Hello!
My name is Amy Sturkey.
I am a pediatric physical therapist.
I am here with my new friend.
Her name is Myla.
She is almost 6 months old, and she is a great teacher already.
She is doing a super job helping me teach things about how to help a baby who has low
tone.
Myla has Down syndrome.
She is being a great helper because I had work earlier on these videos who had typical
tone.
She has low tone, so she is a fantastic teacher.
Alright, we are going to work on propping on elbows.
Myla is starting to prop on her stomach with her head up.
So, one of the ways you can work on this is using your knees again as an incline board,
using your hands to help hold her elbows in.
I am actually using elbows to help hold her legs in.
I am trying to get her up.
She says, " Oh goodness, I am playing peek a boo."
And I didn't even know it.
I am trying to find a place where she can hold up her head.
She is saying, "My hand is so delicious.
Why should I hold up my head?"
There you go!
She can hold up her head.
The lower I go with my knees, the more challenging it is for her to hold up her head while propping
on elbows.
Nice job, sweet pea.
Oh!
The worst part about this position is that I can't see her face.
So what you could do is bring up an ottoman and put toys on it that she could look at
and play with.
See if we go any lower....It looks like here it is starting to be very
tricky to hold up her head.
Somewhere right around here was a good spot for her to hold up her head.
This is a simple idea to work on stomach skills, propping on elbows, and head control.
I hope this was a simple easy idea for you to use.
Thanks a lot!
Bye-bye.
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