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Jill Justiniani, MS, OTR/L, SWC

Pediatric occupational therapist, Limitless Littles Therapy, Orange County

Jill Justiniani works with babies and toddlers, from birth to about age four, on feeding, swallowing, oral motor, and oral sensory skills. Limitless Littles Therapy sees families in their own homes across Orange County, California.

Jill's focus is the groundwork that comes before myofunctional therapy: how a baby latches, chews, swallows and rests the tongue, and what parents can work on while a child is still too young for a myofunctional program. For babies with a tongue or lip tie, Jill assesses how the tie affects feeding. The release itself is done by a dentist or physician.

On this site, Jill writes for parents about pacifiers, mouth breathing, feeding therapy and the early oral motor signs that are easy to miss. Anything that touches teeth, bite or the palate is co-reviewed by Dr. Joyce Kahng, DDS.