Embrace Slowness: Nurturing Baby Development Through Deliberate Interactions
Explore the benefits of observation, trial and error, learning, and independence as you create a nurturing environment through deliberate interactions.
Celebrating Baby's First Steps
A strategy for avoiding interruptions and allowing valuable processing time during this exciting milestone.
4 Milestone Mindsets for Expectant Parents
Four milestone-mindsets for expectant parents to understand and support their baby's motor development. Learn how babies move to learn, the role of interactions with the environment, the importance of milestone age ranges as reference tools, and the value of seeking expert guidance.
What If Your Baby Skips Crawling?
If your baby begins walking before crawling, they can still reap some of the benefits by getting back down on the floor and crawling while playing.
Creating an Optimal Crawling Environment
How to help your baby learn to crawl by creating an ideal crawling environment. Learn effective strategies to add height and distance to their play area, stimulating exploration, problem-solving, and motor skills.
Boost Your Baby's Walking Skills with Beach Adventures
Introducing soft and uneven surfaces like grass and sand can enhance your baby's walking skills, boost balance, and improve muscle strength.
How Babies Develop Awareness of Heights
Uncover how your baby develops an awareness of heights through crawling. Learn practical tips for promoting your baby's development by introducing safe heights to crawl over.
How a New Environment Boosts Your Baby's Development
Discover the power of a change of scenery for your baby's development. Learn how varying their play area stimulates exploration, boosts gross motor skills, and enhances cognitive and emotional growth.
Kneeling: A Pre-Walking Stage
Learn how kneeling strengthens hip and core muscles, enhances balance, and prepares your little one for walking. Find practical tips to create opportunities for your baby to master this crucial milestone.
Understanding Baby Devices: Making Informed Choices
Understand the importance of safety, consider the impact on gross motor development, and weigh the benefits against possible trade-offs. Make decisions that prioritize your baby's well-being while considering your family's unique needs.
Combining Simple Toys
Discover the power of combining simple toys to stimulate your baby's imagination and cognitive development. Embrace open-ended play and unlock endless possibilities for exploration.
Exploring the Benefits of Rattles
From helping babies locate sounds to fostering visual tracking, cause-and-effect learning, and introducing rhythm and song, rattles offer a world of engagement and skill-building. Try a simple rattle exercise to promote visual tracking and fine motor development in your baby.
Learn How Your Baby's Tummy Time Skills Unfold
Discover the fascinating progression of your baby's tummy time skills during the first six months of life.
7.27.2022
A Technique to Help Your Baby Learn to Walk: Hold Hands at Shoulder Level
Try holding your baby’s hands a little lower.
7.13.2022
Exersaucers: A Physical Therapist's Perspective
If exersaucers are a non-negotiable item in your home, keep this in mind.
7.6.2022
Why Babies Grab Their Feet
Discover the significance of your baby grabbing their feet as a gross motor skill milestone.
6.29.2022
The Role of Floor Surfaces in Baby's Gross Motor Skill Development: The Friction Factor
Discover the impact of floor surfaces on your baby's gross motor skills and how friction plays a crucial role.
6.22.2022
Navigating Baby's Milestones: How to Support Their Development with Confidence
Discover how having a roadmap of expected gross motor skill milestones can enhance your playtime with your baby.
6.15.2022
Squatting for Pooping: A Surprising Solution for Baby's Constipation
How playing in squat position can help your baby with constipation.
6.8.2022