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Workshops
Spotlightbaby provides workshops on infant development strategies. These workshops help the everyday parent keep their baby on track, meeting their milestones and bringing out their full potential. We focus on a variety of hands-on purposeful play interaction to enhance your baby’s development. These methods can be used by anyone and our workshop topics focus on development for the first year.
Making Tummy time interesting
January 27th, 2010
Jayme asks- Is it normal for a baby to stop rolling from their back to their tummy after they have been doing it for a while? Her baby is currently 4 mo old.
Yes, this can happen at times. There can be a couple of reasons for this.
Babies learn to roll to their tummy, but can’t roll back. They may play on their tummy for a while, but will become frustrated if they can’t roll back. If this happens often they may not want to roll to their tummy anymore.
This may also be the case if they can’t lift their heads up well or push up on their hands.
Babies at about 4 months of age are just learning to coordinate their hands and manipulate toys in their hands. This becomes more difficult to do on their tummy and they may prefer to be in a supported seat or on their back.
My tip for this is keep them entertained on their tummy to improve their neck stability, shoulder strength and upper arms strength/mobility. The more they can do in a certain position the more they will want to be in that position. Provide them toys they can’t play with on their backs or in a chair. Here are some ideas…
Taller toys are great motivators for babies to push on their hands and lift up their heads
Babies seek toys they can grab and bring it to their mouth
They can be entertained for quite a while looking at their mirror image
- Babies love large buttons and moving parts
Creative Child Magazine
January 14th, 2010Check us out in the newest edition of Creative Child Magazine. The Squeez-Ease is featured as its Top Choice of the Year!
Our Products are Now Available!
January 12th, 2010Our Squeez-Ease and Bamboo Buddies are available for purchase. Please contact one of our retailers if you’d like to purchase our products.
Boom Boom Room 2010
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Boom Boom Room 2010
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Top Choice of the Year
September 30th, 2009Spotlightbaby’s SQUEEZ-EASE was awarded 2009 Top Choice of the Year. It was awarded by Creative Child Magazine’s Award program under the baby product category. We are so proud and excited about this. Check it out in our products page!!
My Baby Won’t LET GO!
August 9th, 2009Jenny Kim (Los Angeles, CA) asks…”How do I get my baby to open her hand and let go?”
She says that her new born would often get a hold of her own hair and start screaming because she can’t open her own hand. Mom stresses out because her baby’s grip is so strong and mom can’t open her baby’s hand either without pulling out a couple pieces of hair.
I hear this often, not just in new borns, but also older babies and toddlers. There is a simple solution to loosen your baby or toddler’s hand.
Place your thumb on the back of your baby’s hand and gently bend the wrist forward.
The fist naturally loosens when it is bent forward.
A direct link to the youtube video is here: spotlightbaby development - My baby won’t let go
Baby Rolling over
July 25th, 2009Somewhere between 3-4 months old your baby will be squirming around trying to roll over. Here are steps to help your baby roll over:
1. while your baby is on his back lift one of his arms up to his head.
2. put your hand on his hip/butt and roll him to his side on the side the arm is lifted up
3. gently rock back and forth and jiggle the hip until you see him trying to roll
4. when you see him wiggling around trying to roll over give as little help as possible and slowly push him over. Let him do as much as he can do for a successful roll.
To view this video directly on youtube go to: baby learning to roll over
Is my baby symmetrical? What can I do?
May 15th, 2009I was having a conversation with someone about how many preemies are born with one side of their body being stronger and more developed than the other. I don’t know why this happens, but I’ve often had to address this issue in my therapy sessions. As I was observing my own new born of 2 weeks, I noticed he ALWAYS turns his head to the left when he sleeps. I also noticed his left ear was very flat when he was born and his left chin was chubbier than his right chin. My conclusion….many babies are born a little uneven and favor one side even from the womb.
Why am I addressing this topic?
Most babies fix themselves as they grow up and develop more motor skills, but as parents if we notice this asymmetry should we just sit back and hope that it corrects itself or is there something we can do?
