PEDIATRIC FUNCTIONAL MEDICINE · LINCOLN, NE · IN PERSON + TELEHEALTH
Pediatric functional medicine for Lincoln families, worth the drive. Built for the distance.
The labs came back normal. The pediatrician isn't concerned. And your home still doesn't feel calm. You've done everything right, and something is still being missed.
I'm Dr. Amy Patton. I help Lincoln families find what's actually driving their child's behavior, sleep, focus, and gut struggles, and build a plan that fits the life your family is really living. My West Omaha office is about an hour from Lincoln on I-80, and the program is built so you rarely need the interstate.
- QUICK ANSWER
Is there a pediatric functional medicine provider near Lincoln?
Yes. I'm Dr. Amy Patton, DNP of Happy Kid Functional Medicine, about an hour from Lincoln in West Omaha, at 11320 Davenport Street. Most Lincoln families do the first visit in person and everything else by telehealth; plenty do the entire program virtually. Either way, testing routes to labs near Lincoln.
RECOGNITION
Does this sound like your house?
You're not failing your child. You've shown up, pushed for answers, and tried the strategies. If any of this is your daily reality, something biological is likely being missed, and that's findable.
Zero to screaming in seconds
Meltdowns you can't predict or prevent, at home, at school, in the parking lot. You tread carefully all day and it still happens.
The ADHD meds haven't solved it
You did the evaluation and the prescription. Focus, impulsivity, and big emotions are still running the day.
Sleep that's been broken for years
Can't fall asleep, can't stay asleep, never wakes rested, and the whole house is paying for it.
Eating that keeps shrinking
A handful of safe foods, battles at every meal, and a quiet worry about nutrition nobody has taken seriously.
“Everything looks normal”
Labs fine. Growth chart fine. But you know your child, and your gut keeps telling you something is off. That instinct is worth listening to.
Things that helped… then didn't
Therapy, diets, supplements, sticker charts. Some helped a little. Nothing has created lasting change at home.
NO APPOINTMENT
Three things you can start tonight, free, no appointment needed
Whether or not we ever work together, you deserve to leave this page with something useful. These aren't treatments, they're ways to start seeing your child's patterns clearly, and they make any provider's job easier.
Start a one-week pattern log
Each meltdown or hard moment, jot three things: the time, what they ate in the two hours before, and how they slept the night before. Patterns you can't see in the moment jump off a week of notes, and it becomes gold for any provider you see next.
Check the poop, really
Stool is free data about the gut. Note how often your child goes and what it looks like for one week. If it's not most days and comfortable, that's a real clue, the body can't regulate what it can't eliminate.
Move wind-down 20 minutes earlier
Screens off, lights lower, something slow, twenty minutes earlier than usual. Overtired kids don't look sleepy; they look wired and unreasonable. A small shift here often pays off within days.
SERVING LINCOLN
Close to everything, except answers.
Lincoln has real pediatric resources, it's a capital city with a university and its own children's specialists. What Lincoln families tell me they can't find is time: someone who will sit with the whole story for 60–90 minutes, run testing that goes deeper than the standard panels, and then actually stay engaged between visits. That's the practice I built, and it happens to be one hour up I-80.
Here's how Lincoln families make it work: one trip to my West Omaha office for the comprehensive evaluation, or skip the trip entirely and do it virtually. From then on, everything runs at distance by design: testing kits ship to your home, blood draws route to a Lincoln-area lab, follow-ups happen on your screen, and you have private messaging access to me between every visit. The interstate is optional. The depth isn't.
Getting here from LINCOLN
Office: 11320 Davenport Street, Omaha, NE 68154
From Lincoln: I-80 east to I-680 north or West Dodge, about an hour, and most families make the trip once or never
Labs: Blood draws route to Lincoln-area labs, no driving to Omaha for testing
Telehealth: The full program, evaluation, follow-ups, weekly curriculum, messaging, works 100% virtually
HOW I HELP
The Missing Piece Method™
The families who find me have already done a lot, labs, referrals, therapies, specialists. They arrive carrying folders of “normal” results and a persistent feeling that something is being missed. My job is to find what that is.
