As a parent, you often start looking for support when you notice something going on with your child. More often than not, it's one thing that grabbed your attention. Perhaps your child is experiencing a speech or language delay, trouble feeding, some sensory issues, or challanges with attention and behavior. It could be any number of things. When this happens, the next logical step is to find a provider who can treat that problem. From my experience, what you're seeing is rarely the whole...

There's a question I hear from parents almost every week: "My child is snoring, is this normal?" Or: "Every time I look at her she has her mouth open and I've read that this shouldn't be happening. What can I do to help her?" My personal favorite: "His teacher says he can't focus or sit still and I keep wondering if something else might be going on." The truth is that those gut feelings you have as a parent are worth paying attention to. What your seeing with your kiddos breathing patterns,...

This week, I had the opportunity to speak with a mom of a 13-year-old who wanted to understand how to help her child. They had completed orthodontic treatment, but she still felt like something wasn't quite right. Her daughter seemed tired, wasn't sleeping well, and deep down she felt like maybe something was being missed. During an orthodontic visit, she mentioned these concerns and was told her daughter's lower jaw sat farther back than it should. The Dr also mentioned that surgery might...