A visual invitation to reach and touch, grasp and feel, hold and let go.

Shifting his body to one side, this baby coordinates his arm actions, challenges his balance to reach farther using a little counterbalance of his right arm.  He makes dynamic connections between what he sees, touches and feels within his arm’s reach and visual field.  He hears different sounds when he throws each tomato into the pot and then watches them splash, sink, bounce up and float!

Timing the release and anticipating the sound is why babies play this kind of game over and over in container play or from their high chair.  Read more in the Amazing Babies Moving Book, new eBook and eNewsletter:

• Book: Amazing Babies Moving: Essential Movement to Enhance Your Baby’s Development in the First Year (p.185)
• New eBook: Amazing Babies Moving - Locomotion Baby eBook (10 Months)
• eNewsletter: Sign up and read the full post in our archived October eNewsletter

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The Amazing Babies Moving Book used by parents, educators and professionals worldwide is re-designed into two visually engaging eBooks that cover the two natural developmental movement stages in a baby’s first year.

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Learn more about the two-part Developmental Movement Framework that is the most effective way to communicate this important information to actively support parents, caregivers and babies. Participate in this exciting program -

- Explore the developmental movement patterns that provide optimal brain-body connections in babies and optimal movement in adults.

- Develop your movement observation skills to read the baby’s subtle communication cues for appropriate responses in social interactions.

- Learn about our baby research in Video and Photo Vignettes that will provide a new understanding of the baby’s intentions in action and social interaction.

What Early Childhood Educators say about the Program:

“Watching the babies and then doing those movements myself and noticing how much I concentrated to do them, whereas the babies do it so naturally.  That brings a great understanding to how and why they move”. Caitlin Duplassie
 
“I liked it when we did the movement, then observed the babies do it.  It connected the concepts more clearly for me”. Anita Price

You will be Amazed at how much you will learn and experience!

Many parents are also not sufficiently aware of the importance of Tummy Time in the early months. For the convenience of it, a parent may put their baby in a Bumbo seat, exersaucer or baby bouncer that restricts natural body movements. What they don’t think about is that in these containers:

- babies are positioned beyond their developmental level
- the baby’s spine is upright instead of horizontal
- these containers prevent babies from weight bearing & weight shifting on forearms necessary for reaching


Overuse of infant seats also inhibits spinal movement and active visual exploration because the baby’s body is kept at a 45 degree angle.

What these babies are missing out on is organizing their body in relationship to gravity to move, explore, interact and problem-solve — developing the essential movement skills from motivation to mastery.

Download our Amazing Babies Moving Program Flyer. Share it with an educator, caregiver, nanny, parent and professional. We encourage active parenting for a healthy, happy, mobile baby!

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Let’s observe a three-month old baby playing:

• Your three month old baby is lying on his back on a blanket on the floor.
• You are also on the floor at your baby’s level, watching what he is doing.
• Your baby brings his hands to his chest online roulette and clasps them together.
• Your baby is focussed and interested in his new body exploration.
• He looks down at his hands at what he is doing.
• What does this little activity tell us about your three month old baby’s development?
• What play activity is your baby preparing to engage in?

The close link between your baby’s body movement, tactile sensations and visual processing informs her about herself from the very beginning.  With these movement explorations, your baby develops her awareness of her body and how each part of her body is moving.

• Prepare your space on an exercise mat or blanket on a carpeted floor.
• Choose a small pillow or folded towel for under your head to align your spine.
• Place your baby on her/his back on the blanket.
• Lie down on your back and place the towel or pillow under your head.
• Raise your legs one after the other and place your feet flat on the floor.
• Roll to your side, lift and hold your baby securely in your arms.
• Bring your baby to your chest and carefully roll onto your back again.
• Adjust your feet so they are flat on the floor.
• Support your baby to rest on his/her tummy on your body.

At the end of the day – this will be a relaxing and quiet time to bond with your baby.  Two-month-old babies are beginning to use their arms and in this position on your body, you will feel your baby’s little hands gently push against you. When you add soft humming sounds, your baby will feel sound vibrations coming from your chest that will be soothing.  See our recent blog entry and write-up in our March eNewsletter Dad’s Humming Calms Baby. By participating in these pleasant body-to-body interactions, your baby will gradually become more comfortable on her/his tummy.

• Amazing Babies Moving Book and eChapter Month 1 and 2
• Let’s hear more from Dads!

A delightful feature at Amazing Babies Moving is talking to first time parents.  Recently I was talking to a new Dad.  Having a baby encourages new parents to develop sensitive communication skills so they can be more responsive to their baby’s expressive communication cues. Here’s How:

1. Notice how you are holding your baby in your arms when sitting, standing or walking.
2. Embrace your baby in a C-curve in your arms close to your chest.
3. Gazing at your baby begin vocalizing a humming sound.
4. Does your baby calm down as she/he listens to your voice?
5. Experiment with other cooing and soothing sounds.
6. Pause and observe your baby’s responses.
7. Your baby may be enjoying the sound vibrations from your chest.

You may also notice that when you are humming, you are relaxing too.  The more you use your body to sense, feel and become aware of your own responses, the more sensitive you will be to your baby’s preverbal communication cues.

Share and let’s hear from Dads!

A recent study published by Florida scientists discovered that around 6 months babies start to study mouths when people talk to them to figure out how the shape of their lips makes the sound they are hearing.  This new research appears in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.  Even newborns mimic a parent’s tongue game that has been well documented by Andrew N. Meltzoff, Ph.D.

Visit our Baby Guide, Month 1 Slider to view a baby’s focused attention on his mother’s mouth in her tongue wiggle-waggle game. Be patient and notice how your baby responds.

• Download the Amazing Babies Moving eChapters 1 and 2 to learn more.

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