Paola Vallarino
À propos de Paola
Dans ses motsPaola Vallarino, IEP, IBCLC, CBS
* Internationally Educated Physician
* International Board Certified Lactation Consultant
* Certified Breastfeeding Specialist
* Certified Pediatric Sleep Specialist
* Child Nutrition Diploma
Paola is a lactation consultant with over 10 years of medical background and over 2000 hours of clinical experience helping families to have a happy breastfeeding journey.
She is an Internationally Educated Physician, a Certified Breastfeeding Specialist and an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant, the gold standard certification for health professionals working with breastfeeding families. She’s always updating her knowledge with continuing education to give families the best care.
Paola holds a diploma in Child Nutrition and provides families with advice on how to feed their babies when starting solids or supplementing. She's also a Certified Pediatric Sleep Specialist and help families and babies sleep better with an holistic approach focused in attachment and well-being.
She specializes in Tethered Oral Tissues (tongue and lip ties) and in the last years she has worked with several families with tongue-tied babies, along with pediatric dentists and pediatricians, including Dr. Jack Newman in the International Breastfeeding Center in Toronto. She also specializes in Breastfeeding Multiples and has plenty of experience working with mothers in their Relactation journey and with Low Milk Supply.
As a mother herself, she understands the difficulties that women can face when feeding their babies, and that’s why her mission is to support, educate and empower mamas with evidence based information so that they can feel confident and give their babies the best start.
For Paola, every family is special, and giving them judgement-free support by working on their unique feeding goals is her number one priority.
Services & prices
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Lactation ConsultationNew patient
« In this postnatal consultation we can work on your short and long-term feeding goals, difficulties that arise and doubts you may have after having your baby. Whether you're struggling with breastfeeding or bottle-feeding, you need to increase your milk supply, you're going back to work and want to start pumping, or you don't know when and how to start weaning your child, we're here for you! We will make a plan that works for you and your family! We’ll gather the medical history before our online meeting, we’ll e-meet in a 60 min video call that may include observation of latch, working on latching technique, assessing a pumping session and your flange size, working on your pumping technique, and showing you how to use feeding devices such as bottles, lactation aids and nipple shields. We’ll talk about your lactation care plan and answer any questions you may have. You’ll receive written recommendations via email. In some situations, more than one consultation will be necessary. If another consultation is needed, we will let you know after our initial assessment.. »Pediatric Sleep ConsultationNew patient
« We will assess your specific situation to determine the best plan for you, respecting your goals and protecting your baby’s well-being at all times. Before choosing the right plan for you, we will make a comprehensive assessment and rule out possible causes of frequent nighttime awakenings.
If you wish to drop night feeds, we will assess whether it is safe and how to do it gently, always responding to your baby throughout the process.
If all you need is to implement healthy sleep habits and understand the relationship between feeding and sleep, learn about co-sleeping and/or transitioning the baby to his crib or room, we are also here to answer your questions.
This consultation includes:
- Intake form with clinical history and initial assessment.
- Education and strategies based on your current situation and your baby's age, a summary will be sent via email after our online meeting.
- 60 min video call where we will discuss everything in detail and doubts will be answered.
- Any pertinent resources and handouts. »Postpartum Lactation ConsultationNew patient
« During the initial appointment, our lactation consultant will cover all the important aspects to help you get started or continue breastfeeding, including understanding your baby’s hunger cues, comfortable positioning, improving latch, determining milk flow and when baby is full. Our lactation consultants can help with comfortable position and latching, sore nipples and/or breast pain, slow weight gain, blocked ducts/mastitis, low/decreased milk supply, oversupply, difficulty handling fast flow, understanding baby’s fussiness, and crying, reflux and colic symptoms, falling asleep at the breast and interpreting baby’s behavior. Initial appointments are booked for 60-75 minutes »Prenatal Lactation ConsultationNew patient
« Prenatal consults are useful in getting ready to breastfeed and to learn about antenatal colostrum expression. »Craniosacral TherapyFollow-up
« Craniosacral Therapy is a gentle, hands-on treatment aimed to release tension throughout the body.
This service can help with overall wellness or to address newborn challenges, whether it be for feeding, improved sleep, painful latch, colic, flat head, positional preferences & much more.
Health care providers such as Pediaticians, MD's and lactation consultants often refer their clients for these services, however, a referral for CST is not required.
Health care providers such as Pediaticians, MD's and lactation consultants often refer their clients for these services, however, a referral for CST is not required. »Craniosacral Therapy- AssessmentNew patient
« Craniosacral Therapy is a gentle, hands-on treatment aimed to release tension throughout the body.
This service can help with overall wellness or to address newborn challenges, whether it be for feeding, improved sleep, painful latch, colic, flat head, positional preferences & much more.
Health care providers such as Pediaticians, MD's and lactation consultants often refer their clients for these services, however, a referral for CST is not required.
Health care providers such as Pediaticians, MD's and lactation consultants often refer their clients for these services, however, a referral for CST is not required. »Disponibilités : vérifié il y a 2 h · les prix viennent directement de la clinique — jamais majorés

