Suzanne Ducharme MacFarlane

Background

Every baby has a story. Every mother is becoming.

If feeding feels stressful, your baby is hard to understand, or you’re wondering whether what you’re seeing is normal, you don’t have to figure it out alone.

I’m Suzanne, a pediatric speech-language pathologist and infant feeding specialist in Hanover, Massachusetts. For more than 30 years, I’ve helped thousands of families navigate challenges with feeding, communication, and development.

My experience in the NICU, Early Intervention, and outpatient rehabilitation has shaped an approach that considers the whole baby, the whole family, and the relationship between them. I combine my clinical expertise with parent education and coaching, and when appropriate, gentle hands-on approaches such as craniosacral therapy and infant massage. I call this holistic speech pathology.

I believe babies are communicating long before they have words, and that parents often know more about their babies than they realize. Sometimes, they simply need someone to help them recognize what is already being communicated.

My role is to help you understand your baby’s unique ways of communicating, trust your own observations, and discover what helps your baby feel comfortable, connected, and supported in their development.

When we work together, you gain more than clinical expertise. You gain a partner, a coach, and a guide who respects both your baby’s wisdom and your own.

MS, CCC-SLP | Craniosacral Therapist | Certified Infant Massage Educator | Private Practice Since 2001 | Author of Childhood Speech and Language Disorders (Rowman & Littlefield, 2016)