Nurturing Speech, Feeding,

and Sensory Development

Across the Lifespan.

Nurturing Speech, Feeding,

and Sensory Development

Across the Lifespan.

Jean Hawney
Founder & Lead Therapist

Jean Hawney

SLP, CLC, BCSS

Breast & bottle feeding · Aversion · Tube weaning · Trach care · Pre- and post-frenectomy feeding therapy · Bilingual (Spanish)

Sees clients: Houston area, Clinic (Bellaire), Virtually

Specialties

  • Breast and bottle feeding difficulties
  • Breast and bottle aversion and refusal
  • Transition to solids
  • Picky eating
  • ARFID and selective eating
  • Speech delays
  • Myofunctional therapy
  • Medically complex children with tracheostomies
  • Weaning off feeding tubes

Jean is a bilingual (Spanish) pediatric speech-language pathologist with more than fifteen years of experience treating swallowing and communication disorders across many settings. Today she focuses on helping babies and children eat comfortably, from breast and bottle feeding challenges and aversion to the move to solids, picky eating, and ARFID.

She also supports medically complex children, including those with tracheostomies and families working toward weaning off a feeding tube. Jean partners closely with parents so mealtimes feel calmer and more confident at home.

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Holly Baker

Holly Baker

SLP / Myofunctional Therapist

Myofunctional therapy · AAC · Speech & language · Oral motor & chewing · Ages 12 months to adult

Sees clients: Houston and Virtually

Specialties

  • Orofacial myofunctional therapy
  • Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC)
  • Speech and language
  • Oral motor skills, with an emphasis on chewing
  • Pediatric feeding 12 months+

Holly is a speech-language pathologist with a special interest in orofacial myofunctional therapy, an interest inspired by her own experience. She helps with open-mouth breathing, tongue thrusting, and oral habits that can affect feeding, speech, and sleep, supporting better oral function and coordination.

Holly also specializes in AAC, speech and language, and oral motor skills, with extra training in chewing. She works with ages 12 months to adults, using a child-led, play-based approach, and partners with parents through coaching and hands-on involvement. Her goal is quality care that’s fun along the way.

Ryanne Ducoff

Ryanne Ducoff

OTR/L

Infant feeding · Transition to solids · Sensory feeding · Picky eaters · Developmental therapy · Cardiopulmonary · Neuro-rehabilitation

Sees clients: Bellaire, Meyerland & West University, Virtually

Specialties

  • Developmental pediatric occupational therapy
  • Sensory feeding and picky eaters
  • Cardiopulmonary conditions
  • Neuro-rehabilitation
  • Care for children with a range of complexities, from infants through childhood

Ryanne is a pediatric occupational therapist with more than six years of experience. She specializes in developmental pediatric therapy (torticollis, rolling, sitting, crawling), sensory feeding, cardiopulmonary conditions, and neuro-rehabilitation, and works with children across a range of complexities.

Devin Marsh

Devin Marsh

SLP

Feeding & swallowing · Bottle aversion · Solids · Speech & language · Bilingual (English/Spanish)

Sees clients: Houston, Pearland, Virtually

Specialties

  • Feeding and swallowing disorders
  • Bottle feeding difficulties and bottle aversion
  • Breast feeding difficulties
  • Transition to solids
  • Speech and language development
  • Bilingual care (English and Spanish)

Devin is a pediatric speech-language pathologist with seven years of experience specializing in feeding and swallowing disorders. She sees infants and children for bottle feeding difficulties, breast feeding, the transition to solids, and speech and language development, including therapy for bottle aversion in the home and virtually. Devin is bilingual (English/Spanish) and works closely with families to develop safe, effective feeding plans that empower caregivers to support success at home and at every mealtime.

Mckenna Jones

Mckenna Jones

OTR/L

Transition to solids · Sensory feeding · Picky eaters · Neuro-rehabilitation · Developmental therapy · CIMT

Sees clients: Heights & Oak Forest

Specialties

  • Infant development and feeding
  • Sensory feeding and picky eaters
  • Neurological-based occupational therapy
  • Neuro-rehabilitation
  • Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy (CIMT)
  • Armeo (robotic arm therapy)
  • Casting and splinting
  • Medically complex children

Mckenna is a highly skilled pediatric occupational therapist with more than seven years of experience in infant development and feeding and neurological-based occupational therapy, often working with medically complex children. She leads a specialized CIMT (Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy) intensive program at a children’s hospital and partners with families to manage feeding and sensory challenges. Mckenna is committed to equipping parents with the knowledge, tools, and personalized recommendations to guide their child’s therapy journey.

