Playing in Sidelying
We get a lot of questions about how to help little ones get into and play in sidelying. Hopefully...
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The Starfish Blog
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Posts about babies (4):
Prone Propping and Pushing Up
As your little one starts tolerating tummy time more and more they will use their arms to prop on...
Top Posts of 2019
Wow, how has a year gone by so fast? I know we started the year off strong and then partway...
Grading Muscle Control
What I am going to talk about can be related to any age, especially for learning new skills. The...
Positional Preferences and Movement Asymmetries
Wow, that is a mouthful of a title… I tried to come up with something a little more fun but my...
10 Tips to Help with Tummy Time
Tummy time. Pediatric PT’s love to talk about this and most new parents have a love hate...
Using the Ball for Rolling
We recently had posts for practicing rolling from back to stomach and from stomach to back. Check...
Using the Ball for Getting into Sitting
I am a big fan of using the therapy ball for helping little ones learn new techniques. I think it...
Teaching Rolling – Stomach to Back
This is one that I find harder to teach little ones. A lot of time it comes about naturally as...
Teaching Rolling – Back to Stomach
Rolling is one of the first forms of independent mobility your child will learn how to do. This is...
Torticollis – Can I Wait and See
We have discussed torticollis a few times over the last several months.
We highlighted the ...