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Falmed Academy Stanley Faliszewski
👶Physiotherapist since 92'
🤰Author of courses for parents
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👼 Sitting up is a milestone that stirs the most emotions among both parents and professionals! And it’s surrounded by qu...
25/08/2026

👼 Sitting up is a milestone that stirs the most emotions among both parents and professionals! And it’s surrounded by quite a few myths - especially the most common one:

DON’T SIT YOUR BABY UP UNTIL THEY’RE READY!
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According to developmental norms, a baby is typically ready to assume a sitting position around 6 months of age.

There’s even a major WHO publication stating that the average age at which the studied group of infants was able to sit upright independently was 5.4 months.

This means that once your baby turns 6 months, you should start sitting them up - but only for feeding. For about 15 minutes, on your lap, with support - check out my reels to see the correct positions!

👉 But 6 months is not yet the time to sit your baby up for play or for any reason other than feeding!

🤌 The purpose of sitting at this stage is to help your 7-month-old improve their trunk balance in an upright position.

This not only helps them eventually get into sitting on their own but also supports crawling!

When babies are not sat up for feeding around 6 months, and then not supported in play from 7 months onward using age-appropriate activities (like the ones I show you!), it often leads to a situation where at 8–9 months, they still don’t sit up on their own, struggle with balance when seated, and also have trouble with crawling.

👍 That’s why you should support your baby’s sitting control responsibly and age-appropriately.

📢 Drop a comment and tell me how things are going with sitting in your home 😍!





24/08/2026

Your baby just turned one, or is about to, so everyone keeps asking: „So, is she walking yet?”

Your baby doesn’t hear it. You do. And you walk away from that conversation feeling behind, without anyone telling you behind what.

Letting go of the furniture is a decision, not a skill. The body can already hold the upright position — what’s missing is the nerve to trust that balance without a handhold. That’s why your baby stands holding on with one hand, and sits down the second you pull your hand away. That’s not a step backward. It’s the last stage before standing alone.

„But my friend’s baby was walking at twelve months.” A birthday isn’t a milestone. Development didn’t schedule itself around the cake. Twelve months is the optimum for independent walking, but plenty of babies get there between 12 and 15 months. That’s fine — what matters is that you see progress month to month.

🧸 Hand your baby a toy while they’re standing at the furniture. Busy hands can’t hold on, so your baby ends up standing free without noticing.
🛋️ Leave a gap in the furniture route. Eight to twelve inches between the couch and the chair is an invitation to take one step through the air.
👣 Bare feet at home. The foot has to feel the floor to correct balance.

A few minutes of this kind of play a day, and in 2-4 weeks you’ll see the first seconds of standing with nothing to hold.

Pulling to stand and standing happen between 9 and 12 months. Cruising, and then walking, between 10 and 15 months. If your baby is getting close to that mark and still isn’t trying to pull up, it’s worth having a pediatric physical therapist take a look.

My Falmed Academy covers every milestone from 10 to 15 months — with instant access and 30 days to try the course.

💬 How many times have you heard „is she/he walking yet”? Tell me in the comments.

21/08/2026

🎂 First birthday is coming up, your baby still isn’t walking, and someone in the family just offered you a hand-me-down walker?

Walking isn’t built from „walking while suspended.” It’s built from balance and weight shifting — and babies only learn that when they wobble, correct themselves, and land on their bottom. In a walker the pelvis is held up, so your baby never has to catch themselves. They get to move around without a single balance lesson.

„But I need 20 minutes to make dinner.” You do, and that’s fair. The answer is just a safe space on the floor, not suspending your baby upright.

👣 Bare feet at home. The foot has to feel the floor to build control.
🏀 Balancing on the ball and kneeling in a seated position — for balance control and a strong trunk and belly.
🧎‍♂️ Standing up from half-kneeling, plus balancing on the knees up and down, and side to side while standing. Encourage your baby to try it.

A few minutes of this kind of play a day does more than an hour in a walker. And you don’t have to buy anything.

🗓️ Pulling to stand and standing happen between 9 and 12 months. Cruising, and then walking, between 10 and 15 months. If your baby is getting close to that mark and still isn’t initiating it, it’s worth having a pediatric physical therapist take a look.

