A speech therapist for babies is a licensed professional, typically a speech-language pathologist, who specializes in supporting infants with early communication, oral motor skills, and feeding development. Even before speaking, babies rely on foundational skills such as sucking, swallowing, cooing, babbling, and using gestures to communicate. A speech therapist for babies helps identify and address delays or difficulties in these areas, promoting healthy speech, language, and feeding development.

Services may include assessing and improving oral motor function, supporting breastfeeding or bottle-feeding, addressing swallowing difficulties, introducing safe feeding techniques, and encouraging early communication through sounds and gestures. Parents are closely involved and guided on strategies to reinforce development at home.

Early intervention with a speech therapist for babies can prevent long-term feeding and speech challenges, support healthy growth, and help infants build a strong foundation for communication, social interaction, and safe, effective feeding.