Craniosacral Therapy gently supports children’s brain growth and alignment of the head and spine. The normal, intense pressures of pregnancy and birth, as well as the falls of toddlerhood, can create restrictions around the brain in the bones, tissues, cranial nerves and fluids that carry oxygen and nutrients.

The light touch of craniosacral therapy can resolve problems of:

nursing: milk supply, suck, swallow, poor latch, one-side nursing

colic, inconsolable crying, screaming

difficulty sleeping or falling asleep

painful gas & other digestive problems

excessive spitting up or reflux

frequent ear infections

flat or misshapen head

tilted eyes or ears

restricted neck movement & tilted head

very high need disposition

very passive

prematurity

recovery from birth trauma

help adoptive babies resolve issues from poor prenatal conditions or neglect

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Craniosacral therapy may be combined with developmental movement therapy to fully address these problems.

 

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Developmental Movement Therapy supports natural infant developmental movements that activate essential neural hook-ups to structure and organize the brain. These movements activate crucial early learning and power up dynamic brain networks for future learning. 

Research shows that babies who are mobile and crawl have better cognitive capacity. Crawling depends on baby having enough tummy time, which can be difficult for some babies. Developmental movement fosters ABC's of pre-academic skills:

• Attention
• Balance
• Coordination

Developmental movement therapy can help you get your child off to the best start.  Parents can offer your baby play that feeds the brain and nourishes the whole child:

• support for bonding and individuation
• comfort and support in tummy time
• engage the first cognition
• support emotional regulation
• develop coordination and core strength
• form postural integrity
• provide the first opportunities for mastery
• learning
• movements for well organized and balanced brain growth
• tummy time
• rolling
• reaching for toys and people
• pushing up
• sitting up and down on his/her own
• belly crawling
• crawling
• simple activities that  support  the developing brain & body
• touch and massage that foster support normal development
• assist babies with developmental delays
• help adoptive babies to bond

Extreme siblings:

Sean and Meghan

Very passive baby

Hyperactive kindergartener

Developmental milestones of infancy

Benefits of tummy time