My Falmed Academy covers every milestone from 7 to 15 months: crawling, sitting, kneeling, pulling to stand, and walking. Instant access and 30 days to try the course.

💬 Has anyone offered you a walker yet? Tell me in the comments what you say back.

19/08/2026

Does your baby face plant instead of pushing up on straight arms? Or push up for a second and drop right back down?

Your baby isn’t being difficult. Pushing up high means driving the body upward and holding that weight on the hands — which takes the ability to regulate muscle tone through the shoulder girdle, plus control of head position. Until both are there, the body goes back to whatever is easier.

„He’ll do it when he wants to, he just doesn’t feel like it.” The thing is, wanting to comes from being able to. A baby who struggles to push up tires out fast and gives up. They avoid propping altogether and settle into the airplane position instead.

🤲 Don’t put your hands under the armpits. Held that high, your baby’s weight shifts forward and there’s nothing left to push with.
📏 Drop about an inch lower, just under the rib cage. From there you can guide your baby and bring them up.
🧘 Short and frequent. A few short sessions a day beat one long one.

A few minutes of play a day, and in 2-4 weeks you’ll notice your baby reaching higher on their own. From there it’s one more step — tuck the legs, and they’re on all fours.

Most babies master crawling on all fours between 7 and 11 months. If your baby is getting close to that mark and still isn’t initiating it, it’s worth having a pediatric physical therapist take a look.

My Falmed Academy has a full module of ball exercises for trunk strength and pushing up on the hands — step by step, with instant access and 30 days to try the course.

💬 Does your baby face plant, or push up and drop? Tell me in the comments.

How to Carry – Graphics 😍☺️! A follow-up to our previous carousel on babywearing, after which you asked for more visuals...
18/08/2026

How to Carry – Graphics 😍☺️! A follow-up to our previous carousel on babywearing, after which you asked for more visuals 👌!

👉 This time, we’ve also added reel covers that are worth watching 😍!

🤩 Share in the comments how your little one likes to be carried 👼!

📢 Let us know if you like this type of carousel and what other topics you’d like to see covered in these posts!





17/08/2026

Does your baby stretch the head forward when lying on their back or while being carried? Looks like they „want to sit up”? That doesn’t mean they do. And at this age, they absolutely shouldn’t.

Between 3 and 5 months, this head movement is natural and physiological. It’s how babies work the front chain of muscles — neck, chest, belly, and all the flexors that help lift the head and body upward. In a way, it is preparation for sitting. But it isn’t a signal that says „sit me up, I’m ready.”

Sitting is built somewhere entirely other than in a sitting position.

🔄 Rolling. This is where your baby learns to shift weight and rotate the trunk — no stable sitting without it.
🤲 Tummy time and pushing up on the hands. This is where shoulder girdle and trunk strength come from.
🍑 High hips. Brings in the flexion pattern and hands-to-feet contact, which is exactly what stiff, arching babies are missing.

A few minutes of this kind of play a day. All of it feeds into sitting, even though none of it looks like sitting practice.

By developmental norms, a baby should sit upright by the end of 9 months, and get into a sitting position on their own by the end of 10 months. If your baby is getting close to that mark and still isn’t working into a seat independently, or sits very unsteadily, book a visit with a pediatric physical therapist right away.

My Falmed Academy has a full module of ball exercises for the belly, trunk, and pushing up on the hands — step by step, with instant access and 30 days to try the course.

💬 Does your baby pull up toward you, or fight being on their back? Tell me in the comments.

14/08/2026

Does your baby stiffen up when you try to tuck their legs into the crawling position? Or do the legs slide out from under them, so they can’t hold the position at all?

Your baby isn’t doing it to spite you. It’s a sign your baby doesn’t yet control muscle tone in this position, or the switch from an extension pattern into a flexion pattern — so they default to the one they know better. You have to narrow the base of support and let your baby feel where their knees actually are.

„Why bother, babies start crawling on their own.” Maybe yours will, maybe not. In my experience, 30% of babies skip crawling entirely, and another 20% struggle to get into the position and move from it. Statistically, that’s every other baby. And there’s nothing but upside to mastering crawling!

