Pacifier Use: an SLP Perspective

As a pediatric speech-language pathologist treating the birth to three population the topic of pacifier use comes up often. In fact, it is a question I ask parents during the case history interview in an evaluation. I also ask about thumb sucking and prolonged bottle...

Pacifiers, Vocalizing, and Development

  This week I am excited to welcome Eliza Parker, Infant Development Specialist, as a guest blogger for Tandem Speech Therapy. She is the owner of Conscious Baby in Austin, TX. Eliza respects babies as whole people who enter the world knowing how to communicate,...

Early Childhood Intervention

There are two components to the work I do as a pediatric speech-language pathologist. First, I work with children who have speech that is difficult to understand. These kids need support with the production of individual speech sounds. We work on connecting and...

How Should I Talk to My Baby?

Over the weekend I had the chance to spend time with a dear friend of mine. She is the mom to the beautiful, 4 month old boy in these photos. As we talked she said something that stuck a cord with me. “I’m not even sure how I should be talking to my...

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