Tummy Time Exercises and the Coming to Sitting Baby Milestones

Hello Proactive Parent, Grandparent, or Therapist,  

Here is a summary of what will be covered in this blog:

• Tummy Time Exercises and the Coming to Sitting Milestone

• It's Not About Going Backwards in Development; It's About Giving Your Child the Movement Foundations Needed for Optimal Development

• Aug 26 - Aug 30, 2024 - DO ML WITH ME Schedule and Links

• New YouTube Videos

  • Jumping
  • How to Help Your Baby Reach Milestones
  • 3 Signs of Vision Concerns

• Blog Post 

  • High vs. Low Muscle Tone Baby - How Muscle Tone is Developed at Birth

• Last Week's ML Support Topics

• Upcoming Webinars

• Upcoming Travel Intensives and In-Person Clinic Training with Michelle - Limited Time

   

Tummy Time Exercises and the Coming to Sitting Baby Milestones

I have spent the last week or two doing Michelle's Tummy Time exercises from the Tummy Time course on my 18-month-old. In that time, I made it through 13 exercises, spending 15 to 20 minutes on each exercise. This last Thursday, my daughter suddenly Came to Sitting through her back, and that made me super excited. That is an optimal milestone, and it finally happened for my baby.  

Coming to Sitting through the back was an optimal milestone that my baby didn't have at a performance level. I had done the Coming to Sitting Course, so I knew my daughter had the developmental movement experiences of the milestone, but I didn't see why the performance wasn't happening.  So, some time ago, I decided to take a break from that milestone and focus on something else: jumping. 

My baby has had almost no jump for as long as I can remember. She tried, but she would drop to the floor instead of getting air. Because of Michelle Turner,  I know that that's a sign of non-optimal development in her body.

About two to three months ago, Michelle did a Facebook Live on the milestone process that creates jumping. That video gave me some insights into what milestones to focus on for my baby. I took the courses, but my baby still wasn't jumping well. I could feel her jumping optimizing, but I still had to engage too much muscle in myself to help her jumps be successful and fun. 

Below is the video Michelle did on the Jumping milestone. She only briefly mentioned tummy, but I did everything else, and still, something was missing for my baby, so I decided to take a little more time with her on the tummy time course. 

What's remarkable is that I achieved more optimal development by focusing on giving my baby a higher-quality experience with her Tummy Time milestone. Everything else I have done up to this point has helped, but whatever she was missing in Tummy Time suddenly clicked for her, and now two milestones could more easily manifest in the body. 

In this particular case, I got two milestones, Coming to Sitting and Jumping, and it's so cool that the movement lesson has empowered me as a parent to do something to change the developmental future of all my children, not just this baby. This baby would have never qualified for therapy, but I still want optimal for her as much as I do for my special needs children. Again, Michelle has taught me how to do that, and you can learn it too for your baby!

CLICK HERE to watch my baby do the Coming to Sitting Baby Milestone!!

I could be discouraged that at 18 months, I had to work on one of the first milestones to make these two milestones more optimal. Still, for me, it's not about the milestone I am working on; it's about the optimal movement foundations that the milestone offers, and that's what I want for my baby—the best movement foundations needed for her optimal development. By doing that, I know all future milestone developments are possibilities for her. 

It's Not About Going Backwards in Development; It's About Giving Your Child the Movement Foundations Needed for Optimal Development

When getting feedback from Michelle on what your child needs to optimize their development, it can be discouraging to hear her mention earlier milestones.

It's natural for you to think, "I don't like what this lady is saying; she is telling me to work backward." The reality is she is telling you how to move forward with your baby's present and future development by giving your child the movements of past optimal milestones. For Alice, the baby you saw in the video, working on her Tummy Time foundations ultimately allowed her Coming to Sitting Milestone to manifest.

I have another baby, and her Coming to Sitting Milestone manifested when I worked on her Grabbing the Feet milestone, so it's hard to say what exact combination of courses will get the milestone performances to manifest in your child's body.

