Thrive Little

Marielle is fantastic! We attended her baby and me class. What a great opportunity to meet other parents with little ones around our daughter's age as well as have play time with someone who specializes in development! She answered so many of our questions, gave us great exercises to try at home, and provided safe toys for our littles to try out! As soon as we left, we signed up for her 6 month intro to solids class, we can't wait! Thank you Marielle!

Marielle was very kind and helpful in teaching us strategies on how to support our 2mo old post tongue tie revision! She was patient and was able to guide us/answer all our questions. I highly recommend her as an OT.

Marielle is wonderful! She’s so calm and easy to be around. Everything she has taught us has already helped our daughter so much. It’s great to find someone who has so much experience with lip and tongue ties, couldn’t recommend her more.

Marielle has exceptional clinical skills and experience and I highly recommend her services for any feeding or developmental concerns in babies 0-18 months. I had trouble breastfeeding my first child and wanted to make sure any issues were addressed quickly after I gave birth to my second child. My previous experience was to primarily seek support from a pediatrician, but was always left without sufficient answers to problems or tangible tasks to support development. I have since learned about occupational therapy and the benefits. Marielle came to my house to assess my 1 week old baby. I appreciate her assessment and input and left feeling more confident in my feeding plan. She has a calm and supportive demeanor and is easy to connect with. I feel she truly listened to what my goals were and helped me have the tools necessary to continue my feeding journey. 10/10 recommend!

Marielle evaluated my son when he was 8 weeks old. We had been working with several IBCLCs and still struggling with breastfeeding as well as bottle feeding. I was very concerned because he was falling off the growth chart and it was very scary. Marielle is very thorough, kind, and connected easily with me and my son. She showed me different positions I could feed baby in and how to pace feed him to support his coordination and prevent him getting so overwhelmed with the flow of milk. She noticed that he had a lot of tension in his mouth and body and showed us exercises we could do for both. She also showed us exercises we could do for his torticollis which helped to fix it quickly. He had a minor tongue tie but we decided not to do the release procedure since we were able to make such a big improvement just with exercises and therapy! And now he’s almost a year old, eats everything in sight, and is back within the expected growth chart. I highly recommend Marielle if you have concerns about your baby!