Falmed Academy, Czereśniowa 50, Przezmierowo (2026)

30/01/2026

🏊 Swimming is a natural, physiological, extenson pattern in babies that appears around 5 months, sometimes as early as 4, and should fade after reaching 6 months of age. Furthermore—it is a very important stage for the Baby.

💪 This pattern allows the Baby to achieve an upright position, as flexion positions previously dominated their development. In a way, it is a preparation for achieving an upright position in a few months—sitting, then standing and walking.

⚖️ Additionally, it is a natural balance and equilibrium training for the infant, as well as a protective support reaction, which will protect them from falling in the future. The Baby also practices shifting their center of gravity lower, toward the pelvis. So, every Baby goes through the swimming stage.

⚠️ But this pattern is the norm only when it does not dominate. When the Baby alternates between “swimming” and entering a support position, often initiating high support on straightened elbows. If, after 6 months or at the beginning of the 7th, you notice that this extension pattern is excessive—that the Baby is swimming constantly and rarely in support—you should promptly schedule an appointment with a physical therapist to evaluate potential muscle tone disorders and reflex integration issues.

🎬 I have 2 more parts of the Myth Buster series on this topic—about inhibiting extension pattern on the ball and how you might accidentally trigger it while carrying. We will publish both in the coming weeks!

👉 Let me know in the comments what kind of “swimmer” your Baby is or was :)!

28/01/2026

✨ Acceptance and development of the tummy time position in the first half-year is crucial for all fours crawling, sitting, and kneeling in the second half-year. The vast majority of you who write to me saying your Baby has trouble crawling on all fours also mention that they have hated tummy time since birth.

💪 How is such a Baby supposed to master crawling on all fours later, which is a very difficult position requiring them not only to be on their tummy but to lift onto 4 points of support and engage their abdominal muscles?. However, we cannot get discouraged or stop placing them there. If there is strong resistance, start with the high bum position on the back, which will help normalize muscle tone.

⏱️ How long? When they are 1-2 months old: 1-2 minutes are enough, repeated 2-3 times a day on various surfaces.
When they are 2-3 months old: let’s extend this time to 3-5 minutes, repeated 2-3 times a day. Introduce active support, tuck the elbows in, inhibit asymmetry, and help with head control.
When they are 3-4 months old: we would like this tummy time to reach 10-15 minutes a day (either all at once or in 2-3 sessions). Add ball play to the activities!.

🌟 While time is important, it is not the most crucial factor. The QUALITY of that time is most important!. Let’s be active: help with proper support, prevent the elbows from pulling back, and bring the elbows forward when the Baby is „airplaning” a lot.

👉 Our short correction of the position will help them in their independent activity! Instead of stressing out that they only last 3 minutes instead of 5—help them maintain the correct position :)!

26/01/2026

👶 I just spoke about bare feet, but it’s great when more than just the feet are exposed. Especially when we’re talking about a baby 5+ months old who may be initiating creeping. Often, clothing makes it difficult for the baby to initiate movement, causing them to give up on further attempts.

💪 If you see your Baby trying to push off with a leg, bending an elbow, and wanting to move, you can help by removing some of the “equipment” our little soldier is wearing. A onesie, bare knees, rolled-up or short sleeves, and bare elbows provide better grip on the surface and definitely make that first movement easier.

❄️ Of course, if it’s winter and it’s cooler, let’s give the baby those dozen or so minutes of naked time. Nothing helps a Baby explore a skill independently like successful first attempts!

🐢 Creeping backward is fine; some babies start with that pattern. It just needs to be symmetrical, meaning both arms are involved in the pushing action. Thanks to creeping and pivots, which babies also master around 5-6 months, your Baby’s independent mobility grows. These are important milestones before the third quarter.

⚽ Add the president’s elbow, ball balance, and high support to this, and crawling on all fours and sitting will be much easier for the Baby.

👉 Write in the comments how creeping is going or how it went for you :)!

23/01/2026

🦶 Barefoot only at home! Show this reel to every grandma ;)! Make sure that as often as possible, your Baby can experience the world with bare feet. It’s normal for them to be cold. This doesn’t mean they are cold. It doesn’t mean they are getting chilled or will catch a cold.

🏠 Of course, we are talking about home conditions where we control the temperature. If your Baby is already creeping or crawling on all fours and you have a cold floor and worry about them getting chilled, use at least the 30/70 rule. One hour in socks and two hours without ;).

🌡️ As pediatricians emphasize, the only reliable indicator of a baby’s thermal comfort is the back of their neck. If it is warm and dry, the baby is not cold, even if you feel like their feet are ice cold.

