License to Thrive: Lactation & Infant Feeding Support

12/09/2025

🎅🏻🎄GIVE A LITTLE, GET A LOT🎄🎅🏻

This year, we are once again assisting Esperanza de Tejas, Inc. and The Free Store - Corpus Christi with their 5th Annual Christmas of Hope!

🌟NOW THROUGH DECEMBER 18, WHEN YOU MAKE ANY DONATION, WE’LL SEND YOU A COMPLETE TRAINING PROGRAM WITH 20 WORKOUTS AS OUR THANK-YOU🌟

Donate⬇️
https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/donation-form/christmas-of-hope--2025

The 5th Annual Christmas of Hope is a night where families experience joy, dignity, and community during the holiday season. Every year, hundreds of children and parents walk through our doors filled with hope, and every year you help make that hope possible.

🎁 Your support will help provide:
• Christmas gifts for children ages 0 to 10
• Gift cards for youth ages 11 to 18
• Hygiene items, clothing, blankets
• A book station and a stocking station
• Hot Cocoa and Marshmellow station
• Pictures with Santa
• Food bags for families
• A safe and joyful night filled with love and community

This year we are preparing to serve more families than ever before and we cannot do it alone. Your donation directly brings joy, dignity, and relief to families who need it most. Every contribution helps fill a stocking, wrap a gift, or place food on a family’s table.

If you would like to support or learn more about Christmas of Hope, you can visit esperanzadetejas.org and click the Christmas of Hope tab

🎄Christmas of Hope
🗓️Friday, December 19
🕕6 PM to 9 PM
📍417 S Upper Broadway, Corpus Christi, Texas 78401

11/21/2025

🎅🏽Babble & Bond is back for our December baby playgroup!

Join us for a fun, interactive session designed for parents and babies (0–6 months) to:
💙Learn how early communication develops through daily meaningful interactions.
💙Get simple, play-based ideas to support your baby’s early foundational speech and language skills.
💙Connect with other parents of little ones and ask questions in a relaxed, supportive space.🙌🏽
Hosted by TWO Speech Language Pathologists with a passion for helping to facilitate early communication skills and form the foundation for future speech/language development!

📆 When: Thursday, 12/11/2025
⏰ 10-10:45am
📍 Where:
3707 Santa Fe St
Corpus Christi, TX 78411
Parkway Presbyterian Church (in the Garden Room)
Price: $25

🔗 Registration is required: ⬇️
Space is limited!
https://forms.gle/vYkUHrV5Auo5FkMP7

11/20/2025

✨Mom & Baby Wellness Clinic✨

Curious about your postpartum recovery or your baby’s development?

Join us for a 15-minute one-on-one screening with a licensed therapist focused on maternal pelvic health and/or infant development.

This gentle check-in is designed to:
✨ Identify early concerns or imbalances
✨ Answer your questions with expert guidance
✨ Offer personalized next steps & resources
✨ Support both your healing and your baby’s growth

🗓️ Saturday Dec 6
⌚️9-11 am & 12-2 pm | Individual Screenings

To make the day even more supportive, we’ll also be hosting a FREE Community Workout led by , a chance to move, connect, and care for your body in a welcoming space alongside other moms.
⌚️11 am-12pm

Whether you’re navigating postpartum changes or wondering about your baby’s milestones, we’re here to support the dyad, because thriving moms raise thriving babies. 🌿👶

📍Limited spots available
👉 Book your screening today and feel confident in your next steps. Check link in bio.

11/03/2025

Join us for a fun, interactive session designed for parents and babies (0–6 months) to:

💙Learn how early communication develops through daily meaningful interactions.

💙Get simple, play-based ideas to support your baby’s early speech and language.

💙Connect with other parents of little ones and ask questions in a relaxed, supportive space.🙌🏽

🔸Hosted by TWO speech language pathologists!

📆 When: Thursday, 11/13/2025
⏰ 10-10:45am
📍 Where:
3707 Santa Fe St
Corpus Christi, TX 78411
Parkway Presbyterian Church (in the Garden Room)

🔗 Registration is required: ⬇️
Space is limited!
https://forms.gle/vYkUHrV5Auo5FkMP7

11/03/2025

Amid the holiday hustle, make time to slow down and connect❤️. Our Baby Language Playgroups, Babble & Bond and Chatterbug Connections (hosted by TWO speech language pathologists), are the perfect way to nurture your baby’s early communication skills this season🙌🏽.

