Falmed Academy, Czereśniowa 50, Przezmierowo (2026)

02/03/2026

🪑 Side-sitting perfectly demonstrates how closely crawling on all fours and sitting are connected. If your baby is over 7 months old, practice this combination daily. Add a pelvic lift and transition into the all fours crawling position.

🔄 The shoulder and pelvic rotation we perform here will improve your baby’s sitting control and stimulate them to initiate independent transitions into sitting from a crawling position. This is also an excellent exercise for refining high support and strengthening the arms.

🚀 Your baby will use these skills when learning to kneel and stand up in the coming weeks. Adjust your support based on your baby’s level of independence in the position and how long you have been practicing.

🛡️ If you are just starting, support their shoulders during weight-bearing and add deep-pressure stimulation. Gradually remove your hands and shift support only to the pelvis until your baby no longer needs it at all.

✨ If your baby is 8 months old and still isn’t sitting independently, don’t wait. Practice side-sitting a few times, 2–3 times a day, and add sitting balance on an exercise ball—you will see great results.

💬 Share in the comments how your baby’s sitting progress is going!

27/02/2026

👶 Proper lifting and carrying are the foundations of gentle infant care. „Proper” means techniques that don’t increase muscle tension but instead help regulate it. It means avoiding „anti-gravity” reflexes and helping your baby distribute their body weight evenly across your hands.

⚖️ Proper techniques also prevent reinforcing asymmetry and support the development of head and neck control. Most importantly, it should be pleasant for your baby and not cause any unnecessary discomfort.

🥞 The „Pancake hold” meets all these criteria and should be used instead of picking a baby up under the armpits, especially during the first 3 months of life.

🛡️ While I demonstrate securing the head with fingers under the chin, it isn’t strictly necessary. You can do it if you feel anxious about the head hanging. However, in practice, those few seconds of the head hanging freely will not harm your baby—I have observed this clinically for many years. As your baby grows, around 6-8 weeks, this actually serves as training for their neck muscles and head control.

📢 Recommend the „Pancake hold to all your friends who have a baby or are expecting one soon!

26/02/2026

How to help a baby who crawls like a wounded soldier? 👼

Watch the full video and read the description!

👉 Crawling like a “wounded soldier” is an asymmetrical movement pattern that we need to correct!

It most often results from improper weight distribution between the right and left sides during belly support👌.

So if you’re watching this and your baby is 3-5 months old, work with them on side-to-side balance in the high bottom position and on a ball while on their belly!

💡 The key to addressing this asymmetry is the tripod position, also known as the “president’s elbow.”

Step-by-step exercise:

1️⃣ Encourage your baby to lean on the elbow they don’t use while crawling. Support their arm and gently roll them onto their side. Count to 6 and return to the starting position.

2️⃣ Next, do the exercise on the preferred side, helping them get into the tripod position by bending their knee and shifting their bottom to roll onto their side.

3️⃣ Return to the asymmetrical side—here, your baby may resist more, and their arms might spread apart.

4️⃣ Repeat the entire sequence 2 or 3 times, several times a day!

✨ Remember, the other parent can help by keeping the baby engaged with toys! 🎉

Consistency and repetition are key!

🔄 The process can take 3-6 weeks because this issue comes from a lack of even weight distribution during belly support.

Be patient! Your baby may not accept this position right away and might fuss a little 🥲. However, asymmetry must be corrected because it will affect later stages of development!

📢 Let us know in the comments if your baby has struggled with this!

26/02/2026

👍 Don’t put your 6-month-old Baby in a high chair for feeding! This is not a good position at this age because babies don’t yet have proper pelvic and spinal control and stability.

👶 Of course, there are exceptions – developmental “springs” who can already sit stably at 6 months. If your Baby passes the flat-surface sitting test I show here – go ahead, you can seat them in a high chair.

📊 But 95% of infants at 6 months are not ready to be seated.

⚠️ The fact that your Baby tries to pull up and stand at 6–6.5 months doesn’t mean they have sitting control!

🪑 To sit in a feeding chair, a baby must sit well and stably – not stand up.

🕰 They also don’t need to know how to get into sitting by themselves yet, because that’s a milestone that comes later.

💡 I’m against the myth “don’t sit until they sit on their own” – but that applies to babies at 7–9 months, not 6! For you it may seem just 4–5 weeks, but for your Baby that’s almost 20% of their whole life so far!

🧠 That’s why we should approach sitting, supporting sitting control, and feeding positions wisely and age-appropriately.

🚫 Forcing an unstable baby to sit in a high chair won’t do any good – and from my clinical experience I can say that premature seating can negatively affect a child’s development later on.

📚 Your Baby will have plenty of time to sit in life – school, studies, work, car, computer.

🙌 So how to feed? On your lap! In the next reel I’ll show you a super comfortable and safe position for you and your Baby :)

25/02/2026

👅 Oral motor skills are very closely linked to other areas of the body. A key connection exists between the oral zone and the so-called flexor chain—the muscles on the front of our body responsible for flexing the torso and limbs.