That being said, for you to get the optimal milestones in your baby, you just have to work methodically and consistently through the courses, one by one, believing that no matter what, you are putting optimal movements and development in the system and the movements that manifest are your child's best capabilities. If you do that, your baby will have milestone optimization, and that's what's needed for any milestone to have the potential for a performance in your child's body. 

Below is my schedule for the upcoming week of doing movement lessons and optimizing my children's development. 

Do ML With Me Schedule - August 19 - 23, 2024

The passcode is Optimize for EVERY Zoom link.

On Monday, from 7:00 a.m. to 7:55 a.m. MDT, I will work with my 7-year-old on Breath, Vision and the Shoulders. 

ZOOM LINK:

• CLICK HERE

On Monday, from 6:00 p.m. to 6:55 p.m. MDT, I will work with my typical 6-year-old (for 30 minutes) on Breath, Vision, and the Head and Spine 

I will work with my typical 8-year-old (for 25 minutes) on Breath, Vision, and the Pelvis

ZOOM LINK:

• CLICK HERE

On Monday, from 7:00 p.m. to 8:55 p.m. MDT, I will work with my 7-year-old on Breath, Vision and the Chest

ZOOM LINK: 

• CLICK HERE

On Tuesday

• from 2:15 to 2:45 p.m. MDT, I will be working with my active 18-month-old going through the tummy time exercises.  
• from 2:45 to 3:00 p.m. MDT, I will be working with my active 3-year-old on Breath, Vision, and the Chest, Spine, and Pelvis  
• from 3:00 to 4:00 p.m. MDT, I will work with my 2-year-old on seizure recovery and Breath, Vision and the Face
• from 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. MDT, I will work with my 5-year-old on Breath, Vision, and the Head and Spine

ZOOM LINK:

• CLICK HERE

On Wednesday, from 7:00 a.m. to 7:55 a.m. MDT, I will work with my 7-year-old on Breath, Vision and the Head

ZOOM LINK:

• CLICK HERE

On Wednesday, from 7:00 p.m. to 8:55 p.m. MDT, I will work with my 7-year-old on Breath, Vision and the Gut.

ZOOM LINK: 

• CLICK HERE

On Thursday from 7:00 to 7:55 a.m. MDT, I will work with my 18-month-old on Tummy Time Exercises  

ZOOM LINK:

• CLICK HERE

On Thursday

• from 2:15 to 2:45 p.m. MDT, I will be working with my active 18-month-old going through the Tummy Time exercises.  
• from 2:45 to 3:00 p.m. MDT, I will be working with my active 3-year-old on Breath, Vision, and the Chest, Spine, and Pelvis  
• from 3:00 to 4:00 p.m. MDT, I will work with my 2-year-old on seizure recovery and Breath, Vision and the Face
• from 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. MDT, I will work with my 5-year-old on Breath, Vision, and the Head and Spine

ZOOM LINK:

• CLICK HERE

On Friday, from 7:00 a.m. to 7:55 a.m. MDT, I will work with my 7-year-old on Breath, Vision and the Knees

ZOOM LINK:

• CLICK HERE

On Friday, from 7:00 p.m. to 8:55 p.m. MDT, I will work with my 7-year-old on Breath, Vision and the Ankles.

ZOOM LINK: 

• CLICK HERE

If the schedule above is confusing to you, below is a picture showing the times I am working on my children. If your email browser blocks pictures, be sure to approve the content in this email so you can see the image below. Remember that the time zone is MDT. 

Some things to remember:

• The time zone is MDT (Mountain Daylight Time)(Colorado time zone).
• You can attend any Zoom, but if you have an active or less active child, typical to severe special needs, I tried to specify on the calendar when you can catch a session that might be more fitting for your particular home situation.
• You can hop on, be on mute, and turn your video off if you would like. You are not required to talk during this time, but you are more than welcome to observe a home session if you want to do that. 
• You are not required to do the same thing I am doing. I will be doing my home ML session, and you can be doing yours. 

