Jill Rabin, MS, CCC-SLP/L, IBCLC
Jill Rabin is a pediatric speech pathologist and international board-certified lactation consultant who has been working with the 0- to 3-year-old population for over 39 years. She is based in the north suburbs of Chicago where she has a private practice working with young babies and their families with feeding and speech/language issues. Her areas of specialty include facilitating breastfeeding in at-risk populations such as preterm infants, babies with tethered oral tissues and babies with Down syndrome, managing feeding aversion and using the Adapted Baby-Led Weaning Approach® to transition babies with feeding challenges to solids. Jill also works with breastfeeding babies who refuse the bottle. She co-authored the book Your Baby Can Self-Feed, Too! with Gill Rapley which was published in 2022.
Jill lectures nationally and internationally on adapted baby-led weaning, managing complicated breastfeeding dyads and managing feeding aversion. She teaches live virtual classes for transitioning to solids to parents of babies exhibiting neurotypical development and/or feeding challenges. Jill co-moderates a monthly international Zoom group for expectant, pumping and breastfeeding parents of babies with Down syndrome through Julia’s Way and the Massachusetts Down Syndrome Congress.
