Cradle to Rocker - Physical Therapy for Kids and their Caregivers

08/17/2022

I am pleased and sad to announce that Cradle to Rocker will be closing for business as of 9/30/22. Please contact us if you need records or contact information for future records needs. I am so proud to have been able to serve families over the past nearly decade!

10/08/2021

Sometimes you have to lay down on the job on the hi-low table, and get the kids to work their quads to move you up / down. Cute little worker isn't she?

10/14/2020

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08/22/2020

08/22/2020

Registration for Fall 2020 ONLINE Opens Today!

Due to COVID-19, all programming for the Fall 2020 Semester will be ONLINE via the Zoom Platform. Fall Semester begins August 31, 2020 and ends December 4, 2020.

Full registration details are outlined in the link in our bio! merrimackhall.com/online

SHARE WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY PLEASE! If registration numbers do not increase, the future of Merrimack Hall is in peril. Feel free to share this email with anyone you know that has a child with special needs, regardless of where they live or if they have previously been enrolled.

08/16/2020

I think I have posted this before, but it just is such a great reminder! Their little bodies have to grow and develop!

Look at the differences between a typical younger child’s hand (left) and a typical older child's hand (right). I have parents asking regularly why their preschool aged child isn’t able to write yet. This is why! Their hands (and brains) are still developing and are not fully formed. So what should they be doing to support this? PLAY!! Playdough, colouring, cutting, gluing, playing outside, digging in dirt, sensory play, dress up play, science experiments, beading, puzzles, throwing balls, etc. All of these things help their hands develop. When they are physically ready to write, they will! No need to rush them, they will show you when they are ready!

08/09/2020

07/31/2020

I see you taking your kid to therapy while your friends take their kids to football or ballet.

I see you sneak out of the conversation when all your friends boast about achievements and exam notes.

I see you juggle events and meetings.

I see you sitting on the computer for hours investigating what your child needs.

I see you make a bad face when people complain about what looks like nonsense.

I see you disappear little by little but you keep going beyond for your family.

I see you pull strength from weakness with a force you didn't even dream you had.

I see you showing respect for teachers, therapists and medical professionals who help your child and help you.

Watching you wake up early in the morning to do it all again after another chaotic night.

I see you when you're on the edge of the precipice struggling to live.

I know you feel invisible, like no one notices.
But I want you to know that I see you.

I see you push forward always. I see you choose to do everything you can to give your child the best care at home, school, therapy and the doctors.
What you do matters. It's worth the struggle.

On those days when you wonder if you can make it one more minute, I want you to know I see you.

I want you to know that you are beautiful.
I want you to know it's worth it. I want you to know that you are not alone. I want you to know that love is the most important thing, and that you are the best at it.

And in those days when you see an improvement, those moments when hard work has its reward, and you can taste success, I'll see you then too.
And I'm proud of you.

Whatever day today.....you're doing it right.

And I see you. ❤

✒ Alethea Mshar
📷 John Walker / Flickr

07/28/2020

We've created this survey to gather basic information to help inform a community response for students who will potentially be unsupervised when school resumes this fall. Please take this survey and share it with other parents.