Bottle-Feeding and Bottle Refusal Assessment & Management

If your infant is struggling with bottle acceptance or feeding efficiency, clinical evaluation and management can identify contributing factors and inform an individualized care plan.

Available: Office • In-Home • Virtual

Break the Bottle Battle — Here's How:

  • We look at exactly how your baby sucks and handles the bottle, not just guess and swap nipples

  • A real evaluation of nipple shape, flow rate, and pacing. Flow overwhelm is a common, fixable culprit

  • Spotting the stress cues your baby's already showing you, even if you haven't noticed them yet

  • A step-by-step plan to introduce or reintroduce the bottle, at your baby's pace

  • Positioning and environment tweaks that make a real difference

  • Real coaching and confidence, not just information — bottle refusal is exhausting, and you don't have to figure it out alone

  • A written plan to take home

If This Sounds Like Your Baby, We Can Help:

  • Bottle refusal

  • Inconsistent feeds

  • Clicking, leaking, gagging

  • Poor transfer despite trying multiple bottles

Not near Bowling Green, or just can't make it in? A virtual visit lets us watch a full feed in real time: bottle, flow, positioning, and all, so we can spot the same stress cues and mechanics we'd catch in person. If hands-on troubleshooting ends up being needed, we'll guide you through what's next.

Self Pay Rates:

$250 (in-office)
$250 (in-home*)
$250 (virtual)

*In-home visits available; travel fees apply based on distance — see fee schedule.

Insurance:

We are in-network with most major insurance plans. In-network means lactation services can be processed through insurance, subject to plan-specific cost-sharing, deductibles, or coinsurance.

Self-pay rates are available for families without coverage. For more information, please visit the Insurance tab above.


Specialized Training:

Emily is Guiding Bottle Breakthrough™ Trained — specialized, focused training in exactly this: bottle refusal, flow overwhelm, slow acceptance, and complex transfer challenges.

Emily is Babies in Common Trained — specialized training in pumping equipment, flange fitting, and feeding gear.

Verified on the Babies in Common Provider Directory → here.