by Tammy Herrmann | Mar 9, 2021 | baby developement, cranial band, FYI, Infant bonding, neck issues, plagiocephaly, torticollis, Tummy Time
As pediatric occupational and physical therapists who work mainly with infants, we’ve witnessed a time in history where the amount of baby equipment being used by many parents and child care centers has sky-rocketed. This trend is having developmental implications for...
by Tammy Herrmann | Feb 9, 2021 | baby class, baby developement, cranial band, FYI, plagiocephaly, torticollis, Tummy Time
During the last 10 years we have seen a steady increase in delayed milestones in infants. The increase in children whose heads are flattened also continues to rise. Many parents whose children are diagnosed with plagiocephaly or brachycephaly are commonly told,...
by Tammy Herrmann | Jan 14, 2021 | baby developement, FYI, Speech, Speech Therapy, Speech-language development
What Sounds/Words Should My Infant Be Producing and When (adapted from “Nobody Ever Told Me [Or my Mother] That” by Diane Bahr M.S., CCC-SLP, CIMI; pgs 219-222) 0-15 months 1-month: Vowel-like sounds, mostly “ee” and “ah” (mostly nasal productions) within cooing 2-3...
by Tammy Herrmann | Jan 13, 2021 | baby developement, Feeding, FYI, Infant bonding, Speech, Speech Therapy, Speech-language development
Language development begins at birth. The first signs of social communication begin with eye contact and speaking to your baby, responding to his/her vocalizations and sounds and bonding. Bonding: Skin to skin contact is wonderful in those first months for many...
by Tammy Herrmann | Oct 28, 2020 | baby developement, Feeding, FYI
Making Sense of Baby Led Weaning vs. Traditional Weaning. The Ins and Outs of Introducing Solids to Your Infant Baby led weaning is an approach to starting solid foods that, when done fully, skips spoon feeding of purees. Whole table foods are offered instead. The...
by Megan Riley | May 6, 2014 | FYI
There is an article in the NY Times which references research indicating that baby helmets do not help infants with plagiocephaly or brachycephaly. To understand how that conclusion could have been reached, I read the original research in the BMJ. There are multiple...
