TummyTime! Method ™

The TummyTime! Method ™

I am proud to offer TummyTime!Method classes in a group or individual setting. The TummyTime! Method™ is an evidenced informed therapeutic program designed to support health, posture, movement, and connection for all babies; it can also treat oral motor dysfunction, postural asymmetries, digestive difficulties, and autonomic dysregulation. It is especially beneficial for babies pre- and post-frenectomy.

Benefits of the TummyTime!™ Method Tummy time is vital for healthy social, emotional, physical and neurological development of your baby:

• Promotes social/emotional connection with reassuring interaction with parent during this sometimes challenging yet essential activity

• Facilitates breastfeeding by optimally mobilizing and engaging baby’s face, tongue, jaw, throat, and neck muscles

• Promotes optimal head shape by offsetting the time baby lies on his or her back (decreases head flattening/molding)

• Improves posture creating optimal symmetry, balance, and natural alignment

• Eases colic & reflux through weight bearing on tummy, reducing gas and stimulating healthy digestive function

• Elicits, utilizes, and integrates baby’s oral, primitive, and postural reflexes

The gold standard in the first 2-3 weeks of extrauterine life is tummy time on a parent’s chest for right now. Later will take care of itself. It always does.