McNabb Feeding Therapy LLC

I am a pediatric speech-language pathologist and a certified lactation consultant. My work experience entails working at a children’s hospital as a feeding specialist, providing assessment and treatment for medically complex infants, children, and adolescents with feeding and swallowing disorders. I have a vast amount of experience treating premature infants with underlying medical diagnoses within a Level IV NICU, the highest level of a NICU that cares for the most complex and critically ill newborns. Many of my patients have tubes that are fed directly to the stomach to provide primary means of hydration/nutrition. It is my goal to improve swallow safety and efficiency to ultimately transition the infant to full oral feeds and wean use of tube feeds. It is extremely important to me, that I develop individualized feeding goals that are in alignment with the parents’ goals for their infant or child.

Additionally, I focus on providing treatment for patients’ with oral motor delays/deficits that may impact their ability to successfully bottle feed, breast feed, spoon feed, and/or chew solids. I provide treatment approaches which allow patients to developmentally progress to purees and solids. I also offer services that help expand the patient’s acceptance of novel or non-preferred food items for picky eaters.