👀 Notice if your child has trouble sitting up from a lying position without propping themselves up on their elbows. Can they lift and hold their head off the ground in that position? Do they struggle to swing by themselves, perhaps always needing someone to give them a good push? Can they maintain balance on an exercise ball using only their torso, without using their hands for support?

👶 In infant development, this connection is also very apparent—babies with low muscle tone often have accompanying speech-related issues, such as a constantly open mouth. In therapeutic work, even if you are only seeing a speech therapist, it’s worth looking beyond the oral zone. Working on stimulating the areas mentioned above directly impacts the quality of oral motor skills.

🧠 This is where Sensory Integration (SI) comes in. It helps us take a holistic look at the body and its dysfunctions to find the root causes. Stimulating only the most visible area of dysfunction (e.g., speech therapy without SI support) often means treating the symptoms rather than the cause.

💬 Share your thoughts in the comments below!

23/02/2026

🐢 During tummy time, your baby reacts to gravity with their entire body, which is why they need your support. By helping them maintain the correct position, this time will become a relaxing experience and a chance to freely observe the world from a new perspective—one that will soon become their favorite.

💪 We want babies who have completed 3 months to have good head control and strong neck muscles while on their tummies. They should be able to hold their head up and rotate it freely in both directions. However, your little one won’t achieve this if they pull their elbows and shoulders back, entering a pattern called „swimming” or „the aviator.”

⚠️ This shifts muscle tone in the shoulder girdle and moves the body weight onto the chest. As a result, the baby gets tired, and if they stay in this position without transitioning into a proper forearm support, this over-excitation leads to reinforcing an incorrect movement pattern.

😭 This often results in crying and frustration. The baby feels like they don’t want to be on their tummy, and when they are, they are so used to the swimming pattern that they need more time practicing the „sphinx” position to correct it.

🛠️ Help by bringing their elbows forward, slightly in front of the shoulder line. Bring them closer to the midline. Hold this position as long as your baby needs. Every 10–15 seconds, apply gentle pressure (compression) to the shoulders and arms. Combine this with the „High Bum” play and correct carrying—and you have a complete set for regulating muscle tone.

✨ Repeat this patiently for a few weeks, and the results will definitely come.

20/02/2026

👶 Crawling on all fours is the most difficult position your baby has had to master so far. Within the developmental range, the end of the 7th month is a stage where a baby can—but doesn’t have to yet—get into the all-fours position and rock back and forth or side to side.

🚀 Of course, there are “developmental springs” who achieved a high-plank support earlier and have a strong core and pelvis, allowing them to zoom around on all fours at this age.

🧸 If your 7-month-old isn’t initiating the all-fours position yet, don’t panic or worry. Instead, start supporting them through play. Help them prepare for this very challenging position.

🤸 How? Always offer toys from above to strengthen the baby’s shoulder girdle. Do plenty of balance work on a ball in the tummy position to encourage moving into high-plank support. Drape them over your knee to encourage weight-bearing. Practice the “president’s elbow”—alternately shifting their weight onto one elbow and the opposite knee.

⚖️ Practice balance while sitting on your lap or on a ball—at this age, we can do this for 1-2 minutes, with 3-4 repetitions on each side! You can find all these suggestions on my profile, and my full program is available in the Falmed Academy.

📩 Comment “crawling” and I’ll send you the link in a private message!

19/02/2026

Mom dad! Quadruple crawling is difficult for me, but with your help I will definitely succeed 😁!

☝️ Quadruple crawling puts a lot of wear and tear on your Little One than any previous experience he’s had. 4 points of support, action to support the knees, normalize the muscle tone level throughout the body.

👼 You often write to us that the Little One gets on all fours, rocks and cannot move. Or it crawls, gets into the high support, but doesn’t wat to quadruple crawl. This exercise will definitely help you.

👉 It’s important to encourage your Little One to rock in the front and rear, ending with sitting on the heels and stimulating sensation by stroking them back - it tones and normalizes muscle tension level and consolidating the position 😊.

❤️ It takes time, wear, commitment and repetition. Some babies will master all fours in a few days, while others will need it for a few weeks.

Write in a comment how you are doing with your quads!

18/02/2026

👶 Your baby isn’t „destined” to just lie on their back and stare at the ceiling during those first few weeks. Tummy time for short bursts, carrying, and cuddling aren’t the only activities you can share together.

🍑 High Bum is my favorite exercise, and you can practice it safely from the very first days of life. Wait with side rolls until your baby is past 8 weeks old. During this play, your baby learns about their own body and touch. They experience your touch, eye contact, smiles, and all the love you give by squeezing those little feet and touching them to your face!

💨 High Bum has a soothing effect on gas relief. It helps every baby struggling with colic. The flexed position, symmetrical alignment, and gentle pressure on the tummy help regulate muscle tone in the abdominal area and aid in releasing gas.

⚖️ It’s excellent for reducing asymmetry. It helps babies who tend to turn their head only to one side. With hands and feet at the midline and the head aligned with the belly button—it’s perfect.

