My daughter is 10 months old and she was evaluated by a PT for motor gross skills (early Intervention Program). She tested at 5 months for locomotion. Her muscle tone is within normal limits. She sits up, rolls both ways, pivots. She reached all these milestones late, around 7.5 months. She doesn’t bear weight on her legs. When I try …
Cardboard Box Play Ideas
When little ones have a birthday or the holidays roll around, many parents are surprised to see that their young child sometimes has more fun playing with the gift wrap and the box than the toy itself. If this sounds like your child, here are ten fun cardboard box play ideas that also help your child work on important skills. Young …
How to Properly Position Your Baby for Play and Development
The way you position your baby when cuddling, carrying, and playing with him can help him to develop his muscles and to learn motor and social skills. Back to Sleep and Belly to Play Tummy time is a very beneficial activity for babies, but it can be scary for parents to do with their newborn. You can do tummy time …
Gait Trainers, Specialized Strollers & De-rotation Straps
Gait Trainers Gait trainers provide many different support options to allow a child to move independently in his or her own environment. Some gait trainers look like a walker, with a lot of support options that can gradually be taken away as a child gains balance, strength, and coordination. Other gait trainers look like a bicycle seat on wheels, with …
How to Manage Spasticity in Children: Tips for Parents
Spasticity is a condition in which certain muscles are continuously contracted. This contraction causes stiffness or tightness of the muscles and may interfere with movement, speech, and manner of walking. Causes of Spasticity? Spasticity is usually caused by damage to the portion of the brain or spinal cord that controls voluntary movement. It may occur in association with spinal cord …
Torticollis and Plagiocephaly: Prevention and Getting Help
What is Torticollis? Torticollis means ‘twisted neck’ and is caused by damage to or a shortening of the Sterno-cleido-mastoid muscle (SCM muscle) in a baby’s neck. Congenital Muscular Torticollis (CMT) can be caused by in-utero positioning, lack of space in the uterus, a traumatic birth, a multiple birth or low amniotic fluid. Some babies have an actual tumor in the …
Q&A: 9 Month Old Not Crawling Yet
Q: 9 month old not crawling – My second child, who is 9 months old, is not crawling or creeping yet and also doesn’t pull himself up to a standing position. I am very concerned that something is wrong. Should I be concerned? Most babies are able to crawl and pull to stand by age 12 months, so I would …
Q&A: Preeclampsia Baby Not Rolling Over
My child just had her nine month check-up. My husband and I have been concerned as her gross motor skills are developing slowly. I had preeclampsia during pregnancy and spent the last two months on my side. My doctors kept her in my womb until she had neutral blood flow. At that point, they decided it was time for me …
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