Reveal
Map your child's full timeline, back to before the diagnosis, and run testing that actually explains what's happening inside their body: gut analysis, nutrient status, genomics when truly indicated.
Rebuild
Lab results meet your lived observations. I explain, in plain language, exactly why what's happening inside your child is showing up as zero-to-screaming meltdowns, broken sleep, and days that fall apart by dinner.
Rewire
A personalized plan built around the life your family is actually living, not a template, not a generic supplement list. And I stay in it with you all the way through.
The 6-month program, in plain terms
For parents who've tried everything and want one provider to stay in the room until things actually change:
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4 structured visits with me, in person in West Omaha or virtual
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Functional lab testing ordered and reviewed in plain language
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Weekly curriculum: one short lesson, one concrete action step
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Private messaging access to me between every visit
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A personalized protocol that adjusts as your child responds
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A graduation plan so what we build actually holds
MONEY, HONESTLY
What this costs, and every way I help you manage it
You've probably already spent more than you want to add up, copays, specialists, supplements guessed at from the internet. So let me be more transparent about money than most practices are willing to be.
I'm out-of-network, on purpose
That's what buys your child 60–90 minute visits instead of 10, and testing chosen for them rather than for a billing code. I share exact program numbers on your free call, before you commit to anything.
HSA/FSA, payment plans, and phased testing
Visits and labs are often HSA/FSA-eligible. I offer payment plans, and I build testing in phases so you only ever pay for what your child truly needs, never a bundle for the sake of a bundle.
Superbills & letters of medical necessity
I provide superbills many families successfully submit to private insurance for partial out-of-network reimbursement, plus letters of medical necessity to strengthen claims and unlock HSA/FSA eligibility.
The honest limits
Medicaid and government plans don't reimburse out-of-network care. I'd rather tell you that here than surprise you later. If cost is the barrier, ask me about grant resources for families pursuing integrative care. I'll help you try.
NOT READY TO BOOK A CALL?
Tell me about your child instead.
Some parents want to talk. Others want to type it out at 11pm after the house is finally quiet. Both are welcome here.
Lincoln families: Tell me what's been happening and I'll personally reach out within one business day with an honest take on whether I can help, and what I'd look at first.
WHAT PARENTS ARE SAYING
"For always having an answer that puts my whole family at ease. I am forever grateful for every single text or call, truly, I use the texts as references. A real-life text encyclopedia."
PARENT OF A HAPPY KID FUNCTIONAL MEDICINE FAMILY
FREE RESOURCE
Not ready for either? Start with the free Parent Guidebook.
If you've wondered whether everyday products and hidden stressors could be affecting your child's skin, sleep, focus, or immune health, this guide gives you clear, practical answers you can act on this week. No appointment required.
Where I See Families
In person in Omaha, and by telehealth in six states.
In Person
Omaha, Nebraska
Telehealth
Arizona, Colorado, Iowa, Nebraska, Tennessee, Virginia
Not on that list? Reach out anyway. I would rather tell you honestly what I can and can't do than leave you guessing, and if I can't see you I'll point you toward someone who can.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Amy Patton, DNP, APRN, CPNP-PC
Pediatric nurse practitioner and founder of Happy Kid Functional Medicine
I'm a pediatric nurse practitioner with over a decade of clinical experience and the founder of Happy Kid Functional Medicine in Omaha, Nebraska. I spent years in primary care and developmental specialty clinics watching families fall through the cracks, told to give it more time, try the therapy longer, accept a new normal they never signed up for.
I built this practice to be the provider those families deserved. I trained and certified in functional medicine, I am always seeking out what is new and proven, and I provide root-cause, whole-child care for children with complex neurodevelopmental and chronic conditions, working alongside your existing pediatric and specialist team.
LAST WORDS
The most common thing I hear around week six: “I feel like I have my kid back.
That's where we start, and it keeps getting better from there. The first call is free, confidential, and completely without pressure. Fifteen minutes, and you'll know your next step either way.
With you in this, Amy
Amy Patton, DNP, APRN, CPNP-PC · Happy Kid Functional Medicine