Remember that asking for help is not a sign of weakness but a strength in recognizing your limitations and the importance of your well-being. Different strategies will work for different individuals, so be open to exploring and finding the options that suit your unique circumstances.

Let's go over 17 ways you can ask for help when you have a child with extra needs so you can improve your personal well-being. 

1. Reach out to Family and Friends: Contact close family members and friends to share your needs and ask for support. They may be willing to lend a hand with childcare, household chores, or even provide emotional support.

2. Join Support Groups: Connect with support groups or online communities specifically for parents of children with special needs. These groups provide a platform to share experiences, seek advice, and ask for help from those who understand your situation.

3. Seek Respite Care: Look into respite care services...

Life is overwhelming. You got this!

Here are 10 ways you can simplify and delegate tasks to make life more manageable.

1.Create a Daily Routine: Establish a structured daily routine that includes specific times for meals, nap/rest, playtime, and bedtime. A predictable schedule can help you and your children feel more organized and in control.

2. Prioritize Essential Tasks: Identify the most important tasks that need to be completed each day and focus on those. Let go of non-essential tasks or consider delegating them to others. (The Movement Lesson Time Management Journal available to those in the support program is a great resource to help with this. You can find it in the "ML Important Support Info" product - 14 day free access to our child support program then $30/month, CLICK HERE). 

3. Delegate Household Chores: Assign age-appropriate tasks to children, such as tidying up their rooms, setting...

 HOW TO HELP YOUR CHILD SEE BETTER

1. Exam: Make sure you have a good visual examination using a retinoscopy. Your child's lazy could be due to an astigmatism, acuity (visual power), and/or their axis.
    
2. Efficiency: Typically a parent is told patching involves covering the stronger eye with a patch for a certain amount of time each day, which forces the weaker eye to work harder and develop better vision. Movement Lesson™ patching is about using patching with efficiency. First, to see how each eye sees and where you can catch your child's vision.
    
3. Ease: Purposeful patching should be done in short burst where your child is...

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If you are a worried parent when it comes to your child's optimal development, then you probably should be.

For whatever reason, everyone is telling you that "your baby is fine, and you need more time to tell if there are potential problems, so don't worry and just enjoy your baby."

But you can't do this because you know something is off.

You want to be proactive in your child's optimal development, not reactive.

That being said, you don't know how to do that when every professional is telling you that "your baby is fine, and let's just wait and see."

Here are 6 action steps you can take today to put your child on the path of their optimal development no matter what their future holds.

Action Step #1:

Check your child for the quality of their rotational movements with our FREE course, the NEWBORN MOVEMENT ASSESSMENT (for ages 0 to 99 yrs old). The more rotational movements a child has, the less likely they are to have cerebral...

1.Provide a safe and stimulating environment for the baby to explore.

2. Encourage physical activity and play to promote gross motor development.

3. If your baby favors looking to one side talk to your pediatrician. It could be torticollis. Learn more in our free torticollis course. CLICK HERE 

4. Read to the baby daily to promote language and cognitive development.

5. Interact hold and play with your baby, they learn development from your movements the more you interact with them.

6. If you feel like your baby is behind in their development, get the Movement Lesson Baby Milestone Momentum Chart. CLICK HERE. 

Did you know this Firs Baby Milestone?

Back arching in babies is NOT a normal part of their development. It can be a serious early warning sign of atypical development that shows the child's inability of being able to control and coordinate their movements.  

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7 Causes of Back Arching in Infants and Babies

1. Torticollis

Torticollis, also known as "wryneck," is a condition in which the neck is twisted and tilted to one side. This can be caused by a variety of factors, including muscle spasms, injuries, or congenital abnormalities.

There are two types...

Baby Sitting Myth:

Baby Sitting Movement:

Baby Sitting Developmental Warning Sign: