! Our feeding therapists are trained in:

  • Straw drinking
  • Open cups
  • Utensil use
  • Picky eating
  • Sensory integration
  • Developmental motor skills (e.g., gross motor, fine motor, and postural support)
  • Oral motor skills (e.g., biting, chewing, sucking, food spillage, etc.)
  • Swallowing or choking concerns
  • And more!

When To Call?

If you’re encountering any infant feeding challenges or have concerns about feeding your baby, please contact us to learn more. Some common challenges include:

  • Your baby takes more time to breastfeed or bottle feed than expected
  • Baby is feeding less frequently than expected
  • Introducing bottle for transition back to work or daycare
  • Baby is underweight
  • Choking or frequent respiratory infections
  • Milk or food spillage out of mouth during feeding
  • Baby refuses or becomes upset with purees and solid foods
  • Whenever you feel that your family needs extra support for your baby/toddler
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Our Testimonials

We’ve had the best experience at Child’s Play Therapy Center in Huntsville. Our 3 year old started going to OT & Speech for feeding therapy when he was 2 years old. He was 100% G-tube fed, and a year later eats all meals by mouth. We are so grateful for the wonderful ladies who have worked with him and our family! The therapists are patient, personal, knowledgeable, and creative! We highly recommend Child’s Play!!

~ Kristen Gattis

I love this Therapy Center. We bounced around couple of places, before we were referred to them. Everyone has been wonderful. I’ve never had a bad experience. 

~ Amanda Wills

This place is wonderful. They are very professional and always treated us with respect and understanding. I highly recommend them if you are in need of their services.

~ Lee Wood

I LOVE CHILD’S PLAY!! Sorry to be one of those people that write in all caps but IT IS SO TRUE. My daughter has been going to Child’s Play for the past two years. I have seen tremendous growth in her from the start till now. All the therapists are professional, kind, and caring. The staff at the front desk are warm and welcoming. They also don’t get annoyed when I ask all the questions. I HIGHLY recommend Child’s Play. We actually drive about 45 minutes weekly so my daughter can do therapy there. We love it that much.

~ amanda einhorn

Our son has loved coming here. He has really bonded with his therapist, and we have seen so much progress due to her work and the relationship she has developed with him. My wife is a pediatrician, so you know her standards and expectations are high. We have been very pleased with our son’s development over the last couple of months. Thank you!

~ Kevin Cope

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