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About Tummy Time Blogspot
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Posted by Stephanie Pruitt, PT on Saturday September 29 2012 @ 02:38PM CDT
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Learn what's new on the About Tummy Time blog: abouttummytime.blogspot.com
Some of the latest blogs include the press release for the new Safe to Sleep Campaign, the new AAP recommendations, Cranial Remolding Helmets: To Be or Not to Be? and much more.
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Co-sleeping, is it safe?
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Posted by Stephanie J. Pruitt, PT on Monday April 16 2012 @ 09:01AM CDT
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According to research, one of the greatest risk factors for infant death is co-sleeping, yet, it is still a common occurrence either intentionally or unintentionally. I say unintentionally because we have all experienced the terror of accidentally falling asleep while nursing our baby in the wee hours
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SIDS Shift in Thinking....Finally!
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Posted by Stephanie J. Pruitt, PT on Wednesday March 28 2012 @ 11:10AM CDT
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It is very refreshing to read the latest study that now has swept through the medical community regarding SIDS and sleeping environments. 568 SIDS deaths in the San Diego SIDS/Sudden Unexplained Death in Childhood Research Project from 1991 through 2008 were reviewed concluding that multiple risk factors are responsible for the remaining ~2,500 SIDS death each year, not just back sleeping. FINALLY!
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Tummy Blog now a Blogspot
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Posted by Stephanie J. Pruitt, PT on Thursday March 22 2012 @ 08:23AM CDT
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Due to popular demand, the Tummy Blog is now an interactive blogspot. Get the latest posts and updates, leave feedback, share posts with your friends and colleagues, subscribe so you don't miss a thing at www.abouttummytime.blogspot.com!
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Tips for Getting Baby Used to Tummy Time
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Posted by Stephanie J. Pruitt, PT on Tuesday March 20 2012 @ 11:40AM CDT
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Here are some tips to get your baby used to lying on his or her stomach:
1) Start early. You can safely place your baby on the stomach as early as the first day after uncomplicated birth. Babies are equipped with reflexes that assist them to lift and rotate their head from side to side while on their stomach.
2) Lay
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The Tummy Time Debate
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Posted by Stephanie J. Pruitt, PT on Monday February 27 2012 @ 09:58AM CST
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So, where did this recent tummy time debate start in the first place? Prior to the Back to Sleep campaign in 1992, various researchers investigated the benefits and drawbacks of sleeping on the stomach. In one study done in 1983 by Hashimoto, T. et al1, there was evidence to suggest that newborn infants
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Is my child developmentally delayed?
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Posted by Stephanie J. Pruitt, PT on Thursday January 19 2012 @ 11:30AM CST
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This is a question I am asked by many parents when they bring their children in to see me for physical therapy services. It is important to look at many factors to make this determination, for instance, underlying medical issues, prematurity, personality and size of the child and most importantly opportunity
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The SIDS Devil's Advocate
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Posted by Stephanie Pruitt, PT, CKTP on Thursday November 03 2011 @ 04:38PM CDT
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A reporter recently played the devil’s advocate in a phone interview with me a few weeks ago. He brought up a really good point which I had thought of myself while writing the book. He asked, “If all of these problems (torticollis, plagiocephaly and developmental delay) are treatable, what’s the big
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