I am often asked how a tongue tie can impact a person’s speech and eating. Let’s begin with understanding how the mouth structures may be affected. The frenulum, the band of tissue connecting the tongue to the floor of the mouth creates one type of tongue tie if it restricts...

Starting out in private practice, I was unsure of how to market myself to physician groups that I wanted to refer to my practice. My caseload, up to that point, was handed to me through early intervention services or as hospital admissions. Suddenly, I found myself required to market my...

This month can be an incredible time of anxiety and worry. Our teens are finishing end of semester projects and finals. The winter break is looming and time spent with friends and even family can be tricky navigating between after school activities, jobs, community service hours, therapy and/or doctor visits...

October has come and gone. You’ve sighed your sigh of relief for getting through class Halloween parties and trick or treating with your child(ren). And now it’s time to determine how to manage the Thanksgiving Holiday that centers around food and fellowship time. This can be stressful for families with...

A cute, little habit that needed to be eliminated sooner rather than later. Our precious baby girl who had just turned four years old, had a habit of sucking on just the corner of her pink silk blanket. She would meticulously fold the corner into thirds and stick the triangular...