What to expect from a consultation

Consultation

FREE - Once you decide to pursue a consultation with Branches of Joy, the first step is meeting and seeing if this is the right fit. This meeting can happen in person, virtually, or on the phone. For lactation and bottle feeding, the infant should be present. For all other feeding concerns, it will start with just the caregiver(s).
Evaluation

After the caregivers have determined if this is the right fit, it’s time for evaluation. This can happen in-person at your home or a neutral location (e.g. park, playground, etc), it can also be virtual. The evaluation period is filled with observations of the environment for feeding, positioning, sensory input and behavior reactions, oral motor structures, and other factors that may be impacting feeding at large.
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Ongoing Consultation

Ongoing frequency and duration will be determined by the evaluation.
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Do you feel like as a new parent you weren’t given enough direction in terms of how to best feed your baby?
Do you feel like your environment isn’t set up to be conducive for breastfeeding?
Are you having physical pain with feeding?
Do you feel like your baby isn’t eating enough?
Are you worried about returning to work or leaving your baby for extended periods of time?
Do you feel like a short order cook?
Have you eaten more than enough _____ because it is all your child will eat?
Are you worried to go out in public with your child for meals?
Do you have to make special accommodations for your child at family gatherings?
Are the typical feeding ‘tricks’ not working?
Do you follow every social media account you can think of and none of the strategies seem to help in your environment?

This is dependent on the stress level of your family. If you feel like you are spending a significant amount of time preparing yourself and your family for tasks and it is causing a large amount of stress to complete, then reach out.
Contact us. With the scope of Lactation and Occupational Therapy being so broad, we can adapt our approach to fit your needs. Branches of Joy aims to support families in their environment.
Not currently. Insurance changes the way we approach support, and the changes do not align directly with our approach currently.
Branches of Joy focuses on the occupation of feeding. We can consult for sensory needs, but may refer to a clinic that is better equipped if the concerns are greater than what is available in your home environment.
Feeding and eating are very complex. While we can help with the sensory, environmental, and nervous system responses to food, sometimes there are more specific interventions that may be needed. Contact us with your questions.

Consultation

Evaluation