Lisa Gonzalez

Lisa Gonzalez

SLP, CNT, CLC, CEIM

NICU & PICU experience · Medically fragile infants · Breast & bottle feeding · Feeding & communication · Pre- and post-frenectomy feeding therapy

Sees clients: Heights

Specialties

  • Medically complex and medically fragile infants
  • Neonatal feeding (NICU and PICU experience)
  • Pediatric feeding and swallowing
  • Communication and speech support for infants and children
  • Lactation support
  • Breast & bottle feeding

Lisa is a senior speech-language pathologist with more than twenty years of experience in medical-based pediatric speech therapy, specializing in neonates and children. She is a Certified Neonatal Therapist, a Certified Lactation Counselor, and a Certified Educator of Infant Massage.

Lisa splits her time between her work at the Children’s Hospital, where she cares for medically fragile infants and children in the NICU and PICU, and Little Eaters & Talkers, where she supports families with feeding and communication challenges. Her passion is serving medically complex infants and their families, with an emphasis on family-centered care, positive neurodevelopment, and successful feeding.

Jacquie Rosen

Jacquie Rosen

SLP, CLC

Complex feeding & swallowing · Bottle & breast feeding · Lactation support · Solids · Speech & language

Sees clients: Heights, Pearland

Specialties

  • Feeding and swallowing disorders including complex medical diagnoses
  • Bottle and breast feeding
  • Lactation support
  • Transition to solids
  • Speech and language development

Jacquie is a speech-language pathologist and certified lactation counselor with eleven years of experience in medical-based pediatric speech therapy. She specializes in feeding and swallowing disorders tied to complex medical diagnoses, and supports families with bottle and breast feeding, the move to solids, and speech and language development.

Jean Hawney

SLP, CLC, BCSS

Breast & bottle feeding • Aversion • Tube weaning • Trach care • Pre- and post-frenectomy feeding therapy • Bilingual (Spanish)

Sees Clients:

Houston area, Clinic (Bellaire), Virtually

Specialties

Breast and bottle feeding difficulties
Breast and bottle aversion and refusal
Transition to solids
Picky eating
ARFID and selective eating
Speech delays
Myofunctional therapy
Medically complex children with tracheostomies
Weaning off feeding tubes

Jean is a bilingual (Spanish) pediatric speech-language pathologist with more than fifteen years of experience treating swallowing and communication disorders across many settings. Today she focuses on helping babies and children eat comfortably, from breast and bottle feeding challenges and aversion to the move to solids, picky eating, and ARFID.

She also supports medically complex children, including those with tracheostomies and families working toward weaning off a feeding tube. Jean partners closely with parents so mealtimes feel calmer and more confident at home.

Holly Baker

SLP/Myofunctional Therapist

Myofunctional therapy • AAC • Speech & language • Oral motor & chewing • Ages 12 months to adult

Sees Clients:
Houston and Virtually

Specialties

Orofacial myofunctional therapy
Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC)
Speech and language
Oral motor skills, with an emphasis on chewing
Pediatric feeding 12 months+

Holly is a speech-language pathologist with a special interest in orofacial myofunctional therapy, an interest inspired by her own experience. She helps with open-mouth breathing, tongue thrusting, and oral habits that can affect feeding, speech, and sleep, supporting better oral function and coordination.

Holly also specializes in AAC, speech and language, and oral motor skills, with extra training in chewing. She works with ages 12 months to adults, using a child-led, play-based approach, and partners with parents through coaching and hands-on involvement. Her goal is quality care that’s fun along the way.

Ryanne Ducoff

OTR/L

Infant feeding•Transition to Solids • Sensory feeding • Picky Eaters • Developmental therapy • Cardiopulmonary • Neuro-rehabilitation

Sees Clients: Bellaire, Meyerland & West University, Virtually

Specialties

Developmental pediatric occupational therapy
Sensory feeding and Picky Eaters
Cardiopulmonary conditions
Neuro-rehabilitation
Care for children with a range of complexities, from infants through childhood

Ryanne is a pediatric occupational therapist with more than six years of experience. She specializes in developmental pediatric therapy (torticollis, rolling, sitting, crawling), sensory feeding, cardiopulmonary conditions, and neuro-rehabilitation, and works with children across a range of complexities.

