Momma Bear Chiropractic

11/17/2025

Hello Tribe!!

Reminder I’m in the offices through Wednesday night and then gone for a short FUN trip to the mountains to Ski!!🎿

-Dr. Jenny❤️

11/16/2025

THREE NEW Babies in the last 36 hours!!!!!!!!🎉💫🎊🙌

Eeeeekkkkkk!!!!!!!!!!!!

Happy dance!!!!!!

11/14/2025

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11/14/2025

It’s not every day you get a letter & picture like this in the mail from a 5 year old. ❤️🎊☀️🫶

I’m not crying. YOU’RE crying!!!❤️

11/11/2025

Momma’s:

This concept I’ve recently been getting training on.

Here is a colleague’s great explanation for swaddling and why it may not be what’s needed for baby.

A new concept for many of us.

✨ Swaddling ✨

Most new parents think that they need to swaddle their baby. But the truth is that swaddling can hinder a baby’s development.

Babys are born with hundreds of primitive reflexes. These reflexes are how a baby learns to nurse, close their hand around your finger, and eventually roll over and crawl.

One of these reflexes is the Moro or startle reflex. This reflex is why a baby may wake up when they are put down. They feel the change of position and “startle” awake. This reflex is present at birth and should go away by 3 months. It integrates into the brain as the brain grows and becomes more developed. Simply put, a baby had to use this reflex over and over until the brain is developed enough to not respond to it.

Parents swaddle babies to reduce their startle reflex so that they both get better sleep. The issue is, by reducing the reflex, the brain development is affected.

Babies who are swaddled don’t get to “practice” their startle reflex and therefore their brain won’t make the connections needed to turn the reflex off by 2-4 months when it should naturally disappear.

In our office, we often see babies around 4-6 months who struggle to sleep. Mom is exhausted and considering sleep training but knows there’s something else going on. Swaddling for too long + the 4 month sleep progression are a bad combination and can cause the whole family to become stressed and exhausted.

Typically, these parents swaddle their baby so that baby can sleep longer periods. Then when they stop swaddling because baby can roll, their baby still startles and wakes up easily. They turn to the weighted sleep sacks which just prolong and worsen this issue. Now the startle reflex gets stronger and persistent. Brain development has been altered and the milestones of integration of all primitive reflexes are affected which in turn affect when a baby learns to roll, sit, crawl, and walk.

This is why we DO NOT recommend swaddling. It has neurological consequences for a baby’s development.

Swaddling does mimic how a baby felt in the womb. So IF you decide you need to swaddle your newborn baby, only do so for two weeks maximum!

11/08/2025

We never adjust baby inside moms tummy 🙅🏻‍♀️

INSTEAD, Dr Jenny helps loosen all of the ligaments surrounding baby to make his house a little more spacious and comfortable 🥰

11/07/2025

If your newborn is struggling with:
- latching
- pooping
- sleeping
- colic
- meeting milestones

Get in to see a pediatric trained chiropractor!

727.667.2327

11/06/2025

Car ride edition with Dr. Jenny live!

Yesterday I needed to have the same conversation with four different moms.

All are close to the end of their pregnancy.

Tune in to what the conversation was all about and how it may help someone you know in pregnancy!

11/03/2025

At the airport early this morning to return to Florida and see all of you!!!!✈️🫶🌟🎊

11/03/2025

Parasites & the families health!!

Tune in LIVE with Dr. Jenny, to learn more!!

11/01/2025

Mommas!!!!! WARNING!!!!!!!‼️ 🤯

I just realized:

1. Halloween last night.

2. Time change tomorrow

3. Full moon is Wednesday

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Please. Please. Please……..

A. Get lots of protein and fats into the family for the rest of the week to compensate for all this

B. Start your parasite handlings you’ve been given by your providers!

C. Ensure the whole family is taking your basic and immune building vitamins to help you through.

D. Make sure everyone is adjusted to better adapt to all these major changes!!!

(Thanks Google for the image you may see this week in real life with all the above!! 😂)

Our offices are here to help. 🙌

-Dr. Jenny

10/31/2025

Happy Halloween! 👻🎃💀