Personal Narrative: How Toddlers Find Their Developmental Movement

An infant’s first utterances come in the form of babbling. These consonant-vowel syllable vocalizations replace single phoneme, primary vowel, vocalizations. Around the ages of 4 to 6 months or so, children in all cultures begin to babble. Babbling is the beginning stage of acquiring language; when children begin generating sequences of vowels and consonants if they are acquiring spoken language, or producing hand gestures if they are acquiring signed language. (Mihalicek & Wilson, 2011, p. 323) “Babbling has a social element and an infant will vary the volume, pitch, and rate of babbling to attract attention.” (Owens Jr, 2016, p. 92). As an infant matures the babbling they produce will develop into longer sequences and extended individual sounds. Vedrana Mihalicek and Christin Wilson in Language Files: Materials for an Introduction to Language and Linguistics state that “Some linguists assume that babies babble to practice some muscle coordination needed to produce language” (p. 323). One would be correct in assuming this as an infant’s tongue is relatively larger compared to the size of the oral cavity.

Maintain the natural curve of the spine, keeping the spine in line, create a stable base of support with your legs slightly apart, your knees slightly bent. Avoid stooping, bending at the waist and twisting.

Sit on your mat with your legs expended in front of you. Place your hands by your sides and your palms on the floor. Breathe deeply and stretch your spine by pulling your back up. Keep this position for 15-30 minutes and relax. Repeat this exercise 5-10 times. This pose will flex your lower back and, it will stretch your legs.

Don't slouch! Lift your body! Straighten your legs! Push your

The squat also activates the core muscles such as the Rectus abdominis and obliques as they are required in order to stabilize the body during the squat movement.

1) Heel lift from the chair- The lift comes from the hip and the quad, not the calf. Also, when comfortable with the lift, try a push with the ball of the foot and push yourself back in the chair.

To practice this one you would need to stand straight and bend your knees and then try to cross the right thigh region over the left one and hook the right foot behind the calf area. In case the hooking is unreachable a task, you can simply keep it on the thigh too! The next step is to press the right arm while the left arm is underneath it and pressing it all together while trying to sit. Repeat this with the other leg after about six to right breaths.

Begin in a seated position with your legs straight in front of you. Bring in your knees up and bend them with the purpose of your feet are now flat on the floor. This is your beginning position. Bring your right leg beneath your left leg. Maintain your left leg in the starting position. Your right leg should bend at knee and then keep close to your hip.

Take a page from Bailey's book. She said: "For the work of the work, I like the side of the front and back sides of the hip swing and the side of the movement mode, hip bridge and knees hug." Hummer steps to add some foam rolling 5-10 minutes, she prepared gone.

The topic of toddlerhood of autonomy versus shame and doubt gave me another approach towards the help that caregivers can be helpful to toddler development.  Giving more thought to this topic, there are different kinds of care that toddlers may come in contact with.  There is the well known sitter care at home or day care in which many families are fortunate to have caregivers that will pattern the parenting already in place with their children, or they will instruct the caregiver about their wishes for their children.  It is often the communication between the parent and the caregiver of the children that brings about a cohesive experience for the children.  If the caregiver is experience, they may already know how to stay within the best

Begin by squatting with your feet as close together as possible, keeping your heels on the floor if you can; otherwise, support them on a folded mat.)

When decorating my friend's nursery, I would want to focus on nurturing the growing senses of the newborn. Although a newborn’s vision is not at full capacity, their visual acuity starts improving soon after. By 2-3 months, infants are able to recognize patterns and faces; and are able to discriminate colors by around 4 months. This would inspire me to paint an accent wall with a pattern of the mother's preference, in bold colors that shade to a lighter color. I would add faces of animals and add pictures of the parents, possibly other siblings as accents in picture frames. A mobile is a must, as infants enjoy watching movement.

Breathe in, while slowly lifting your lower back, middle back and upper back off the floor. Gently roll in your shoulders. Touch your chest to your chin without bringing the chin down. Support your weight with your shoulders, arms and feet. Feel your buttocks firm up in this pose. Both your thighs should be parallel to each other and to the floor.

[A] Use pair of dumbbells for this exercise and hold them to your arm’s length. Stand on a step or bench that is about your knee-height, and place your right leg on the step.

Side leg lift is great for strengthening inner thighs. Stand with your feet spread wide apart. Next, lift your left leg up sideways to the left, as you keep your foot flexed to increase water resistance. Swoosh your left foot back down through the water to starting position and repeat the same with the right leg.