✨BRAIN DEVELOPMENT✨
To fire and wire up a growing brain it requires constant input from the environment :
✨ relationships and caregiving
✨ movement
✨ sensation
As the brain develops through the first 2 years, this regular input is crucial for learning conscious movement, emotional regulation and adaptive body control.
✨Posture
✨Symmetry
✨Balance
✨movement patterns
✨Communication
✨Control of emotions
are all key indicators of how well the brain is developing.
In the first 6-12 mths of your baby’s life - think of the floor as their playground…the more they feel their body on that surface the more they will wire in pathways of movement and awareness of how they can control, feel and move their bodies.
The floor allows their body to be in a neutral posture (not flexed in a seat or bouncer) and is the perfect space to practice :
✨Tummy time
✨Rolling
✨Finding their feet
✨Thrusting their hips
✨Twisting all over the place
All building balance, motor co-ordination, sensation and confidence. You may see them repeating certain movements over and over and over again then witness the delight on their faces when they lock in the patten of a new skill 👶🏼
Empowering parents to encourage babies to move and develop naturally. 👶🏼 Baby led movement is about giving babies complete control to move their bodies in their own time at their own pace. Instead of parents taking charge of their milestones and movements by prematurely putting them in positions (seats, walkers, bouncers) that they are not neurologically of musculoskeletally ready for. 👶🏼 Allowing babies and kids to discover the joy of movement completely on their own, when they are ready!
If you have any concerns about how your child is moving their body and adapting to the environment please reach out for a discussion and assessment. Assessment helps us understand how the brain is developing and there are always pathways of recovery and change.
As a children’s chiropractor - we assess and work gently with the spine, pelvis, cranial and central nervous system, giving advice and home care or referral to specialist if needed.
We are all born with potential and possibility.
Growing brains is what are all about!