Infant Feeding & Early Development Therapy in West LA
Gentle, in-home support for new parents and their babies.
How we work with you
Bringing a baby home is wondrous and overwhelming all at once. From the first latch to the first solid foods, feeding and early development can bring up worries that no pamphlet quite answers. OT by the Sea was founded to walk alongside families in West LA during this tender season - right in your own home, on your own timeline.
Our occupational therapists specialize in infant feeding, oral motor development, sensory regulation, and the everyday milestones of the first three years. We see your baby in the rocker where she actually nurses, on the rug where he actually rolls - never in a sterile clinic - so the strategies we share fit your real life.
We collaborate with the top pediatricians, IBCLCs, GI specialists, and pediatric dentists across the greater Los Angeles area. Whether you are working through a bottle refusal, navigating a tongue-tie release or whole body tension, processing a new diagnosis, or simply wondering if tummy time should look this way, we offer warm guidance grounded in years of clinical expertise.
Every plan begins with a free 20-minute consultation so we can listen first, understand your family's rhythm, and only then propose next steps that feel doable rather than daunting.
Conditions and concerns we support
Every plan is built around the person in front of us. The list below is a starting point - if you do not see your situation, please reach out.
- Bottle refusal and breast-to-bottle transitions
- Tongue-tie and lip-tie pre and post-frenectomy support
- Oral motor weakness and difficulty coordinating suck-swallow-breathe
- Starting solids, picky eating, and texture aversions
- Reflux and feeding-related fussiness
- Torticollis, plagiocephaly, and early positional concerns
- Sensory regulation, sleep, and state organization in infancy
- Developmental milestone delays and early intervention support
This service is a good fit if...
- New parents navigating feeding worries in the first weeks at home
- Families introducing solids who feel stuck or anxious at mealtimes
- Babies recovering from a tongue-tie release who need feeding follow-up
- Parents whose pediatrician has recommended early intervention
- Postpartum mothers who want a calm, knowledgeable presence in their home
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Ready to begin? Let's talk.
Free 20-minute consultations for new families across West Los Angeles.