Clinician. Britt Pados is a Neonatal Nurse Practitioner (NNP), International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC), and Certified Trauma-Informed Professional. She has worked as a neonatal nurse (Beth Israel Deaconess, Boston, MA) and nurse practitioner (Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital, New York, NY) in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). She has also completed the “When Baby Can’t Suck” course by Food Smart Kids, TOTS: Tethered Oral Tissues Specialty Training by Chrysalis Orofacial, and the Starting Solids Foundations course by Solid Starts. She currently provides clinical care to infants and families in her office in Wellesley, MA. For more information about clinical services, click here.

Researcher. Britt completed her PhD in 2015 on feeding in infants with medical complexity, particularly infants born premature and with congenital heart disease. Her experience as a clinician caring for infants has directly guided her research. She is a Fellow of the American Heart Association as well as the National Academies of Practice. Learn more about her research here.

Author. Britt has published over 65 articles on feeding and gastrointestinal symptoms in infants and young children, has developed assessment tools for feeding and gastrointestinal symptoms, and has done research on flow rates from bottle nipples.

Educator. Britt frequently speaks at professional conferences on feeding in infants and young children. She was previously on faculty in the School of Nursing at Boston College and the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. She currently offers classes for parents and professionals related to feeding.

Mom. Britt is a mom of 3 young children, including a set of twins who were born premature and a daughter who refused all bottles. She is also the proud aunt of an infant born at 28 weeks. Her experiences as a mother and aunt of babies requiring NICU care has motivated her passion for trauma-informed care. She is married and lives with her family in Massachusetts.

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