Pediatricians, Therapy, PT/Women's Health, Chiro, Etc

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At our office, serving South Elgin and surrounding areas, we believe that raising a child is a rewarding—as well as a challenging—experience for a parent. Our goal is to help you enjoy this experience and to ensure that your child's full potential is reached.

As pediatrician, we believe that healthy children are the results of healthy families and communities. We provide a holistic approach to treating our patients that truly encompasses the entire well-being of each child.

 For over 30 years Pathways.org has been a trusted resource for parents and healthcare professionals. Since 1985 we have provided free tools to maximize child development and help all children reach their full potential. 

Easterseals DuPage & Fox Valley specializes in the early identification of developmental delays, providing evaluations and pediatric therapy as part of their comprehensive child development resources. They also recognize the importance of breastfeeding support and collaborate with women's health specialists to ensure holistic care for families.

At Bright Futures Speech Therapy our mission is to provide comprehensive and compassionate speech, language and feeding therapy services to children of all backgrounds. Our goal is to empower each child to reach their full potential and  provide caregivers with the knowledge and support they need to foster continued progress outside of therapy sessions.  We are committed to delivering evidence-based therapy that is tailored to meet the unique needs of each child, while also fostering a positive and supportive environment that encourages growth and development.  

Carrie has a Master of Science in Physical Therapy and has worked as a women's health specialist for over 10 years, focusing on areas such as breastfeeding support. She is also a Pilates instructor and a Prenatal and Postnatal Pilates Specialist through the Center for Women’s Fitness. Additionally, I am a Diastasis Rectus Abdominus specialist, which refers to an abnormal separation of your 6 pack muscles, and I provide valuable child development resources to support new mothers.

Amy has a deep passion for supporting women—whether they are just beginning their journey into motherhood, navigating the ongoing challenges of being a mom, or simply working through the complexities of womanhood. She is dedicated to helping women feel confident in how their bodies function and move, so they can participate fully in the activities they love without hesitation or concern. Amy strives to empower her patients not only to improve their physical concerns, but also to understand them—transforming fear and uncertainty into confidence and control.

Having a community of trusted local providers is vital to growing your tribe.  Dr. Sam is passionate about treating pregnancy, postpartum, and pediatric patients. She loves helping women through all stages of life and supporting their little ones along the way.  

As an occupational therapist and pediatric sleep consultant, I spend a great deal of time learning. The more I work with children and families, the more I realize that there is rarely one simple answer to the challenges we see. Sleep, sensory processing, emotional regulation, behavior, attention, feeding, and development are all deeply connected.

Every so often, I meet another professional who inspires me to dig deeper, ask more questions, and continue learning. Dr. David Foss at Vital Wellness Center is one of those professionals.

One of the things I appreciate most about Dr. Foss is his focus on the nervous system. The nervous system serves as the foundation for everything we do. It influences how we move, sleep, learn, regulate our emotions, process sensory information, manage stress, and interact with the world around us. When the nervous system is functioning well, children are often better able to access the skills they already have. When it is under stress or struggling to regulate, we may see challenges across many different areas—not because a child isn't capable, but because their body is working harder than it should. As I've continued to learn more about nervous system regulation, it has reinforced something I already believed as an occupational therapist: we have to look at the whole child. Rather than treating individual symptoms in isolation, it's important to consider all of the factors that may be influencing a child's ability to thrive.

Vital Wellness Center provides neurologically focused chiropractic care designed to evaluate and support nervous system function. Their approach emphasizes helping the body regulate and adapt more effectively so children and families can function at their best. While this isn't a replacement for occupational therapy, medical care, or other therapies, I believe it can be a valuable part of a comprehensive, collaborative approach for some families.

We have a simple goal at Generations Chiropractic: Help families get healthy and stay healthy. Dr. Colleen thinks of herself as a guide on your journey of discovering what true health is. Much of what we’ve been taught over the years doesn’t ring true with many of our patients, who are seeking a more holistic, natural approach to conceiving and raising their families. Dr. Colleen has been practicing for nearly a decade, and she’s seen many miracles happen in that time. She has two kids of her own, has suffered a miscarriage and knows the struggle of trying to create the  pregnancy and birth process you want, when the medical community is telling you something different.

Dr. Stephanie is a women's health specialist certified in the Webster Technique and a member of the International Chiropractic Pediatric Association (ICPA), focusing on prenatal care. She offers breastfeeding support and utilizes child development resources to enhance her practice. Additionally, she is board certified in physical therapy, incorporating exercises to help her patients regain strength after injury.

I am truly grateful to be an OT and for the flexibility this profession offers to find our own niche and pursue what we're most passionate about. One of the greatest gifts of this career has been meeting incredible professionals along the way.  Liz is another OT who amazingly crossed my path years ago as an intern where I used to work. Now she is following her heart, supporting mommas and their little ones in a trauma-informed work combining nervous system work with gentle body work. 

As a pediatric sleep consultant, I've learned that sometimes we need to look beyond what appears to be "behavior." Sleep is influenced by so many interconnected factors, and having trusted professionals to refer families to can make all the difference. I'm incredibly thankful to have providers like Liz in my corner who share the same whole-child, whole-family philosophy.

At Birth Roots, we believe in the transformational power of birth and reproductive care. We provide holistic, evidence-based, and trauma-informed support tailored to your unique needs. Whether you’re preparing for a home birth, navigating postpartum, seeking reproductive wellness, or building your family, we are honored to walk this journey with you.  After speaking with Corinne, I realized how similiar we are in our passion for supporting women and in education. She strongly beleives in the rights of all, especially women and those underserved. I would trust Corrine to provide the best care if you ever need a midwife. 