As a proactive mother and an experienced therapist, I can definitely say we can help correct this asymmetry and do not have to sit on the sidelines hoping that it will correct itself.
So what can I do as a parent to help my baby be more symmetrical? Here are tips for some basic milestones:
Head position- This can start from the first week. As I stated earlier, I noticed my baby always turning his head to the left and tilting it to the right on car rides. So I just turn his head the other way whenever possible while he’s sleeping.
Rolling- you may notice when your baby starts to roll from his back to his tummy that he may prefer to roll only to one side. He may role independently to one side and need help on the other. I would encourage you to give as little help for a successful role to the more challenging side. What does this mean…put your hand gently on the baby’s hips and role toward the more difficult side. When you see your baby wiggling his arms and legs to try to roll over give just a little nudge for a successful role on the more challenging side. Give the LEAST amount of help as possible. The more you help, the less your baby does.
Pivoting on the tummy- Before crawling you will notice your babies using their arms and legs to pivot and turn on their tummies. Sometimes they like to pivot only to one direction. Put toys on the other side or in the center and slowly move it to the other side to encourage them to pivot the the more challenging side. If they need some assistance you can position the arm straight out to the side of the more difficult side and then put toys there for them to reach.
Cruising- when your baby begins to cruise along the furniture you may notice he likes to cruise to one side more than the other. You can put toys on the more challenging side to encourage cruising toward that direction. If they need a little help, gently push the side of their hips to encourage movement in that direction.
All in all, whatever you see your baby doing on one side make sure he does it on the other even if he needs a little help doing it.
I think this covers most of the basic milestones. If you have any questions feel free to e-mail me at judy@spotlight-baby.com
What is the big Deal about “Tummy Time”?!
April 20th, 2009Many doctors and healthcare professionals say “you have to give your baby tummy time” , “tummy time, tummy time, tummy time!!!”. It is emphasised so often by so many people…but WHY? What is the big deal about Tummy Time?!
Well, I hate to follow the masses, but YES… tummy time is essential to a baby’s development.
….but WHY?
When you put your babies on their tummy it naturally encourages them to lift their heads, move their heads about, and explore their environment from a new perspective. It encourages them to develop neck strength; thus, developing neck and head stability when held in an upright position. So why is this important? Neck and head stability develops head balance which is the precursor of trunk stability, to sitting balance, and finally standing balance. If you can’t balance your head you can’t balance the rest of your body.
As babies head lifting ability begins to improve they naturally begin to push up on their hands. This develops arm and shoulder girdle strength and starts to develop upper trunk strength. Why is this important? These are the building blocks to develop their ability to push themselves to a sitting position, sit with arm support before sitting independently, and the first building blocks for crawling as they learns to support part of their weight on their arms.
When can I start tummy time?
As early as 6-8 weeks when you start seeing your babies lift their heads when you are holding them at your shoulder. They will begin by just turning their heads side to side while on their tummies. Then they will slowly begin lifting their heads slightly off the ground. Your babies will eventually lift their heads up fully and begin to push on their arms toward 2 1/2 to 3 1/2 months. They may begin to roll from their backs to their tummies between 3-4 months and start moving their arms and legs to move and reach for toys.
Do I have to do tummy time just on the flat floor?
You can get creative. Here are a couple of suggestions if the floor seems to be too difficult at the early stages. You can place a “boppy” under their chest with the arms forward. You can place them on a higher surface such as a couch and place a rolled towel under the arm pits. When they have good head control you can put them on your chest and push against their hands to encourage them to push on their arms and shoulders.
Always make tummy time fun! In the first stages have toys on either side of their heads for them to focus on as they turn their heads side to side. As they begin lifting their heads more and more have toys at their eye level. Move toys side to side for them to follow and visually track and attempt to reach and bat at.
Any questions…feel free to e-mail me at judy@spotlight-baby.com
Have any questions or comments? Email me at judy [at] spotlight-baby.com
