Little Sprouts
Learn how to play with your baby as they grow. Little Sprouts offers therapist-led developmental play for pre-crawlers and crawlers, with caregiver coaching, themed activities, and weekly take-home guides.
Explore Little Sprouts →Community programs
Support built beyond the standard therapy visit.
Some families need more focused support, more structure, or a different format than traditional ongoing therapy alone. The Institute is building specialty programs designed to meet families where they are with practical care, clear education, and support built around real-life needs.
Two kinds of support
Groups for connection and education. Programs for a specific clinical need.
Groups are our community classes and support gatherings, built for connection, education, and shared experience. Programs are structured, clinician-led treatment tracks for a specific need, like NICU transition or feeding intensives. Both are below.
Groups
Classes and support groups for connection and education.
Built around shared questions, practical education, and caregiver connection, open to the community, not just current patients.
NICU Support Group
Connection and shared experience for parents with a baby currently in the NICU and families adjusting to life after discharge.
Ask about upcoming sessionsCPR & Safety Classes
Hands-on infant CPR and safety training so caregivers feel prepared, not just informed.
Explore CPR & safety classes →Free Car Seat Safety Checks
Free car seat checks with a certified Child Passenger Safety Technician, offered on designated clinic dates.
Explore free car seat checks →Infant Massage Classes
Learn hands-on infant massage techniques from a certified Neonatal Touch and Massage Therapist, with a focus on connection, comfort, and caregiver confidence.
Explore infant massage classes →Prenatal Class & Newborn Preparation
An interactive class for expectant parents covering what to expect after delivery, newborn care essentials, and preparing your home, with printed resources to take home.
Explore the prenatal class →Lactation Programs
Clinical lactation support, flange fitting, and breast pump rental resources for families at different stages of feeding and pumping.
Explore lactation programs →Flange Fitting
Individualized help reviewing pump flange fit, comfort, setup, and practical use.
Explore flange fitting →Breast Pump Rentals
A developing rental program for families who need temporary access to breast pump equipment.
Explore pump rentals →Programs
Structured, clinician-led treatment for a specific need.
When a standard weekly visit isn't enough: more structure, more frequency, or a coordinated multidisciplinary plan built around one clinical goal.
NICU Transition Program
A coordinated plan for infants coming home from the NICU: feeding evaluation, lactation support, nutrition assessment, and developmental testing brought together, with a visit summary sent to your care team within 48 hours.
Learn more about NICU graduate supportFeeding Intensives
A full day at the clinic, in a specially designed private nursery, where you and your baby stay with us for the day. Observing multiple feedings across the day helps us understand patterns and work with you on practical strategies. Scheduled after a feeding evaluation.
Ask if an intensive is right for your babyServing North Texas families
Programs for families across Plano, Richardson, Frisco, McKinney, and surrounding communities.
The Institute for Infant Feeding and Early Development serves families throughout North Texas who are looking for practical, family-centered support through specialty programs, education, developmental care, lactation guidance, and feeding therapy. Families often find us while searching for feeding programs in Plano, NICU follow-up in Richardson, parent support groups in Frisco, or infant development and feeding education in McKinney.
If your family is looking for more structured support, educational programming, or a focused path around a specific need (feeding, development, lactation, safety, or NICU support), this is a good place to start.