About Us
Our Story
Victoria and Danielle are dedicated mothers to a total of 5 young children and are developmental experts specializing in the first few years of life. They met while studying OT in their freshman year of college. They have remained close friends since, and reconnected in the Boston area years later when their journey into parenthood coincided. Coincidentally, they were professionally providing developmental and feeding support to newborns and young children in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and a Newborn Developmental Follow-Up Clinic. They soon realized that their OT lens was inexplicably fused into many aspects of their parenting, and that their own personal parenting experience greatly complemented their therapy practice. It became apparent that not only could they help to address the developmental and feeding challenges for high risk or medically complicated infants/young children, but that much of their clinical knowledge could be shared and integrated with all new parents.
Meet the team
Victoria Peake, MS, OTR/L, CLC, NTMC
Victoria has been practicing as a pediatric occupational therapist for 20 years. She graduated from Boston University in 2003, and received a Masters in Health Sciences with a sub-specialty in Pediatric OT from Sydney University in 2010. Victoria has specialized in early feeding and global development from neonates through the first few years of life. She has worked in both inpatient acute care for pediatrics, in addition to outpatient settings for children with autism and sensory processing challenges. For the last 13 years, she has worked at Massachusetts General Hospital for Children as a clinical specialist in their NICU/SCN, inpatient pediatric floors, and high risk follow up assessment clinic with preterm infants, medically complex newborns, and their families before moving on to start Baby Matters OT. She has received specialized training in neurodevelopmental treatment, feeding for high-risk infants, and neuro-protective care. She has certifications in lactation counseling (CLC) and in Neonatal Touch and Massage (NTMC). She has taken advanced trainings in the management of tethered oral tissues, pre-post frenectomy oral motor therapy, and utilizes manual techniques to encompass a whole-body approach. Victoria also consults to a women’s health telemedicine application where she has provided educational webinars and individualized developmental/feeding support to families. She is passionate about optimizing early brain development, fostering strong parental bonding, and helping babies maximize their developmental potential.
Danielle Tanguay, OTR/L
Danielle is a pediatric occupational therapist who has been in practice for 20 years. She graduated from Boston University in 2003 and has been working as a therapist ever since. She has practiced across a variety of populations; however, she became passionate about pediatrics early in her career while working at Bellevue Hospital Center and New York Presbyterian. Danielle spent her first 10 years as an OT working with children and families across inpatient and outpatient settings, including Neonatal Intensive Care, Pediatric Intensive Care, Early Intervention, and private home-based therapy. Since moving to Boston in 2010, Danielle has continued to work at Massachusetts General Hospital for Children, honing her skills and becoming a specialized therapist for high risk preterm and full term infants supporting feeding skills, neurodevelopment, and parent/family education. Danielle is trained in neurodevelopmental handling and facilitation of the Infant (NDT) and completed her training for Yoga for Children with Special Needs. She has taken advanced trainings in the management of tethered oral tissues, pre-post frenectomy oral motor therapy, and utilizes manual techniques to encompass a whole-body approach.