TummyTime!™ Method

Getting adequate tummy time experiences is imperative for optimal neurodevelopment and mental health.  Most professional are aware of the physical and developmental benefits of 'tummy time', yet few are knowledgeable in how social, emotional and interactional engagement optimizes the tummy time experience.  This is what TummyTime! Method is all about.   

​Become a certified TTM Professional and bring this high quality therapy to the babies and families in your community.

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TTM guarantees you are able to

• Problem solve any tummy time challenge
• Increased baby's movement repertoire
• Optimize Baby Infant Interaction for best tummy time experiences
  
• Equip family with effective home program to make therapeutic gains between sessions​

TTM is a therapeutic modality which helps remedy:

• GI disturbances such as reflux, decreased bowel motility
• Gestational and birth trauma
• In utero movement difficulties / Gestational constraint 
• Postural Asymmetries (torticollis, plagiocephaly, brachycephaly)
• Nervous System Dysregulation (unsettled, fussy or irritated babies)

TTM optimizes

•  Cranial Nerve Function
•  Oral motor / Tongue function  

•  Autonomic Nervous System Regulation and Resiliency

TummyTime!™ Method

• Utilizes Social Engagement and Social Emotional Interactions to optimize tummy time experiences
• Facilitates Brain Development and Maturation
• Optimizes Mental Health and Wellness for baby and parent
• Strengthens Baby Parent Connection
• Promotes optimal Neurodevelopment
• Helps offset the time baby spends lying on back for nighttime sleeping
• Uses the principles of Neuroplasticity to make bodily changes and abilities
• Uses a bidirectional, reciprocal approach where the TTM Professional empowers and equips parents to be attuned and coregulated during this playtime activity​​

  

Therapeutic Applications: 

• Inhibited tongue movement
• Low tongue posture
• Orbicularis oris incompetence
• Open mouth posture
• Plagiocephaly / Brachycephaly / Scaphocephaly / Doming
• Torticollis
• Postural Asymmetries
• Suboptimal shoulder and hip alignment
• Sphenoid rotation and other facial asymmetries
• Tension patterns in the hard and soft palate
• Maxillary compression or mid-face development
• Cranial Nerve Dysfunction

• Restrictions in joints
• Visceral restrictions
• Airway difficulties such as stridor, laryngomalacia, noisy breathing, snoring
• Dysfunctional sleep patterned breathing
• Over responsive gag reflex
• Breathing Difficulties
• Digestive related complaints such as constipation, excess gas, and reflux
• Colic symptoms, such as GI discomfort and crying
• Birth trauma / Adverse Infant Events
• Delayed reflex integration
• Discomfort in tummy time

Important considerations for TummyTime!™ Method

The ultimate goal of TTM is NOT to rush acquisition of developmental milestones or to rush a baby through a certain stage of development....nor is the point to just get baby into the "position" of "tummy time".
The Method was created carefully and thoughtfully to maximize 
1st:  The Relationship between baby and Parent and Social Nervous System engagement (optimization of Autonomic Nervous System Regulation and Resiliency)
2nd:  Sensory Processing
Reflex Elicitation, Utilization and Integration
Movement Medicine 
3rd:  To eradicate asymmetries and bodily restrictions from in utero constraint, trauma/adverse infant events, etc
4th:  To eradicate Fear about tummy time and promote developmentally appropriate, safe and confident Parenting, not just for the precrawling period, but to follow for a lifetime
5th:  To empower and equip parents with their own valuable tools for helping baby through struggles like tongue tie, torticollis, reflux, colic, etc
6th:  To equip and instill confident Professionals who can easily support parents in groups and individually regarding these matters 

TummyTime!™ Certification:

TTM Professionals are trained to teach parent/baby classes as well as use the Method in one-on-one sessions.  There is an emphasis on empowering and equipping parents with the Method.
 
Disclaimer: TummyTime!™ Professionals do not have permission or sufficient training to teach the TummyTime!™​ Method to other professionals.   

Requirements for TummyTime!™ Method Certification:

• After the On Demand TummyTime!™ Method Professional Certification Training, you are eligible for certification after meeting the following certification requirements 
• Complete 5 individual case studies 
• Participate in Better Together Monthly Networking and Mentoring Meetings on Zoom
• Use the TummyTime Method (including ™ trademarking sign in print and advertising)
• Agree to teach parents, not other professionals
• Agree to not share on social media or those who are not your direct client