🗓️ Between 7 and 11 months, most babies learn to move on hands and knees, with the belly and chest lifted off the floor.
🤲 Practice more often on the side your baby uses less.
🧘 Short and frequent. A few short sessions a day beat one long one.

Instead of comparing yourself to your friend’s baby, your neighbor’s baby, or the moms you read about in groups, play with your baby for a few minutes a day. Two to four weeks is enough to see results.

If your baby is past 10 months and still doesn’t initiate crawling, it’s worth having a pediatric physical therapist take a look.

My Falmed Academy has 9 video lessons on crawling, sitting, kneeling, and rolling — organized step by step, with instant access and 30 days to try the course.

💬 Does your baby stiffen up, or do the legs slide out? Tell me in the comments.

12/08/2026

Most parents carry their baby upright every day, in what I call the spider hold. Usually because nobody ever showed them another way.

The video shows you what happens to the head. There’s a second layer the camera doesn’t catch.

In the spider hold, your baby’s body weight rests on a spine that isn’t built to carry it until around 6 months. To see anything at all, your baby has to turn the head left or right — and picks whichever side is easier. Always the same one. From there it’s a short path to positional asymmetry, a developmental deficit that often requires individual, expensive therapy.

There’s also a consequence you feel right away: carried in the spider hold for long stretches, babies get fussier and harder to settle. So they want to be held even more. You carry more, in the same position, and the loop closes on itself.

The alternatives aren’t harder or more time-consuming:

🐯 Tiger hold — side-lying, symmetrical, supports the belly
👑 Royal hold — relaxation and muscle tone regulation
🫘 Bean and koala holds — closeness without loading the spine

You pick your baby up a dozen times a day anyway. Switching the hold adds zero minutes to your day.

Nobody showed you this at the hospital or in your birth class, and that’s not on you. My Falmed Academy covers everything about carrying, organized step by step, with instant access and 30 days to try the course.

💬 So how do you carry your baby most of the time? Tell me in the comments.

Carrying and lifting have a fundamental impact on your baby’s harmonious development from the very first weeks of life ❤...
11/08/2026

Carrying and lifting have a fundamental impact on your baby’s harmonious development from the very first weeks of life ❤️👼!

When done correctly, they help your baby:

✅ Regulate muscle tone!
✅ Reduce asymmetry and build symmetry!
✅ Experience their own body!
✅ Strengthen bonding and the sense of closeness!
✅ Observe and experience the world calmly!

👉 Proper lifting and carrying also play a key role in helping your baby accept tummy time, making them more relaxed and less fussy.

👆 If we lift and carry a baby in a way that increases muscle tension or reinforces asymmetry, it becomes harder for them to accept more challenging positions, like lying on their tummy.

💡 In this visual-text guide, we’ve included all the essential information on the topic.

🔍 You can find video demonstrations of carrying techniques in our Reels, and a complete step-by-step guide in the Falmed Academy!

📢 Let us know in the comments if you follow these tips! Also, tell us what you’d like to see in our next guide post!





10/08/2026

🦷 Your child chews on crayons and bites their nails? That’s not a bad habit to break. That’s a signal.

This is what an understimulated oral zone looks like. Your child seeks the input they’re missing and takes it wherever they can find it — a fingernail, a crayon, their own lip. The problem is what comes with it: weak oral muscle strength. And that strength is exactly what chewing firm foods requires.

⚠️ If the list of foods your child avoids gets longer with age instead of shorter, see a speech-language pathologist or a feeding therapist. It’s better to prevent than to treat.

Here’s what to watch for:

💅 Chewing on nails, crayons, pens, or shirt sleeves.
👄 Biting the lower lip.
🍞 Skipping anything that takes real chewing — meat, bread crust. They’ll eat the soft center of the bread and leave the crust behind.

You don’t need to add anything to your day. Just watch what stays on the plate for one week.

Because a child who lacks the strength to bite isn’t being difficult. Over time they quietly drop those foods from their diet — and you end up fighting at the table over something that was never about behavior.

💬 Have you noticed this with your child? Tell me in the comments which foods they refuse to chew.

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