Infant Feeding Clinic
Is feeding your baby painful, stressful, or overwhelming? Are you having trouble finding your groove with feeding, or are there obstacles you're running into? Are you confused about where to begin to find support? This is the support you've been looking for.
You will consult with one of five professionals of The WOMB Guelph's feeding team: a Lactation Consultant (IBCLC), Physiotherapist, Chiropractor, Osteopath, or Speech Language Pathologist - to discuss your concerns and be guided to the next best step on your feeding journey.
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Our Feeding Team at The WOMB Guelph
Shannon Clutton-Carr- Physiotherapist
Shannon Clutton Carr, PT, has been helping families with feeding issues since early 2022. Her therapeutic focus is on bodywork, passive positioning, and purposeful play for infants struggling with latching, neck positioning/postures, head shape concerns, and high/low tone issues. Shannon can assist you with suck retraining, preparing for and/or recovering from tongue/lip tie procedures, and infant or maternal-related biomechanical issues contributing to a difficult feeding journey. She supports all methods of infant feeding and has lived experience in breast and bottle feeding her own two "difficult" feeders!
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Dr. Jessica Santos- Chiropractor
Dr. Jessica Santos is a family chiropractor, whose passion lies in working with aspiring, expecting or postnatal mamas, as well as ALL the babes she can possibly handle! Dr. Jess is certified and has extensive experience working with Intraoral Palate Specific) technique and associated bodywork, which is intended to identify and treat suspected or confirmed intraoral dysfunction related to tethered oral tissues (such as tongue tie and lip tie),TMJD, and poor tongue function (both pre and post revision). Her work with infants has allowed her to gain a wide-ranging familiarity working both common and uncommon infancy and childhood complaints, ranging from colic, reflux and torticollis – to retained primitive reflexes, cerebral palsy, and neurodivergent conditions.
Emily Merritt- Speech Language Pathologist
Emily Merritt is a registered Speech-Language Pathologist with a passion for supporting infant feeding. Since beginning her work with the pediatric population in 2015, she has pursued additional specialized training to better assist infants and their families. Emily helps parents find the most functional feeding approach, whether through breast/chest feeding, bottle feeding, or transitioning to solids. She collaborates closely with lactation consultants and dentists to provide comprehensive pre- and post-operative support for tongue and lip tie releases. Her goal is to ensure that parents feel empowered, supported, and confident in feeding their babies.
Angela Houston- Osteopath
Angela is an Osteopathic Manual Practitioner and Certified Athletic Therapist. She has a special interest in treating moms, babies and children Angela's approach to treatment is gentle and holistic with an individualized treatment plan to suit each person’s needs.
Rupinder Sandra- Lactation Consultant
Rupinder is an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC), nurse, and proud mama of two. Since the beginning of her nursing career she has had a passion in caring for mothers and their babies. While working in primary health care she noticed a growing need for breastfeeding education among expecting, new, and experienced mothers. This is where my drive to empower mothers began. While breastfeeding her daughter she came across many breastfeeding challenges including lip and tongue tie. She saw how powerful it was to have the breastfeeding knowledge she was certified in to help her overcome her own breastfeeding difficulties.
Rupinder is here to give you the support and confidence to OWN it .Just like every baby deserves the best nutrition and care from day one. Every mother deserves the best support and education to help reach her breastfeeding and parenting goals.