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Babies know how to develop perfect posture

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From the womb to the world and all the free movements allowed in the womb, kicking, stepping, somersaulting and rolling is now restricted by gravity. During the next twelve to fifteen months a motor metamorphosis will occur, as the baby, in resisting gravity, will master all the new motor skills needed for independence in this world.This dramatic transformation takes place in a predictable fashion in all children, the world over, by courtesy of an innate wisdom or 'evolutionary blueprint'.

Although all babies know and follow this well documented sequence of development, the ages at which each individual child reaches each stage varies greatly and can be determined by the carer's recognition of what the child is striving to achieve.

For example, babies that do not spend waking time laying on their tummies will develop differently to those who do. Similarly, because there are many subtle changes that take place at each and every stage, other than the gross motor skills that we can observe, babies who are hurried through these stages to satisfy their parents sense of achievement, may also miss vital features only attainable in that phase. For example babies who stand before they spend time sitting properly can strengthen hip joints that have not had the full opportunity to be made fully flexible. Also babies do not proceed from sitting, or crawling, to standing. Before babies stand, they squat, and then proceed from squatting to standing.
'Toys' like, 'baby bouncers' 'baby walkers' and the new 'baby bumbo' chairs may also influence the motor development of the child.

Because the changes that take place from birth to standing are anticipated it’s only when a change does not transpire, that there is a possible delay in development, that the child’s unique achievements come under closer scrutiny.

'….knowing about movement in infancy is far less important than “observing” movement in infancy. The infants have continued to surprise us with their subtle secrets and their ability to teach us about movement, rather than the other way around.

We are grateful to our teachers. As students we find once again our roles are reversed. The infants are instructing us, becoming parent like in their abilities to inform us about the secrets of movement. We have become the children, in awe of our teachers, learning from their movements, their adaptions and their creativeness'
Martha C. Piper Ph.D Johanna Darrah M.Sc., P.T.

You could not have a more rounded spine than a new born baby, be weaker, more vulnerable, sleep for more than eighteen hours a day, and yet within fifteen months or so the child is up and running, with the energy that exceeds an Olympic athlete, and the posture of a professional ballet dancer.

Babies know how best to get in good shape, the baby is the best exercise teacher, your own personal instructor. If you really want to get in shape, follow your baby’s postures and some of their movements, for the first twelve to fifteen months of their life. You will not be able to follow all your baby's movements. Even Olympic athletes have found this difficult over twenty four hours, once the baby is 'on the move'.

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