Nurturing improved feeding experiences for you and your baby

Providing family centered, research based feeding therapy to support infants and families in achieving safe, positive, and nurturing infant feeding experiences including breastfeeding and bottle feeding.
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Helping babies and families feed, grow, and THRIVE

Welcome to Nuzzle & Nurture! At Nuzzle & Nurture, we believe skilled feeding support is essential for meeting your feeding goals and your baby's feeding needs. We believe that feeding your baby should never feel like a 'chore'. Every baby and family has different needs and different goals and therefore, therapy needs to be specifically tailored to meet each families needs. Feeding your baby should be a positive, nurturing, and bonding experience for both baby and family and we are here to be your partner in achieving this! Nuzzle & Nurture was established in 2025 by Emillee Parson, MA, CCC-SLP. Emillee is a Speech Language Pathologist with extensive training and experience in infant feeding including neonatal feeding development, feeding in the neonatal intensive care unit, Infant Driven Feeding (cue based feedings), failure to thrive, reflux, oral motor assessment and development, assessment and management of swallowing dysfunctions (aspiration), oral aversion, weaning of thickened liquids, bottle feeding strategies, breastfeeding strategies, and overall feeding support for families. Nuzzle & Nurture offers in-person private clinic visits, telehealth (virtual), and in home visits in the Northwest Metro area including Maple Grove, Rogers, Dayton, Plymouth, and Champlin. To schedule: please complete Contact Form on website (if scheduling in home, please indicate your location on the prescreening form), email emillee.parson@nuzzleandnurture.org or call 612-208-7128. *FREE 10-15 minutes Phone Consults Offered if Desired!*
Emillee Parson
Speech Language Pathologist

Services

  • Bottle or Breast Aversion/Refusal
  • Aspiration
  • Feeding difficulties
  • History of Failure to Thrive
  • Tube feeding dependence
  • Post NICU discharge
  • Tongue tie
  • Breastfeeding/Lactation Difficulties
  • Pregnancy, Prenatal, Postpartum
  • Reflux/Colic

Approaches

  • Speech Therapy
  • Feeding Therapy
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