If you still have questions, please email Erin at [email protected] and let me know. 

If you have specific lessons you would like to see me do with my kids, please reply to this email and let me know. 

Parents and professionals have loved this unique insight into my home movement lessons; I hope to see you there, too!

My goal is to encourage you to make your own ML schedule with your kids and then organize your lives to stay true to that schedule. It's okay if my times do not work for you. Make a schedule that does, and then start consistently doing your movement lessons. 

Remember to define the exceptions to your schedule so that you don't beat yourself up for not sticking to it, and then stick to your schedule otherwise. (Like when I go out of town, and I am not with my kids, I am not going to beat myself up for not being able to work on them) Sticking to a schedule is critical to seeing change and feeling like you are genuinely making a difference in optimizing your child's development as you give them optimal movement experiences. 

If you are not sure where to start, start by:

(1) Enrolling in the Fast Start Support Program - CLICK HERE to join for 60 DAYS FREE!

(2) Do the "What is Movement Lesson Course." Do that course for a week

(3) Then you want to spend at least one week with each of the developmental courses, doing them in order so you can learn how to evaluate and see optimal movement and development

(4) If you have done all the courses in the Fast Start Support Program, then you want to get into the Complete Optimal Development Program so you can start Segment One Training - CLICK HERE to join

(5) if you still have questions, respond to his email. 

If you are in a Movement Lesson support program,

• I help you understand and learn Movement Lesson faster
• I teach you how to start having immediate success in optimizing your child's development
• I help you transition into Michelle's language of development and the movement process so you can really catch the essence of what she expresses in her videos
• I help you feel hope and confident that you can do this
• I fill in the gaps that are preventing you from having more frequent and amazing home movement lessons

Below, you will see new content published this week and where you can find it. Again, don't feel like you have to go through it all; watch what is relevant to you today and what you need. If you need help finding content, please respond to this email with the specific information you are looking for. 

Catch the New YouTube Videos of the Week.   

                >>> CLICK HERE to watch our MILESTONE MONDAY video on "Jumping! It’s a Combination of Milestones! See What They Are"

   .            >>> CLICK HERE to watch our WEBINAR WEDNESDAY video on "How to Help Your Baby Reach Milestones - Tummy Time Tips and More"

               >>> CLICK HERE to watch our FREEDOM FRIDAY on "3 Signs of Vision Concerns That Indicate Non-Optimal Development"

                  >>> CLICK HERE to watch our most recent ALL ABOUT MOVEMENT Podcast Episode, "How to Evaluate for Movement," with Michelle Turner and Scott Davies

Read our Blog

                 >>> CLICK HERE to read about "High vs. Low Muscle Tone Baby - How Muscle Tone is Developed at Birth"

Last Week's ML Support Topics

You can watch the replays of these zooms if you are in our Optimal Development Program (Fast Start Support Program). CLICK HERE to join. To review the videos, look at the archived Monday and Wednesday Zoom Products.

Last Monday's Support Zoom Topic: 3 Movement and Vision Pillars of Movement Lesson - The Big Picture

Last Wednesday's Vision Support Zoom Topic: Red Light Therapy

Michelle's Upcoming Webinars - CLICK HERE to sign up to watch them live

• (SEPTEMBER 5, 2024) Crawling Reach Webinar

Travel Intensive Opportunities with Michelle Turner 

The Czech Republic (September) - SOLD OUT!

Orlando, Florida (November) - SOLD OUT!

Training Opportunities with Michelle Turner

Beginners Touch Training in Arizona

            >>> CLICK HERE to reserve your spot now! (October)

Newborn Movement Assessment in the Czech Republic 

            >>> CLICK HERE to reserve your spot now! (September)

Remember, whenever you do a movement lesson, you give your child the gift of optimal development. 

Respectfully, 

Erin Fulks

Movement Lesson™ Practitioner

Movement Lesson™ Support