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What your baby learns in the first year will last a lifetime.
The first touches and interactions a newborn baby receives are crucial to its healthy development. During the first year of life, the body movements a baby learns are essential for the development of motor skills and cognition. This period is characterised by the baby’s remarkable ability to absorb, learn and progress. It is therefore important to provide appropriate stimulation to encourage their healthy growth.
Baby’s major achievements – known as developmental milestones – include rolling over, sitting up, standing up and walking. The BABY HANDLING technique is a method of handling a baby correctly and encouraging active participation in everyday activities such as holding, carrying, lifting and more to stimulate your baby to reach developmental milestones on time. Daily use of the BABY HANDLING technique helps your baby develop correct movement patterns and promotes healthy motor development. By providing appropriate sensory-motor experiences, we can establish quality movement patterns that will benefit the baby throughout his or her life, not just in infancy. However, baby handling goes beyond correct positions and grips, as it also represents a bonding between the baby and their parent, which is beneficial for the baby’s development. The technique is used from newborn to older babies.
By using the baby handling technique on a daily basis, parents can play a crucial role in stimulating the baby to reach certain milestones correctly and without skipping any.
What does the Baby Handling involve?
- Correctly picking up, lifting and putting down your baby
- Correctly turning your baby to the side and from the side to the back
- Correctly turning your baby from the back to the tummy
- Holding and carrying the baby correctly
- How to dress and undress your baby correctly
- How to change your baby's dipper
- Different techniques to encourage correct development of movement patterns of your baby
- What to avoid, such as lifting the baby from behind, holding the baby in a sling or incorrectly supporting the baby's head
Why is Baby Handling important?
- To encourage correct motor development of your baby
- Help your baby learn correct movement patterns
- Prevent the development of incorrect movement patterns caused by improper handling
- Help resolve certain motor difficulties or limitations
- Prevent motor difficulties in babies more easily than in older children or adults
- Improves your baby's coordination and body awareness
- Promotes your baby's independence, muscle strength and better posture
What problems can be prevented or alleviated by Baby Handling?
Incorrect handling of babies can cause problems such as:
- Breastfeeding difficulties due to the baby's head tilting backwards
- Excessive twisting when holding the baby
- Excessive abdominal muscle tension
- Various fine and gross motor problems
- Inability to take certain positions (such as crawling, rolling, sitting, etc.)
Proper handling of babies can prevent or alleviate the following problems:
- Decreased or increased muscle tone (hypotonia, hypertonia)
- Head or neck tilting backwards
- Asymmetry of the body
- Tightening of the shoulders
- Poor posture
- Incorrect movement patterns
Our Baby Handling courses
We have created a series of courses to guide you through different Baby Handling techniques. These courses are designed to give you insights and tips on how to handle your baby correctly and encourage active participation in everyday activities for specific stages of your baby’s development. Read more about courses
Personalised Consultation Services
If you are looking for more specific insights or have unique questions, our Individual Consultancy Services are here to meet your requests. Let us know your needs and we will be happy to provide you with personalised support. Read more about consultation details