Devin Marsh

SLP

Feeding & swallowing • Bottle aversion • Solids • Speech & language • Bilingual (English/Spanish)

Sees Clients:

Houston, Pearland, Virtually

Specialties

Feeding and swallowing disorders
Bottle feeding difficulties and bottle aversion
Breast feeding difficulties
Transition to solids
Speech and language development
Bilingual care (English and Spanish) 

Devin is a pediatric speech-language pathologist with seven years of experience specializing in feeding and swallowing disorders. She sees infants and children for bottle feeding difficulties, breast feeding, the transition to solids, and speech and language development, including therapy for bottle aversion in the home and virtually. Devin is bilingual (English/Spanish) and works closely with families to develop safe, effective feeding plans that empower caregivers to support success at home and at every mealtime.

Mckenna Jones

OTR/L

Transition to Solids • Sensory feeding • Picky Eaters • Neuro-rehabilitation • Developmental therapy • CIMT

Sees Clients:

Heights & Oak Forest

Specialties

Infant development and feeding
Sensory feeding and Picky Eaters
Neurological-based occupational therapy
Neuro-rehabilitation
Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy (CIMT)
Armeo (robotic arm therapy)
Casting and splinting
Medically complex children

Mckenna is a highly skilled pediatric occupational therapist with more than seven years of experience in infant development and feeding and neurological-based occupational therapy, often working with medically complex children. She leads a specialized CIMT (Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy) intensive program at a children’s hospital and partners with families to manage feeding and sensory challenges. McKenna is committed to equipping parents with the knowledge, tools, and personalized recommendations to guide their child’s therapy journey.

Jacquie Rosen

SLP, CLC

Complex feeding & swallowing • Bottle & breast feeding • Lactation Support • Solids • Speech & language

Sees Clients:

Heights, Pearland

Specialties

Feeding and swallowing disorders including complex medical diagnoses
Bottle and breast feeding
Lactation support
Transition to solids
Speech and language development

Jacquie is a speech-language pathologist and certified lactation counselor with eleven years of experience in medical-based pediatric speech therapy. She specializes in feeding and swallowing disorders tied to complex medical diagnoses, and supports families with bottle and breast feeding, the move to solids, and speech and language development.

Lisa Gonzalez

SLP, CNT, CLC, CEIM

NICU & PICU experience • Medically fragile infants • Breast & Bottle Feeding • Feeding & communication • Pre- and post-frenectomy feeding therapy

Sees Clients: Heights

Specialties

Medically complex and medically fragile infants
Neonatal feeding (NICU and PICU experience)
Pediatric feeding and swallowing
Communication and speech support for infants and children
Lactation support
Breast & Bottle Feeding

Lisa is a senior speech-language pathologist with more than twenty years of experience in medical-based pediatric speech therapy, specializing in neonates and children. She is a Certified Neonatal Therapist, a Certified Lactation Counselor, and a Certified Educator of Infant Massage.

Lisa splits her time between her work at the Children’s Hospital, where she cares for medically fragile infants and children in the NICU and PICU, and Little Eaters & Talkers, where she supports families with feeding and communication challenges. Her passion is serving medically complex infants and their families, with an emphasis on family-centered care, positive neurodevelopment, and successful feeding.

Specialized Solutions for Your Child's Feeding and Speech Development

At Little Eaters and Talkers, we recognize that every child’s journey to mastering eating and speech is unique, filled with its own set of challenges. From difficulties with bottle-feeding to the complex transition to solid foods, our compassionate team is dedicated to transforming these challenges into milestones. Our approach goes beyond traditional methods, addressing not just the symptoms but the underlying causes of feeding and speech difficulties.

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6300 West Loop South, Suite 290

Bellaire, TX 77401

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Tuesday 9 AM–4 PM

Wednesday 9 AM–4 PM

Thursday 9 AM–4 PM

Friday 9 AM–12 PM

Saturday Closed

Sunday Closed

6300 W Loop S suite 290, Bellaire, TX 77401, USA

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