hello, my daughter has been seeing a speech therapist since about 3mths of age, it was while we were inpatients in the special care nursery so our experience may be slightly different as they kind of knew about her. depends on what your need for seeing them is (feeds, talking, tongue tie etc..). Isabella was on full naso gastric feeds (expressed ebm), had totally lost her suck reflex and didn't have any hand to mouth action. she was on no oral feeds from birth due to gut operations....long story for another time....in hospital for 6mths...anyway sorry for babbling - at the first appt they basically just assessed her and asked me HEAPS of questions about her and her daily routine, asked to explain exactly what she does and doesn't do, and had a bit of play time to watch her and gave heaps of tricks and exercises to try with her. she is over 1 now so we have just been referred to a new speechie thru DSQ (disability services qld) and had our first appt with her and same sort of thing. now her issues are more talking (she doesn't babble at all, has only just realised she has a voice!) and spilling heaps out the side of her bottle. but now no NG tube, fully orally fed and has 3 meals of solids. anyway sorry for the long post, but i think speechies are great, and ours were a huge help. hopefully will get talking or at least babbling soon. best of luck with your appt