🔸Registration required! Space is limited.
🔗 https://forms.gle/b8kqdKkgTHMFADKQ6

11/03/2025

From wrapping up October’s playgroup to bouncing into November and December’s playgroups and we are here for it! 🥳 We know that these next few months are busy so we wanted to share both dates in advance. Come have fun and learn how to support your growing child’s early language development in a playgroup setting that is led by TWO Speech-Language Pathologists! Registration required and spots are limited. Link in Bio! 🍃 🍁 🍂 🎅🏼 🎄 🔔

10/16/2025

10/06/2025

🍂October Language Playgroups, hosted by and Platicamos Speech Therapy are coming up soon!

Looking for fun and simple ways to support your baby’s early language development and strengthen your bond?

Join us for our baby language playgroups, hosted by two speech language pathologists, where parents and caregivers can explore fun and interactive ways to build foundational receptive and expressive language skills while connecting with their little ones through play:

👶🏽Babble & Bond (0–6 months) – October 28 | 10:00–10:45 AM
🧸Chatterbox Connections (7–18 months) – October 28 | 11:00–11:45 AM

📍3707 Santa Fe St.
Corpus Christi, TX 78411

This month, both playgroups will celebrate Días de los Mu***os, bringing in color, culture, and meaningful connection through playful, language-rich activities, and play.

🍂Spaces are limited! Register now to give your little one a morning full of learning, laughter, and bonding!

🔗 Babble & Bond/Chatterbox Connections registration form link can be found below ⬇️ and also in our IG bio!

🔗 https://forms.gle/KH1nRZviuKV1BUoW7

10/01/2025

Plugged Ducts & Mastitis?
Let’s talk breast inflammation and the BAIT protocol! ⬇️

Have you been experiencing breast pain, swelling, or even a fever? Did you know it’s not always an infection 🤔? Plugged ducts and mastitis are actually often linked to inflammation in the breast, which can narrow the milk ducts and slow the flow of milk. The way we approach the treatment of this has changed significantly in recent years.

BAIT Protocol:
B: Breast rest. Feed or pump on demand as usual. Do NOT nurse or pump any more than what is usual for you. Over-emptying can worsen breast inflammation. Avoid restrictive bras as well!
A: Anti-inflammatory support (e.g., NSAIDs such as ibuprofen)
I: Ice ❄️ Cold compresses help reduce swelling and inflammation!
T: Tylenol (e.g., acetaminophen for pain relief and fever reduction)

🙅🏽‍♀️ What to Avoid ⚠️:
🚫 Vigorous massage. This can make inflammation much worse😭.
🚫 Repeated “emptying” or power pumping
🚫 Heat 😬

🙌🏽Gentle and supportive techniques like therapeutic breast massage and lymphatic drainage may also reduce swelling, improve comfort, and support milk flow. These are NOT deep or forceful maneuvers…think super gentle, light strokes that encourage fluid movement toward the armpit or collarbone, rather than pressing into the breast tissue. These techniques are often taught by IBCLCs and other lactation-trained providers, and can be a helpful part of a lactation care plan.

Choline and probiotics (specifically lactobacillus fermentum and lactobacillus salivarius) may also be helpful. Remember to always consult with your physician before taking any new supplements.

If your symptoms don’t improve with these measures or worsen within 24 hours, be sure to reach out to your healthcare provider for further evaluation!

If you’re struggling with reoccurring plugged ducts, mastitis, or breast pain, reach out to an IBCLC for a comprehensive lactation consultation so we can get to the root of the issue and formulate a plan to get things back on track. You don’t have to navigate this on your own.

10/01/2025

🚨 Parents ask and we listen! Excited to bring the community another class. Follow along for all the details!

09/21/2025

Come learn from TWO Speech-Language Pathologists meaningful ways to stimulate your baby’s language abilities! We want to help you lay your infant’s foundation for communication as early language is key! 🔑 Join one of our upcoming classes. Link in Bio!

09/12/2025

🍂The Babble & Bond Emerging Language Infant Playgroup, hosted by License to Thrive and Platicamos Speech Therapy is BACK for the fall! 🍂

Daily interactions and bonding activities with your infant are so important for development, even long before your baby speaks a single word! Every smile, sound, and playful moment between you and your little one helps build the foundation for future language and communication. That’s why we created our Babble & Bond Playgroup for babies 0-6 months.

Led by TWO Speech-Language Pathologists, we’ll guide you through fun and simple baby-led activities that strengthen connection, support development, and give you easy tools to use at home.

Join us for a cozy space where babies and their parents can connect, explore, and grow together through play💕!

📍 Location: Parkway Presbyterian Church
(in The Garden Room)
📆 Date: September 25, 2025
🕙 Time: Thursday, 10:00–10:45am
🔹 $25. Registration required/Space is limited!
🔗 https://forms.gle/9YN5uDWma8qGDrdZ7