Latching Difficulty
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Cognition, Education, and the Gillespie Approach
Based on forty-three years of clinical observation of infant therapy, I am presenting a hypothesis around cognition, education, and the…
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A Retruded Mandible
A skilled IBCLC referred a ten-week-old boy for evaluation and possible treatment. She noticed a tongue tie and, before she…
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Calling All Newborn Providers
Similar patient visits are happening globally every day. My hope is that someday everyone will “get it.” A five-year-old presented…
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Infant Team Management is Critical
This is my viewpoint on how infants should be managed with many providers involved. First-time parents can easily become lost…
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A Great Dyad Story
This is as good as it gets in my birth world. A woman, who had a long list of difficult…
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The Nostrils
This work keeps me humble. For 45 years, I had not paid any attention to the nostrils. Since they are…
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Oral Ties
These are my thoughts around the controversy of oral ties. As a periodontist, I regretfully did infant frenectomies in the…
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Oral Ties Revisited
A mom emailed me a typical case of oral ties and professional tunnel vision. Yes, craniosacral fascial therapy can help.…
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Three Short California Baby Stories
Note from Dr. Barry Gillespie: Thank you, Tori Matthews of Orange County, California, for sharing some short clinical “wins”: A…
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Small Mouth Opening
After the second tongue-tie revision, the surgeon said the baby had a small mouth opening—here’s why. A five-month-old presents with…
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