If you decide that you need professional guidance beyond your IBCLC and health care provider, begin with a call to your IBCLC or your health care provider’s office. Share your concerns and ask for a referral to a specialist. These resources might be as diverse as a mental health professionals, ENT specialists, dental surgeons, feeding therapists, physical therapists, occupational therapists, chiropractors, osteopaths, or people skilled in using CranioSacral Therapy and/or Neuro-Developmental Treatment (NDT).

If your IBCLC or health care provider does not have a referral for you, you may be able to locate an Early Intervention Program in the USA at NICHCY 1-800-695-0285 (Voice/TT).

Another avenue is to check with your health care plan to see if there are providers available to you through your health care system.

Each type of therapist and each kind of therapy has a different approach. If you or your child does not click with one therapist, keep looking until you find the right chemistry.

Whichever avenue you explore, look for someone with experience working with infants, and someone who is sensitive to babies and respectful of them in their approach.