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In this episode, Jacqueline is joined by Kelsey Baker, a Pediatric Occupational Therapist specializing in infant oral development. Jacqueline and Kelsey cover infant feeding, breastfeeding, oral ties, pacifiers and cups, and so much more.
Kelsey is a mom of 2 and uses her personal and professional experience to help families reach their feeding goals and tries to set babies up for lifelong health. This episode explores the first-year milestones from an occupational therapistâs point of view.Â
In this episode, youâll hear:
- Kelseyâs journey, how she got started in occupational therapy, and what exactly is an OT
- What occupational therapists look for when they assess your infant and some things to look out for in development
- How ties affect the entire body and why you want to get them assessed.
- Tips on teething and starting solids from an OT view
- Which cups, pacifiers, and bottles are best and which are not recommended
A glance at this episode:
- [1:50] Kelsey shares her journey with breastfeeding and how she got started in oral development for infants
- [5:46] What an occupational therapist is and how they are different from physical therapists
- [8:36] Some things that Kelsey assesses in an infant as an OT
- [12:20] How to go about getting support if you start to notice anything off with your infant and some key things to look out for
- [17:25] How ties affect the rest of the body
- [20:42] Whatâs exactly involved in a tie
- [23:10] Some considerations when teething and starting solids
- [25:10] Foods that tend to be easier for toddlers
- [28:06] How babies with ties use bottles and transition to straw cups
- [30:20] Kelseyâs view on some not-so-favorite bottles
- [33:22] How crawling is related to reading
- [38:32] Parents will sometimes realize through their infant why their ailments have arisen, or why a sibling has a certain ailment
- [39:15] Kelseyâs view on pacifiers
- [45:34] Why do we want to transition to cup feeding as early as 6 months
- [48:06] Why an OT doesnât want you using sippy cups
- [52:38] Kelseyâs advice for the first year and some tips
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