✨ Bare feet are the best receptor for gathering stimuli from the environment at every stage of development. From tapping the floor while on their back to the first attempts at pushing off the ground. A baby on their back can look at their bare feet, be fascinated by them, and after 3 months, even put them in their mouth. Bare feet are feet that develop correctly and form their proper curves.

👉 Do you put socks on your baby? Let me know in the comments :)!

21/01/2026

✨ A 6-month-old Baby already weighs and measures quite a bit, which can sometimes make carrying difficult for you. First of all, at this age, we can carry the Baby in whatever way is comfortable for both them and you.

🐨 The „spider” hold is fine, but also try the vertical koala position—with arms draped over your shoulder. Furthermore, the royal position is baby-friendly at this age, the hand is already placed low on the tummy.

🧺 You can also make a „basket” with your hands, but you must sense the moment when the Baby won’t be lifting their head in this position. This is normal behavior and you should allow it, but monitor the time they spend doing it, as it is tiring for them :).

⚠️ Attention! This is not a signal from the Baby saying „I want to sit, I’m ready, seat me.” Also, try hip-carrying positions; for some parents, they are the most comfortable.

👉 What are your ways of carrying a 6-month-old Baby? Let me know in the comments!

19/01/2026

✨ You all ask me: “My Little One is doing the airplane / swimming position.” This is because almost all babies go through this pattern, on average between 4 and 7 months of age.

💪 Thanks to this, the infant develops arm control, regulates muscle tone in the shoulder girdle and back, and prepares for weight-bearing activities. However, this is provided they do it alternately with entering a prone support position.

🚀 The rule is simple: for as much time as they spend “flying,” they should then spend in prone support. If the airplane pattern dominates, we should address it by introducing more flexion and symmetrical activity—just as I do with my friend on the ball.

💡 Also, pay attention to how you carry them. If vertical carrying dominates, with the baby’s arms spread to the sides, you are reinforcing weaker weight-bearing activity in those arms. Switch to the royal position or the koala carry—arms behind your shoulder, where one is blocked by your neck and you can hold the other with your hand.

👉 Write in the comments what your biggest struggle is with the “airplane,” and we will make it one of our next quizzes!

16/01/2026

✨ I previously told you about self-stimulating behaviors like pressing the head into the mattress, crib rails, or against you. This is how a child calms down before falling asleep. We can help with this through tactile stimulation of sensitive zones, including the head, during the day as well as before bedtime.

🧠 It’s important that deep-pressure input is paired with vestibular system stimuli. This means simultaneously carrying the child, rocking them, and changing positions. Throughout the day, ensure vestibular stimulation by providing opportunities for movement in space.

🍎 In cases where a child has a need for oral stimulation, we can address this during the day by offering firmer foods, such as vegetables and fruits. We can also massage the cheeks, the area around the mouth, and the inside of the mouth using special finger brushes or massagers.

👩‍⚕️ A good pediatric speech-language pathologist will certainly show you oral stimulation techniques that you can perform if you want to slowly wean your child off a pacifier.

14/01/2026

✨ The cradle hold is one of the most commonly used by parents. It is a correct position in which the baby is positioned symmetrically. Head aligned with the belly button, arms along the body. It can be used from the very first days of your Baby’s life.

👶 However, lying in the supine position on the back will not be accepted by every Baby. Some may have a strong anti-gravity reaction to such a position. Especially if they were previously carried in the tiger hold / royal position, or if we are introducing the cradle hold as a new position.

💡 As in every position, details matter, and gentle corrections in the alignment of your arms—in how you hold the infant—can make the Baby accept and enjoy this position.

🎥 I discuss this in detail in a reel from the „Healthy Baby” series!

Comment „cradle” and you will receive a link to it!

12/01/2026

✨ In the final part of the „Best Sitting” series, we have prepared the most important clips where the doctor explains why seating a baby too early is not good for them.

💡 We are talking about forcing a sitting position, propping with pillows, and seating a 3-4 month old infant because „they are lifting their head and want to sit up”. Lifting the head while lying on the back is normal behavior at this age; this is how the baby exercises the anterior muscle chain, abdominal muscles, and neck.

👶 While it is somewhat of a preparation for sitting, it is absolutely not a signal saying „I want to sit, I’m ready, seat me”. We focus on age-appropriate activities. In this case, that means tummy time, high bum with side rolls, stimulation for rolling after 4 months, ball play, and the president’s elbow. I present many ways to spend time with such a Baby on my profile.

