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10 Tips to Help with Tummy Time

October 31, 2019 by Stacy Menz

Tummy time. Pediatric PT’s love to talk about this and most new parents have a love hate relationship with it. They hear that it’s important but their baby hates it and it’s hard for them to fit it in. Because babies sleep on their backs to prevent SIDS, the recommendations for tummy time is 60 […]

Filed Under: Blog, Developmental Milestones Tagged With: babies, back to sleep, education, gross motor development, Motor Smart Kids, physical therapy, Starfish Therapies, strengthening, tummy time

Toy Selection for Young Kids

April 30, 2019 by Stacy Menz

There is an overwhelming amount of choices in the toy stores these days and we live in a time where digital and electronic games are increasingly being used to replace physical toys. Should we be buying toys marketed as educational? What should our developing children be playing with? As physical therapists, we get asked a […]

Filed Under: Blog, Developmental Milestones Tagged With: babies, exercise, games, gross motor development, kids, Motor Smart Kids, physical therapy, play, Starfish Therapies, strengthening, toys, tummy time

Teaching Rolling – Stomach to Back

April 26, 2019 by Stacy Menz

This is one that I find harder to teach little ones. A lot of time it comes about naturally as they spend more time on their tummy, and also begin to push up more onto their extended arms. This is why it is really important to encourage tummy time and prone skills. To work on […]

Filed Under: Blog, Developmental Milestones Tagged With: babies, gross motor development, Motor Smart Kids, physical therapy, Starfish Therapies, tummy time

Teaching Rolling – Back to Stomach

April 23, 2019 by Stacy Menz

Rolling is one of the first forms of independent mobility your child will learn how to do. This is when they start to learn that they can control their body to explore their environment. In terms of teaching rolling I always find it easier to teach them how how to go from their back to […]

Filed Under: Blog, Developmental Milestones Tagged With: babies, gross motor development, Motor Smart Kids, physical therapy, Starfish Therapies, strengthening, tummy time

Using a Therapy Ball for Torticollis

April 1, 2019 by Stacy Menz

We have talked a lot about torticollis recently thanks to the new guidelines that were recently published. Here we talk about 5 signs of torticollis, and here we talk about ways to prevent torticollis. We also have a great resource handout for parents and caregivers that we will gladly pass along (please email us for […]

Filed Under: Blog, Developmental Milestones Tagged With: babies, gross motor development, Motor Smart Kids, physical therapy, plagiocephaly, Starfish Therapies, strengthening, torticollis, tummy time

Ways to Prevent Torticollis

February 27, 2019 by Stacy Menz

We have highlighted the 5 common signs of Torticollis. To recap, those are as follows: Always looking in the same direction Head tilting Feeding difficulties Flattening of the head Facial asymmetry As stated in that post, torticollis has become more prevalent with babies spending more time on their backs. But there are things you can do to help […]

Filed Under: Blog, Developmental Milestones Tagged With: back to sleep, education, gross motor development, kids, Motor Smart Kids, physical therapy, plagiocephaly, Starfish Therapies, strengthening, torticollis, tummy time

Five Signs of Torticollis

December 10, 2018 by Stacy Menz

The American Physical Therapy Association Academy of Pediatric Physical Therapy recently published an updated evidenced-based clinical practice guideline for the management of Congenital Muscular Torticollis. The evidence supports better outcomes along with shorter treatment duration with early identification and intervention. This has us thinking all about what we can do to help with this early […]

Filed Under: Blog, Developmental Milestones Tagged With: education, gross motor development, kids, Motor Smart Kids, physical therapy, plagiocephaly, Starfish Therapies, torticollis, tummy time

Holiday Gift Guide 2018 Part 3

November 26, 2018 by Stacy Menz

All right, we are on to part 3 of our therapist recommended toys for this holiday season! For those of you that miss Part 1 and Part 2 I have linked them! So here we go for a few more of our faves and why we like them! Toy Microwave and Food – This is […]

Filed Under: Blog, Developmental Milestones Tagged With: balance, coordination, crawling, fine motor development, games, gross motor development, kids, motivation, motor planning, Motor Smart Kids, occupational therapy, physical therapy, play, sitting, Starfish Therapies, strengthening, tummy time

5 Ways to Make Tummy Time Successful

April 11, 2018 by Stacy Menz

Sometimes I feel like Tummy Time has become the 4 letter word of parenting (similar to how I feel about w-sitting). Not only that, I feel like my friends who are new mom’s think I am the tummy time police! As soon as I see them they let me know how often they have been […]

Filed Under: Blog, Developmental Milestones Tagged With: gross motor development, kids, Motor Smart Kids, physical therapy, Starfish Therapies, strengthening, therapy ball, tummy time

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...my four year-old has made incredible progress...

We have been working with Starfish Therapies over the last year, and my four year-old has made incredible progress in her gross motor development. Stacy has an amazing ability to work with children. She uses her energy, humor and creativity to make children laugh and play, and at the same time work very hard.”

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I could see the progress being made in my son’s communication...

I could see the progress being made in my son’s communication and overall disposition. Not only were the classes fun, but he also became a lot less frustrated when trying to communicate with others.”

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