Bebe PT

It’s International Neonatal Therapy Week and I couldn’t be more excited to celebrate and share about my profession! 🤩

As a board certified neonatal therapist I have dedicated my career to supporting the development of the tiniest yet mightiest babies!

There is so much that goes into this work, which I’ll share more about this week, but let’s just start by giving lots of love to all the NICU therapists out there giving it there all! 😍👏❤️

Happy y’all! 🥰

Kinda chic…NICU version! 😍

This was a fun one collaborated with one of my NICU families that I adore! Thanks to baby and mama for the cute pics and creative prompts! 🥰

My new motto is “Be brave (and take your meds) 💊”

Mental health matters, so I want to bring some awareness to this hard part about being on SSRIs. My lexapro is my favorite tbh, it allows me to feel more like me and not like a ball of anxiety. But it comes with its challenges: the responsibility of making sure I have the right dose on hand at all times and the severe consequences when I don’t.

Make sure to work closely with your doctor if you need medication support!

How much therapy is enough?! This is a hot topic in the therapy world, and rarely is there a “right answer”.

The one thing I didn’t add to the list of considerations: how much I as the therapist need baby snuggles!! 😂

How does your hospital navigate POCs (plans of care)?

September is a busy month for advocacy and awareness, all of which are close to my heart ❤️

👶 🏥 NICU awareness month: I’ve dedicated my career to caring for babies in the NICU and beyond, and this place holds much heartache but also much hope. Much love to all the NICU families navigating the unknowns and shout out to the providers surviving (sometimes even thriving?!) in this intense environment.

🎗️ Childhood cancer awareness: historically only 4% of cancer research funding has gone to pediatric cancer, and our kids deserve better! Childhood cancer has hit me both professionally any personally and I’ll always fight for more research and awareness!

🧏🏽‍♀️🦻Deaf awareness month: I was born with hearing loss that has worsened over time, and while I was mainstreamed and grew up hearing/speaking, my connection to and appreciate for the D/deaf community has grown immensely! I love learning more about the language, culture, and beauty and am proud to be DHH

💔 Su***de awareness month: I’ve lost multiple family members and friends to su***de so this topic hits me to my core. Along with these losses, my parents working in the field of psychology all my life means mental health has always been important to me, and I strive to bring awareness through my own personal experience with anxiety/depression. 988 is the national Su***de and Crisis Lifeline, and it even has accommodations for DHH people and is available en Español tambien. Take care of yourself, take care of each other 🫂

What are you honoring/celebrating this month? ❤️⬇️

The Department of Ed declassifying PT as a profession degree will restrict borrowing amounts for student loans, further restricting people from pursuing this career (which is already lacking in diversity and accessibility). Swipe for some of my thoughts ➡️ and let me know your thoughts on this topic! ⬇️

Accepting and embracing my hearing loss has been a life long journey.

As a little kid, I was bullied for my disability which led to shame about who I was and lots of wishing I was “normal”.

As I grew, I learned to accept this unique part of who I am, and realized the strengths that come from this part of my journey.

Only in adulthood (and after years of therapy and reflection) have I come to embrace my hearing loss. Now I can honestly answer that if somebody with a magic wand could take away my disability, I wouldn’t take it. Not because having hearing loss is easy (ooooh boy does it come with its challenges), but because without my disability I wouldn’t be ME.

Today, I keep this picture of little Angie right by my hearing aids so every day I can show that little girl who felt so alone how great life can be BECAUSE of her hearing loss and hope that she would be proud of me. 🤟❤️

It’s my 9th wedding anniversary to the most amazing partner in the world. Yes, I’m spending it finishing my charting on the couch after another crazy busy day at work, but we got to celebrate together this weekend and it was magical. I’m so lucky to have love like this and a partner like him 🥹🤟