Lactation: Consultant Services and Therapy
Gain confidence in your breastfeeding, bottle feeding and pumping journey with support from a lactation consultant near you.
What is Lactation Therapy?
Lactation therapy is care designed to address common breastfeeding challenges. For new moms, this might look like low milk supply or painful nursing. For infants, it might look like ineffective nursing, slow weight gain, or nursing strikes.
Flourishing Kids provides breastfeeding support that addresses the origins of each obstacle. Through evidence-based sessions, we remove pain, stress, and uncertainty from your journey!
how it works
Curious how our program works? Flourishing Kids’ lactation services typically involve three key stages.
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Our process starts with understanding you. The Flourishing Kids team assesses your feeding goals and health history and conducts a direct observation of breastfeeding or bottle feeding. From there, we craft a care plan to address your specific challenges.
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Our certified lactation consultant guides you through personalized strategies for bottlefeeding, breastfeeding, or pumping. Through props and hands-on techniques, we make feeding a more positive experience and alleviate any concerns along the way.
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Sustainable progress starts between sessions. Our team sends you home with a plan for feeding routines, including how much to feed, when to supplement, and how to track progress.
Virtual Parent Coaching
Not all feeding challenges require in-person therapy, but every family deserves support. Virtual parent coaching is a flexible middle ground that helps you address mild feeding concerns from the comfort of your home.
Through our secure telehealth platform, you'll meet one-on-one with a compassionate team member who provides expert guidance, practical strategies, and personalized recommendations tailored to your child's needs.
Frequently Asked Questions
Breastfeeding and infant feeding can come with unexpected questions and challenges. Our goal is to provide compassionate, evidence-based support that helps you feel confident in feeding your baby. Here are answers to some of the questions families ask most often about our lactation services.
If you don't see your question below, we're happy to help—just reach out to our team.
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When you hire a lactation consultant near you, they step in to provide expert education, guidance, and support throughout the breastfeeding process. Common challenges a consultant would address include:
Painful nursing
Latching issues
Prenatal lactation counseling
Low milk supply/over supply
Pumping difficulties
Bottle aversions
Return to work challenges
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Jodie Wallis, MS, CCC-SLP, CLC, has the following certifications:
Certified Lactation Consultant
International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) Candidate
Certified Tummy Time Method™️ practitioner
An IBCLC is considered the “gold standard” in lactation care. Basically, Jodie is a breastfeeding specialist who completed the clinical hours and education needed to provide you with the best possible care!
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Yes! Our team has years of experience working with preemies, NICU graduates, and babies with complex medical diagnoses.
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We provide manual therapy for any oral motor dysfunction and craniosacral fascial therapy to unwind tension patterns that may be interfering with breastfeeding, especially when a baby does well on one side but not the other.
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Absolutely. Flourishing Kids does much more than breastfeeding support. We help you reach any feeding goal, even if it changes over time!scription
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Flourishing Kids’ lactation support is provided during feeding therapy sessions. These services are currently in-network with Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield and Aetna.
Not covered? We also accept HSA/FSA and private-pay clients!
