A has transformed since starting with us just 1 month ago. A started with us when she was a baby, when parents were concerned due to her head tilt (torticollis), tummy time intolerance, and inability to move around. Although parents had continued to express concerns about her development and the head tilt, they were met with “wait and see” or “it’s nothing to worry about” or “she’ll grow out of it.”

Parents attended a family themed gathering and saw that a baby a few months younger than her was able to do more skills, and happily participate, such as tolerate tummy time, roll between back and tummy, hold their head upright, and holding toys in both hands at the same time.

A’s parents knew that with her current status, they couldn’t afford to continue to wait and hope that she will start doing more skills on her own. They knew that as she became bigger and heavier, these skills would become even more challenging, and were tired of people offering unsolicited advice such as “it’s fine if she doesn’t crawl,” because they knew the importance of crawling led to so many other skills. They committed hard and started coming to pediatric physical therapy multiple times per week and carved out time several times per day to work on the home programming.

By the end of the month, she demonstrated a significantly reduced head tilt, was moving from sitting to supported kneeling, tucking one leg under while in tummy time to attempt to army crawl, and rocking on hands and knees! Parents and Dr. Nikki are so proud of what A has accomplished.

Keep moving and grooving, A! The world is your oyster!