by wemakepixels_9e7mpm | Feb 21, 2022 | 8p, Exercise, Handwriting, Newsletter, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, Reading
On a regular basis I am asked if crawling on hands and knees is really an important milestone. After all, kiddos are learning to crawl at the same time that they are learning to pull themselves up into standing at different pieces of furniture throughout the house....
by wemakepixels_9e7mpm | Feb 13, 2022 | Exercise, Family, Food, Health, Newsletter, Nutrition, Recreation, Stress
During the winter, and notably during our current pandemic, we are especially aware of trying to stay healthy. We all know that we need to keep our immune system working in tip top shape, but how do we do that exactly? First, we know that stress and anxiety...
by wemakepixels_9e7mpm | Feb 8, 2022 | 8p, CHARGE, Kabuki, KAT6A, Newsletter, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, Smith-Kingsmore, Speech Therapy, Syndrome
This time of year you may start seeing posts about kiddos with diseases, disorders, and syndromes you have never heard of. Things like Kabuki, Smith-Kingsmore, KAT6A, 8p, CHARGE. What connects all of these names and why are we hearing about them now? Well, February 28...
by wemakepixels_9e7mpm | Jan 30, 2022 | Exercise, Family, Free, Newsletter, Physical Therapy, Speech Therapy
When adults go to PT, they come home with a list of exercises to complete a certain number of times in a row, multiple times each day. These types of orders don’t work very well for children. Instead, we want to try to make therapy fun for kids. One of the things we...
by wemakepixels_9e7mpm | Jan 22, 2022 | Handwriting, Newsletter, Occupational Therapy
Sunday, January 23rd is National Handwriting Day. In honor of that it seemed appropriate to explore how our kids learn to write and ways we, as caretakers, can help them develop this skill. Although kiddos may start to scribble sometime between 12 and 18-months,...
by wemakepixels_9e7mpm | Dec 9, 2021 | Newsletter, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, Speech Therapy
Did you know that there is a national program called Early Intervention (EI) which is available for qualifying families with children ages birth through three years. All programs are collaborative, individualized and reflect the child’s and family’s priorities,...