Chaka is a “down to earth” seaso we doula and mom. She is lively and you can just tell she loves her job from first meeting.

Chaka is a certified Birth and Postpartum Doula, Newborn Care Specialist, and Lactation Counselor as well as a Placenta Encapsulation Specialist, supporting families in the Western Suburbs since 2014. She is passionate about empowering families through education, guidance, and hands-on care, from pregnancy and birth to the postpartum period.

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Chaka's journey into birth work began while searching for a doula for her second child’s birth, sparking a profound passion for supporting families during this transformative time. Her commitment deepened as she recognized the critical importance of postpartum care in helping families thrive. Chaka specializes in working with families of all types and sizes, with particular expertise in supporting families with multiples.​

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Rebekkah has a thirst for knowledge with a vision for empowering women and caregivers. Supported Serenity Doula Care provides positive, evidence based, holistic, and empowering support for all families through pregnancy, birth, and postpartum. Services are available to families throughout Chicagoland within a one hour radius to Hoffman Estates including Chicago, Burr Ridge, Roscoe, northshore, and northwest suburbs. 

Natalie is a birth and postpartum doula who mainly does birth work, but also helps prepare women for birth and postpartum. She is also a nurse and worked in the OB field for 10 years prior to becoming a doula. She is passionate about ensuring women know their rights and informed consent since seeing that being taken advantage of in the hospital time and time again. She is also trying to bridge the gap of care when mom's go home with their babies and are most of the time left to their own devices with little help. 

 The Nurturing Nook provides essential breastfeeding support and serves as a hub for local support groups, while also offering valuable child development resources and access to women's health specialists. 

Ally Enter is a practicing registered nurse, wife, and mother of two, who specializes in maternal newborn care. She graduated honors from Bradley University receiving a Bachelor of Science in nursing and then worked for Northwestern Memorial Hospital and now work at Advocate Lutheran General where she gained more than a decade of nursing experience working within labor & delivery, neonatal intensive care, antepartum, and postpartum departments. Her time as a mother/baby nurse has given me a compressive understanding of the triumphs and challenges that a mother and her baby face throughout their unique developmental journey.  

Sleep is not purely behavioral—it is deeply connected to the body's underlying systems. While routines, schedules, and sleep teaching are important pieces of the puzzle, factors such as nutrition, digestion, gut health, inflammation, and nutrient status can also influence a child's ability to fall asleep, stay asleep, and achieve restorative rest. Sometimes, despite a family's consistency and a thoughtfully designed sleep plan, progress stalls because there may be additional physiological factors contributing to the challenges. This is where a collaborative approach can be incredibly valuable. That's why I enjoy partnering with professionals like Lisa, who has a background in Functional Diagnostic Nutrition. Lisa helps families explore potential root causes that may be impacting sleep and overall wellness, including the important connection between gut health and sleep regulation. Together, we recognize that lasting improvements often come from supporting the whole child—not just the sleep itself.

Next Generation Playground was founded in 2024 by Jordyn and Nate Meinen, inspired by their joyful, curious 3-year-old with autism. As parents, they saw the need for inclusive, sensory-friendly spaces where all children could play, learn, and grow without fear of overstimulation. 

Raising Lights Project is dedicated to creating inclusive opportunities for individuals impacted by disability to learn, laugh, thrive, and engage with the Fox Valley Community. 

Our goal is to encourage, educate, and empower so that people from all areas of our communities - neighbors, political leaders, business owners, and more - can clearly see the ability in disability and create new opportunities to keep those with disability engaged and connected.

The Recovery Method is a trusted resource for postpartum recovery. Our mission is to help standardize postpartum care by promoting an interdisciplinary, evidence-based approach that delivers comprehensive and holistic support.

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Through accessible online resources, we empower postpartum mothers to take control of their recovery with confidence. Rooted in compassion and inclusivity, we’re redefining postpartum care and building a supportive community that connects families with expert guidance for a healthier future.

 At Chicago Family Picnic, we are all about supporting you and your family through one of life's most incredible journeys - bringing a new life into the world. As Chicago's premier birth center, we have been guiding families for over three decades with our wealth of industry experience and evidence-based practices.  We offer a comprehensive range of services tailored to meet your individual needs. From our certified lactation specialists who provide expert breastfeeding support to our trained childbirth educators who lead engaging classe offer a comprehensive range of services tailored to meet your individual needs. From our certified lactation specialists who provide expert breastfeeding support to our trained childbirth educators who lead engaging classes.

Neighborhood Parents Network (NPN) helps cconnect a diverse community of families (including those with children with developmental disabilities) by providing support and resources designted to solve the challenges of parenting in Chicago. They help provide

• Parent support such as active discussion forums, parent education workshops, informative articles, playdates, and other get-togethers
• School-choice resources such as our Annual Preschool & Elementary School Fair and School & Daycare Directory
• Childcare resources such as Childcare Classifieds
• Developmental differences support such as monthly support groups and our annual Developmental Differences Resource Fair

Connect with other new moms facing similar changes, challenges, and joys that you are experiencing as a new parent.

🙌 Free with your RSVP
👩‍🍼Limited to 8-10 moms
🕰️ Meet for 90 minutes the same day and time each week for 3 consecutive weeks
🤗 Facilitated by NPN staff and mom volunteers
👶 Babies expected and welcome for ages 0-6 months and 7-12 months

Every once in a while, you meet someone truly inspiring—someone whose heart and passion are everything you hope to see in others. Elizabeth is one of those remarkable individuals, dedicated to supporting women through every phase of their lives. Founder of the Modern Domestic Woman her mission is simple but empowering - to help women through positive resources and networking. Browse the website to learn more about other trusted local providers or learn more about the support group held the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of every month.