In-Home Baby & Toddler Feeding Therapy in Baton Rouge, LA
Are you ready for your child to Bloom?
Mealtimes should be a sweet space for connection, but when your little one struggles to eat, it can quickly become the most stressful part of your day. If you find yourself dreading the highchair, worrying about weight gain, or navigating intense food aversions, you don't have to handle it alone and you don't have to pack up a stressed child for a clinic visit.
BloomBaby Occupational Therapy and Wellness brings premium, concierge pediatric feeding therapy straight to your family kitchen or nursery. Serving families across Baton Rouge, and surrounding parishes, we provide expert, home-based care tailored to your child’s unique sensory and developmental needs.
Why Choose In-Home Feeding Therapy?
The biggest hurdle in traditional clinic-based feeding therapy is translation. A child might take a bite for a therapist in a sterile, clinical room, but refuse it completely the moment they get back to their own highchair.
By conducting in-home feeding therapy in Baton Rouge, we assess and treat your child in their natural environment. We work with the exact plates, seating, lighting, and family routines that make up their daily life, paving the way for faster progress and less mealtime anxiety.
Feeding Challenges We Treat
Led by pediatric OT and infant feeding specialist Emily Daigle, OTR/L, C/NDT, BloomBaby provides comprehensive support for a variety of early feeding and oral motor concerns:
Infant Feeding Support: Bottle or breastfeeding difficulties, poor latching, reflux, bottle refusal, and pre/post tongue-tie care.
Transitioning to Solids: Trouble moving from smooth purees to table foods or safely managing chewable textures.
Sensory Food Aversions: Gagging, coughing, or intense distress when interacting with new food textures, smells, or colors.
Severe Picky Eating: Helping children expand restricted diets and build a happy relationship with food.
Oral Motor Coordination: Building the foundational chewing mechanics, tongue movement, and jaw strength required for safe swallowing.
Help Your Child Bloom
Early intervention is the key to establishing a lifetime of healthy eating habits. To schedule a concierge in-home evaluation with pediatric specialist Emily Daigle, OTR/L, contact BloomBaby OT today. You can reach our Baton Rouge practice directly by calling 225-613-2882, emailing emily@bloombabyot.com, or you can click here to fill out our online contact form to get started with mobile pediatric occupational therapy services for your baby or toddler.
“A baby’s occupation is to learn through movement and play! As a pediatric occupational therapist, I support the baby and family by creating an optimal environment needed for the baby to develop and learn. I have intimate knowledge of typical and atypical motor development, as well as an understanding of the sensory systems and how they impact the baby’s ability to feed, play, and interact. I have always had a passion for treating infants and I am excited to have the opportunity to work with you and your baby!”
-Emily Daigle, OT
