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USINGMOVING Holding head up: HANDAROUND SKILLS M1A SKILLS Turning head to the side To develop muscles on both sides of the neck. TOYS & ATTENTION & ACTIVITIES CONCENTRATION › Mobiles. › Use a noisy/brightly › Pictures/posters. coloured toy to attract your child’s attention to › Bright squeaky or either side. musical toys. › Your own face; act in front of a mirror so that your child can see himself and your face. › Alternate the position of toys/mobiles in area of cot/play area. › Talk to your child from both sides and encourage your child to turn their head to see you. SONGS & ACTIONS › Change the position that your child sleeps and plays in, e.g., move the cot to a different side of the room. › Favourite music/song. › When carrying your child try to spend some time using your left side and some › Nursery rhymes. time on your right side. › When your child is lying on their back and looking at you, slowly move your head from one side to the other and encourage your child to follow your movements. › Sit in front of mirror and hold your child facing mirror. Slowly turn his body; he will want to maintain eye contact with you in the mirror. MOVING Holding head up: AROUND M1A SKILLS Turning head to the side To develop muscles on both sides of the neck. BATHING DRESSING MEALTIMES PLAYING WAKING OUTINGS › Try to alternate the › When dressing/ › When breast/ › Position yourself › Have interesting › If you have toys/ direction that the changing your bottle feeding, and your child’s items, e.g., mobiles mobiles in the car, bath is facing, e.g., child, encourage alternate sides and favourite toys positioned on both try to vary their so that the window him to look to one your position in on either side of side of the bed for position, e.g., one is on the left side side by dangling the room to create their body and your child to look week on the left one time and on something bright a variety of things encourage them to at when he awakes. side and one week the right another on that side or by to see from both turn towards that › Try changing the on the right. time, or alternate moving your face sides. side. cot/bed position to › Try to vary which which direction to the side, slowly. › If your child › Use colourful and vary things to see arm you tend to your child faces in is being fed, noisy toys to help and look at. use when carrying the bath. commence feeding attract your child’s › Enter the bedroom your child. › Using a brightly on his preferred attention, e.g., and encourage coloured wash side and gradually brightly coloured your child to turn cloth/bath toy, introduce the rattles. to your voice. encourage spoon/food from your child to watch the other side. the cloth/toy as you move it slowly from one side to the other. USINGMOVING Holding head up: HANDAROUND SKILLS M1B SKILLS Holding head up while on tummy It strengthens the neck muscles and improves head control. TOYS & ATTENTION & ACTIVITIES CONCENTRATION › Rattles. › Try to introduce time on the › Mobiles. tummy very gradually, e.g., for 30 secs then 1 minute › Toys with flashing and so on. colours/lights. › Position your child’s favourite toy where he can see it when he lifts his head up. › See if lying on different textures make a difference, e.g., lambswool/towelling/ silky fabric. › Vary the toy/object to look at. › Musical/noisy toys may › Lie child on tummy for a few moments several times during the day on a firm attract his attention. surface. – Make sure his arms are not tucked underneath. SONGS & ACTIONS – Give him something interesting to look at while on his tummy, e.g., shake a TRY TO AVOID rattle/noisy or bright toy or let him see himself in a mirror. Position this about 25 – 30 cm away from his eyes. › Nursery rhymes. › Try placing a rolled up towel or small pillow/cushion under your child’s chest, › Laying on a surface that › Your child’s favourite music. when he’s on his tummy. is too soft, e.g., cushion. › Sit on floor, lie your child across your straightened leg and gently rub his back › Practising when child is tired and sing favourite song. or upset. › Carry your child across your arm in a ‘flying’ position. › Encourage your child to lie on your chest when you are in a semi – reclined position, e.g., in a reclining chair and sing songs/music. MOVING Holding head up: AROUND M1B SKILLS Holding head up while on tummy It strengthens the neck muscles and improves head control. BATHING DRESSING MEALTIMES PLAYING WAKING OUTINGS › When drying and › When dressing › Provide some dressing child, child, position