💬 If you’ve just finished feeding, wait a bit before lifting the legs. Simply place your baby on your lap with your knees bent—their bottom on your tummy and their head on your knees—and just talk to each other. Practice High Bum often every day, and your baby will be relaxed, smiling, and gas-free!

👉 Let me know in the comments if you’ve tried High Bum play with your little one yet!

16/02/2026

🏊 We’re continuing our series on the swimming extension pattern in babies. It is natural from 4 months of age and should typically fade around 7 months. However, this pattern should not dominate your baby’s spontaneous activity. This means an infant should spend as much time in a forearm or high support position as they do „swimming,” depending on their age.

👐 Pay close attention to how you carry your baby, as small details in hand positioning play a big role in reinforcing this pattern. Avoid sitting positions where the baby’s bottom rests on your palm. That type of carrying is appropriate only after 7 months. Instead, use flexed positions like the royal hold.

🎿 Avoid pushing the baby forward in this position. This causes them to hang from your shoulder, resembling a ski jumper leaning over the starting bar. Their nervous system and muscle tone receive a signal that they are leaning too far and are about to fall, triggering a natural defense mechanism: arching the arms to fight gravity. This reinforces the swimming pattern.

🛑 Also, check that your hand is not placed under the baby’s armpits. Ensure you aren’t lifting their shoulders outward or elevating the shoulder girdle. Such positioning increases tension in the shoulder girdle and forces the baby to keep their arms out to the sides rather than close to the body in a parallel, symmetrical way, which reinforces the „airplane” pattern.

✨ Use hand-on-tummy and flexed positions—the royal hold for carrying, the high bum position on the back, and the sphinx position on the mat or exercise ball. If, despite proper stimulation, you see that the swimming pattern persists after 2-3 weeks and remains dominant, consult a physical therapist. Don’t wait.

💬 Let us know in the comments: have you noticed the swimming pattern while carrying your little one?

13/02/2026

🍼 Supporting sitting control is one of the most important stages in baby development for you as parents. It’s also a stage where you often want to get ahead of nature. You ask if you can sit a 3–4-month-old on your lap or prop them up with pillows. You write to me filled with worry because your 5–6-month-old isn't sitting yet. It’s no wonder—it’s just not time yet.

🚫 I do not recommend sitting a baby before they reach 6 months of age. Even then, only do it for about 10 minutes during feeding when starting solids. Full support for sitting control should begin once the baby reaches 7 months. “Don't sit them until they sit on their own” is a myth where sitting is demonized as something terrible.

⚽ I’m talking about supporting sitting control through short games and exercises. This includes balancing on a mat, ball play, and stimulating crawling on all fours and kneeling. It means practicing transitions into a sit from these positions and the tripod position. It also involves carrying in a sitting position. Just 1–3 minutes, repeated several times a day, will help your little one master independent sitting by 8, 9, or 10 months. These activities strengthen the tummy, back, and shoulders. Training for sitting and balance also strongly supports crawling on all fours!

⚠️ Neglecting these games and exercises often results in the baby approaching 9–10 months without initiating an independent sit. Instead, they remain belly crawling with their tummy glued to the floor, and when placed in a sitting position, they cannot maintain it. This often ends with a visit to a physical therapist and the need for individual therapy—which is costly and stressful for everyone.

🌱 What I’m proposing is prevention. Supporting development through play is the best thing you can give your baby for their motor development.

💡 PS: Independent sitting/sitting on their own means that the baby got into the position by THEMSELVES—from lying on their back, from crawling on all fours, or from a tripod position. It does not mean they are 3, 4, or 5 months old and you sat them on your lap or propped them with pillows, forcing them to fight gravity just to hold the position for a brief moment.

12/02/2026

Every moment can be used for tummy time! You don’t need to clean the mat, change the baby, or jump into your tracksuit for this 😁!

It’s a fun activity with rocking and transitioning into tummy position, while also focusing on sensory stimulation 😍! Directly from carrying in the
high position, koala style, you can move into placing your baby on their tummy. Into the little roll 🥰👼!

If you want to see how to carry in the koala position 🐨, search on Instagram!

👉 Before tummy time, you can rock the baby a bit in the air. This will be great vestibular stimulation and also head control training! Adjust the pace and duration of rocking to your baby’s needs. This is safe from 3 months of age.

👉 However, the carrying itself and the transition to the little roll can be done from the first weeks of life. The time spent in the little roll position also increases with age.

👍 Be sure to support your back. The best option is a chair, or if lying flat, use the support of a
sofa. Your spines are important too!

👌 In the little roll position, also focus on surface and deep touch stimulation by gently stroking the
baby’s back. Pat the bottom and give a little vibration for soothing – these are very pleasant sensations for your baby.

💡 The little roll position is also great for babies 5+ months old who like to go into a tummy airplane position ✈️ – our knees perfectly block the elbows from collapsing 😊!

📢 Do you do this? Or maybe you have other ways for tummy time? Share in the comments!

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