The Nervous System's Role
Every movement, feeding, elimination, sleep, and play session your baby experiences showcases the remarkable coordination of their nervous system and body, emphasizing its vital role in their everyday life.
Dysfunction often starts from the birthing process. No matter how they enter the world, birth is a monumental event. At Gwydir Chiropractic & Physiotherapy, we provide postpartum check-ups for women and specialised newborn care to address any lingering stress or strain from birth or experiences afterward, ensuring both mother and baby receive the support they need.
Did you know parents can often pick up
on signs of discomfort in their little ones?
Common signs of IMBALANCE
Common Signs Of DISCOMFORT
- Head rotation preference sometimes can contribute to the development of a flat head.
- Difficulty with breastfeeding. eg. Jaw, neck, shoulder or oral dysfunction.
- Unable to lie flat eg. leading to early rolling.
- Body asymetry eg. head tilt, body tilt or banana bend through body.
- Dislike of car seats, prams or certain positions.
- Not settling for sleep seeming wired or on edge, or easily startled and not connecting sleep cycles.
- Avoidance behaviours eg. avoiding turning head to tender side, or not using one arm properly.
- Difficulty with or dislike of tummy time.
Reaching Milestones
There are many areas of development to understand how your child is progressing. In most case you will be working with a health professional guiding you alone the way. Your blue book will also provide support and bring to your attention certain areas and major milestones to look for.
As you are moving through the early stages and years of growth with your children, we will be able to notice changes and start recognising important gross motor milestones to look for. There are so many different milestones to add into one list, but we have listed some of the main ones below for the ages of 6-12 months.
As you are moving through these early months and years with your child we often find that parents would like a little more detail about some of the important gross motor milestones to look for. There are too many milestone to list here, but here is a more extended and specific list for 6 to 12 months.
There are many areas of development to understand how your child is progressing. In most case you will be working with a health professional guiding you alone the way. Your blue book will also provide support and bring to your attention certain areas and major milestones to look for.
As you are moving through the early stages and years of growth with your children, we will be able to notice changes and start recognising important gross motor milestones to look for. There are so many different milestones to add into one list, but we have listed some of the main ones below for the ages of 6-12 months.
As you are moving through these early months and years with your child we often find that parents would like a little more detail about some of the important gross motor milestones to look for. There are too many milestone to list here, but here is a more extended and specific list for 6 to 12 months.
- Sitting independently
- Rolling back to front and front to back
- Moving objects from one hand to the other
- Rolling back and forth in all four position
- Starting to move the body backward or forwards on the floor
- Engaging with other for fun and play
- Transitioning independently into different positions such as sitting, all fours and lying on tummy
- Being able to pull themselves up to a standing position
- Being able to crawl fluently in all four position
- “Cruise furniture” walking while holding onto furniture
- Standing independently for 2 seconds
- Taking 2-3 steps without support
Complimentary Phone Consultation Available
Not quite sure if chiropractic is right for your child? Petrina offers 15 min complimentary phone consultations for new families. Take the opportunity to ask the questions you have before making an appointment. Find out if chiropractic may be just what you have been searching for.
To Book a complimentary phone consultation with Petrina Le Cudennec, please call us on 02 67522847
