What to Expect

Your First Visit, Start to Finish

No clipboards, no mystery, no pressure. Here's exactly what happens from the moment you walk in until you're back in the car.

Your Walkthrough

The Full Experience

Your First Visit — Come as You Are

Bring your questions. Bring your partner. Bring a feeding schedule that makes sense for your baby, not ours — we'll work around it. If your little one is happier fed and drowsy, that's the best version of your baby for a first visit. Wear comfortable clothes and plan to spend about 45 minutes with us.

Welcome & Quick History

Yohanna, our patient care coordinator, greets you by name and gets you settled. Dr. Laura then sits down with you for a real conversation about the birth, anything you've noticed, current feeding and sleep patterns, and what you're hoping chiropractic might help with. This isn't a clipboard moment — it's a conversation.

Gentle Assessment

Dr. Laura watches how your baby moves, palpates the spine and neck with whisper-light pressure, and checks head-turn symmetry, jaw opening, and pelvic mobility. When appropriate, we use a CLA INSiGHT scan — a pediatric-safe thermal and surface EMG scan that gives us an objective picture of nervous-system tone. The scan feels like a soft tickle.

What an Adjustment Feels Like

Most babies don't even notice their adjustment. It's a featherlight tap or a precise fingertip contact — no twisting, no cracking, no forceful movement. Many babies sleep right through it. Some fuss briefly if they're already uncomfortable, and we stop or pause whenever they need us to. You'll be right beside your baby the whole time.

Right After: Rest, Then a Good Nap

The most common thing we hear from parents after a first visit is how sleepy their baby gets on the ride home. That's the nervous system downshifting. Some babies nurse or bottle-feed more deeply that evening. Others have a bigger diaper than usual. All of these are good signs of a system finding its rhythm.

Your Care Plan — Short, Honest, Tailored

For most newborns, a typical plan looks like a short series of visits over two to four weeks, followed by maintenance care as your baby grows. Frequency depends entirely on what we find and how your baby responds. We never sell packages up front. We scan, we reassess, and we adjust the plan based on the real progress we're seeing.

The First Signs of Progress

Sleep usually shifts first — longer stretches, easier wind-downs. Feeding often follows — deeper latches, fewer spit-ups, less arching. Mood is often last to catch up — a settled, content baby who spends more of their alert time calm and curious. Every baby is different, and we'll track the specific markers that matter for your family.

How Often, How Long

A Typical Newborn Care Plan

For most newborns we see, an initial care plan runs 6 to 10 visits over 4 to 6 weeks. Visits themselves are short — usually 10 to 15 minutes once you're a regular — because the adjustment is brief and the nervous-system work happens in the days and weeks between visits.

After the initial phase, most families shift to wellness visits every 2 to 4 weeks as your baby grows and hits new developmental stages. Big milestones (rolling, sitting, standing, walking) are natural moments to reassess.

We reassess at built-in checkpoints. If your baby is responding beautifully, we reduce frequency. If something isn't moving, we adjust the plan or refer you to another provider. No one gets locked into a plan that isn't working.

When You're Ready