Jacklynn Knotts
OTR/L, CNT, IBCLC
Jacklynn Knotts is El Paso’s ONLY therapist who is dual certified as an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC). BCLC’s are recognized as the “gold standard” of lactation care as they offer the highest level of lactation care. This means that through her dual lense as a motor therapist and lactation provider, she is able to provide comprehensive evidence based care that addresses the full body to address feeding difficulties.
In addition, she also has vast experience in working with neonates, preemies, and medically fragile infants and maintains specialty certifications as a Certified Neonatal Therapist (CNT), & Neonatal Touch and Massage Therapy Certified (NTMTC).
She is specialty trained in tethered oral tissues, cranial sacral therapy, neonatal myofacial release, and maternal mental health through PSI international.
She graduated with her Masters of Occupational Therapy from the University of Texas at El Paso in 2013. She and currently provides her services in a level 3 neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) and through her private practice Nurture Development & Lactation, LLC to provide specialized lactation care.
Nurture Development & Lactation
Jacklynn provides follow therapy for sick or premature infants after discharge from the NICU as well as healthy term infants who may be struggling with feeding & development
Prenatally she provides parental education in preparation for bringing home baby including how to prepare for breast and bottle feeding.
Postnatally she works with caregivers in the areas of infant development, breastfeeding, bottle feeding, lactation, and maternal mental health.
Jacklynn is a mother herself.
“I am a lucky mother of 4, all of whom I’ve breastfed. I’ve been through preterm birth & two NICU stay’s with successful transition back to exclusive breastfeeding from bottle feeding after discharge, delayed lactogenesis II, over supply, tongue ties with a release, painful latches, poor weight gain, tandem feeding, and difficulty weaning. Having been through so many speed bumps within my own journey though motherhood and breastfeeding, I am passionate about supporting helping mothers during their transition into motherhood. I never wanted another mother to feel the lack of support I felt during my difficulties, so I founded Nurture Development & Lactation to address a need in our community.