on moments during position on tummy tummy for a few the day on his for a few moments. moments. Have tummy, with his Have bright bright coloured toy favourite toy/ coloured toy/ for him to look at. pictures/mirror to picture for him to look at. look at. › Use musical toys to attract his attention. › When moving about the home, carry in the ‘flying’ position. Holding head up: Holding head USINGMOVING HANDAROUND SKILLS M1C and chest up when lying on tummy SKILLS This enables your child to use arms to bear weight. When in this position, your child is able to look around and turn head from side to side. TOYS & ATTENTION & ACTIVITIES CONCENTRATION › Rattle. If your child does not like being on his tummy › Mirror you can try some/all of the following: › Toys with moving images. › Try to introduce time on the tummy very gradually, e.g., for 30 secs then 1 minute and so on. › Encourage your child to lie on your chest when you are in a semi-reclined position, e.g., in a reclining chair and provide stimulation that your child enjoys, e.g., music, singing, back rub. › Lie your child on his tummy several times each day. Make sure his › When sitting on the floor, lie your child arms are forward and not tucked underneath his body. across your straightened leg and gently › Position an interesting toy/object about 25 -30 cm away from rub his back and sing favourite song. your child’s face. Regularly change the item so that your child › Position your child’s favourite toy where stays interested. he can see it when he lifts his head up. › If your child tends to tilt his head toward one side, try to position › See if lying on different textures make things to look at directly in front or towards the other side. a difference, e.g., lambswool/towelling/ SONGS & ACTIONS silky fabric. › If your child needs help to get into this position, gently lift their shoulders up while your child is looking at something. › A firmer surface is easier to push up › Nursery rhymes. against, so a covered floor space will be › Try to make sure your child’s hands are open and flat to lean on. › Child’s favourite music/song. easier than when on a cushion. › You can help your child to move their weight from side to side by › Heydi ho. › Position your child on their tummy where gently rocking, using a calm rhythmical movement. they can hear and see other people in the › You can also position your child over a rolled up towel or over your house; the conversation and activity will leg when you are sitting long – legged on the floor. encourage your child to look around at what is happening. Holding head up: Holding head USINGMOVING HANDAROUND SKILLS M1C and chest up when lying on tummy SKILLS This enables your child to use arms to bear weight. When in this position, your child is able to look around and turn head from side to side. BATHING DRESSING MEALTIMES PLAYING WAKING OUTINGS › When drying your › When dressing › Provide several › Provide child, provide try to provide opportunities opportunities for some time lying on some time when during the day for time on his tummy their tummy and your child is on spending time on to look around, e.g., provide something their tummy, e.g., the tummy. at the park, lie on interesting to look when dressed › Position interesting a mat and position at, e.g., mobile, and ready to objects/toys where interesting toys/ favourite toy. move somewhere your child can see objects in front else, spend a few them when he lifts of him. moments on their up his head. › Position your child tummy with an in a place where interesting visual/ › Position some toys/ objects on either there are interesting noisy toy to look at. things to look at. side of your child and encourage him to turn his head to see them. Talk about what is happening. › Let your child be near other people/ activity when lying on the floor and encourage him to look up and around by talking to him from different positions in the room. MOVING Holding head up: Head control USINGAROUND M1D for pulling to sit and for sitting HANDSKILLS SKILLS The strength in the neck and tummy muscles helps hold your child’s head up. TOYS & ATTENTION & ACTIVITIES CONCENTRATION › Mobiles at eye level. › Vary the objects to look at. › Mirror. › Find out what things › Large posters/pictures are most appealing to your on wall. child, e.g., favourite colours, toys, pictures. › Position interesting things at eye level. › Talk to him about what he is doing and praise him for his efforts. › When your child is lying on your lap or on the floor and facing you, hold your child at the shoulders with your hands.