Babies can start learning to sit as young as 3 months old. However, before you start working on sitting, it is important that your baby has the foundations of tummy time down. Tummy time is important because it gives your baby the opportunity to strengthen their neck, stomach, and back muscles, all crucial muscles that are required to keep you upright in sitting! …
Getting the news that your child has a concussion can be scary. What should you expect? Who can help? Here are the steps you should take for your child if they have a concussion or you suspect they have a concussion. See a Doctor If your child has a concussion or you suspect your…
Reflux, Constipation, and Movement – The Relationship Between Reflux, Constipation, and Gross Motor Skills Parenting… It’s a Dirty Job When registering for a baby shower, there is a reason expecting mothers register for bibs, burp cloths, and changes of clothes: spitting up is a typical part of infancy. However, there is a point when spitting…
Time For Tupperware Long gone are the days of using containers purely as food or toy storage. You can click them, snap them, and pop them into place. Now…you can use them for language development! Storage containers are a fantastic language facilitation tool. Studies have shown that children enjoy looking at and playing with things that adults use frequently. Below, find some ways that…
Bringing Home and Raising Preemie Babies – The First Steps Congratulations! If you are reading this, you may have had a scary birth and delivery with your premature baby. Things may not have gone as you originally planned. However, the most important thing is that your baby is healthy and ready to come home with you! So…now what? This article discusses your…
Let’s do an Experiment Note what position your baby is in. Close your eyes for 30 seconds, and then open them. Is your child in the same position? Have they moved or shifted? Did you already know what position they would be in before you opened your eyes? Variety in movement and positioning is the hallmark of typical development. Babies, toddlers, and kids are wiggly…
Straw drinking is an important developmental milestone for a toddler to achieve. It strengthens tongue, cheek, and lip muscles that aid in more sophisticated eating and drinking skills. However, sometimes bringing a child’s attention and focus to the use of a straw can be more of an obstacle than families initially anticipate. Luckily, an adapted…
Telehealth continues to set a precedent in the pediatric therapy world. It may be difficult to identify what this looks like. Especially for those like yourself who have an infant, toddler, or child and are seeking virtual services. Many ask, “What will Telehealth Therapy look like for my baby?” Below are some expectations you would typically…
Change in 2020 Over the past 2 months, my career as a pediatric PT has taken a drastic turn. With schools closing and stay-at-home orders in effect, live physical therapy visits slowly dwindled to nothing. By now, we’ve heard plenty about telehealth and virtual doctor visits. It is important that we all try teletherapy in 2020…
First Timer As I sat down for my first teletherapy session, my mind was reeling! How would I pull this off? I wanted to do it in a way that was efficient, effective, and entertaining. Every treatment strategy that I had up to this point had been based off of face to face contact. Needless…
Is your child is staying dry throughout the night? Are they telling you they want a diaper change, or showing signs of discomfort when wet? If you answered yes, then they might be ready for potty training. Each child’s needs are different and what works for one child may not always work for another. Here…
By Julie Richman Traveling with children can be daunting for any parent but taking a vacation with a child with special needs or multiple food allergies can be especially challenging. As a mom to a six-year-old child with several food allergies, a rare allergic GI condition called FPIES and a feeding disorder, I know all…
Many times during speech evaluations, our speech pathologists here the question, “How much should my two year old be talking at this point?” There is a lot of variance at this age, however, for all children at this point, there should be a large influx of verbal language. As with any milestone, the number of…
The following page details strategies that parents can use at home to facilitate language and encourage communication with their child from birth through age three. These strategies are designed to help children meet their developmental language milestones. From Birth-1 year: It is important to reinforce your baby’s communication attempts by looking at him or her,…
