Sucking Difficulty
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2022 Articles
Infant Therapy Drama
I have found over the years that infants and parents tend to do better with therapy closer to birth. After…
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Newborns With Fast Deliveries Can Have Issues
An eight-week-old presented with difficulty sucking, inability to have a deep latch, an open mouth, fast breathing, congestion from birth,…
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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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A Typical Gillespie Approach Fussy Baby
A two-month-old presented with sucking issues. He latched better after his tongue tie and lip tie revisions, but still had…
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Severe Infant Breathing Issues
A one-year-old presented this week from outside the Philadelphia area with raspy breathing, difficulty swallowing, and aspiration issues. At birth…
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Mothers and Babies Struggle With Feeding
I receive emails from around the world about infant issues. Last night I chatted with an American mom after reading…
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The Many Diverse Infant Conditions of the Gillespie Approach
In his poem “The Divine Comedy” Dante describes his travels down the nine circles of the inferno. We are going…
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2019 Articles
Hospital Presentation Advice for Gillespie Approach Infant Providers
Our work can be game-changing, but it ideally must be done during the first day of life. That needs to…
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2019 Articles
Suck, Swallow, and Breathe Revisited
Newborns need to suck, swallow, and breathe well to thrive. An acceptable suck-swallow-breathe coordinating ratio is 1:1:1 or 2:1:1. Poor…
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2019 Articles
Why Are Babies Fussy?
Why Are Babies Fussy? | Dr. Barry Gillespie Explores Fussy Babies Under the Lens of Gillespie Approach–Craniosacral Fascial Therapy Why…
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