Moving Forward Isn’t Easy…But It’s Worth It

If you’ve been watching us on the news segments you’re probably wondering if Noah had a super developmental growth spurt. 🙂  Nope…he hasn’t.  You’re just getting a 4 month sneak peek.  We’re in the process of catching up on Noah’s daily one minute videos; life happens and some days it’s hard to get a video up. So bear with [Read More…]…

A Cheap and Easy Fine Motor Skills Exercise To Help Your Child Learn To Grasp

Now that you have mastered the exercise ball it is time to spice things up a bit.  Our therapist doesn’t let Noah just sit around on the ball any more! First, let me talk about one of toys that does a lot more than just bring extra challenges to the exercise ball. One of the [Read More…]…

Today We Say Goodbye To A Great Physical Therapist

Goodbyes are never fun (unless of course you don’t like the person you’re saying goodbye to!)  Sadly, that isn’t the case with a few goodbyes we have to say over the next few weeks. The first of these goodbyes is Jill.  Jill’s a physical therapy student touring this side of the country doing clinicals.  She worked [Read More…]…

Benefits of Treadmill Training For Children Born With Down Syndrome

In medicine, the term “evidence-based” hold a lot of weight.   It is how every doctor should make decisions.  This means that the result of a certain intervention, may it be a drug, a therapy, or surgery, has been proven by research studies.   You want your doctors to use this kind of medicine as [Read More…]…

2 Reaons Why I Make My Own Baby Food (And A Yummy Free Recipe!)

I know there are lots of good reasons to make your own baby food.  I’d like to share with you my two favorite reasons: One, I like to cook. Two, it is WAY cheaper than buying it at the store. Organic is not a big deal to me, but saving a dollar or two sure [Read More…]…