🌿 Nature did not equip us with the ability to sit at this age. There are individuals who initiate sitting on their own around 5 months. There is a huge difference between a baby’s independent, spontaneous activity and forcing a position for which their musculoskeletal system and muscle tone are not ready.

🪑 Also, if your Baby is 6 months old and does not pass the flat-surface sitting test—doesn’t sit straight without support—wait those 3-4 weeks before using a high chair. How to seat them? Seat them on your lap with the bottom set low.

🥣 The beginning of starting solids usually involves pureed foods, more about trying and tasting than eating. We teach the baby to swallow instead of suck. Move to the high chair once they turn 7 months old. Only then start the sitting stimulation I showed in the first two parts of the series.

👉 Write „on the lap” in the comments, and you will receive a link to the reel showing the correct position.

09/01/2026

⚠️ “My Baby was already rolling from tummy to back at just 10 weeks!” Unfortunately, this is not a reason to celebrate another milestone.

📅 Rolling from tummy to back typically appears within developmental norms around 6–7 months of age. Before a Baby reaches this stage, they need to master many prerequisite skills.

👶 If your Baby is 8–10 weeks or around 3 months old and you notice that during tummy time they roll onto their back, this usually indicates increased muscle tone and a dominant asymmetry that causes them to roll due to gravity.

🔄 This movement most often happens in an uncontrolled way, with the head thrown backward.

✅ In a proper roll, the Baby controls the movement pathway and, most importantly, is able to independently return to the tummy position — because the back-to-tummy roll was mastered earlier.

❓ How can you counteract this?

1️⃣ Proper carrying — especially lots of the tiger hold and the royal position
2️⃣ Sphinx position during tummy time, with correction of proper arm placement
3️⃣ High bum position on the back
4️⃣ Very frequent positioning of the Baby in a flexed high-bum position on your legs — head on the knees, bum and legs on the belly; they can even sleep like this

🏥 If your Baby shows these behaviors, schedule a consultation with a physiotherapist.

💬 Write in the comments what other Baby behaviors you’d like me to cover in the Myth Buster series :)!

07/01/2026

🧸 A hammock-style baby bouncer is useful not only for younger Babies aged 8–10 weeks. You can also use it when your Baby is already 4–5 months old.
⏱️ Placing your Baby there for 10–15 minutes does not have a negative impact on development. The key is that it’s a single 15-minute period, not hours of lying there. And make sure your Baby also experiences time on their back and tummy — on the mat, on the ball, and during play with you. Then everything stays on track.

🔄 A bouncer can be especially helpful when a Baby shows a strong extension pattern — arching, stiffening, forming a C-shape. On their back, they may lift the head while pushing with the legs at the same time — which is a natural behavior around 5 months, but when it’s excessive, we want to inhibit it with flexed positions.

💨 Many parents have told me that placing their Baby in a bouncer helped with tummy function and bowel movements — this also worked well with my granddaughter.

⚠️ As I mentioned in the previous reel, the bouncer must provide a hammock-like, deeply supported position — this is the most important feature. If you’re planning to buy one, pay special attention to this. Rigid bouncers with hard, flat backs where the Baby lies flat do not work and do not serve their purpose.

💬 Let me know if you use a hammock-style bouncer :)!

02/01/2026

👶 At 6 months of age, lying on the back plays only a marginal role in a baby’s daily activity. Babies at this age want to be on their tummy, where they can refine high arm support control, initiate crawling, and some even begin all fours crawling. Very springy babies may already attempt their first pull-to-stand efforts.

🔄 By 6 months, a baby should already have mastered rolling from back to tummy, and once this skill appears, placing the baby on their back often results in an immediate roll back onto the tummy.

⏩ The return roll—from tummy to back—is typically refined between 6 and 7 months of age. Of course, we want this roll to appear, and we encourage it through play and exercises I show you—ball balance, the president’s elbow, and practicing the roll itself.

😄 However, if your baby rolls from tummy to back very rarely and you don’t see many attempts, don’t worry too much about it. As I mentioned—lying on the back is simply boring :)!

🌀 Some babies refine their mobility through rolling—literally rolling across the floor to reach a chosen goal. And that’s okay, but we still want to encourage crawling :)!

👕 If your baby is at this age, you’re most likely experiencing this strong dislike of lying on the back during dressing or diaper changes.

💡 There is a method for dressing and un******ng that will additionally help refine pelvic and trunk rotations!

👉 Comment “dressing” and you’ll receive a link to the reel!

💬 And if you have any questions about development at 6 months, feel free to write them in the comments :)!

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