Osteopathy and Craniosacral Therapy For Babies - Fetal Positioning 

yes lulling it is a good word to use, direct or indirect both have their places as long as we're working within the tolerance of the nervous system, and starting with indirect will often create a bit more slack to work with then like you say if a bit later on that nervous system starts to kick up, sense that as soon as possible and course correct.

thanks Blaz, glad it was of use, good luck when you start helping baby, just remember to start away from the head (as that can be a sensitive area, plus it gives your hands time to get used to working with baby), go nice and slow, nice and gentle and most of all enjoy the experience and dont put pressure on yourself to "get it right' as that will make your nervous system ramp up and that can then often make it hard to settle baby. - J x

hi Blaz, glad it was of help, just be patient with yourself (and with baby of course!) when you start - we can put a lot of pressure on ourselves to get the treatment right for baby, but of course that then ramps up our nervous system which will be noticed by baby, so just relax, go slow and gentle and enjoy !

Hi RP, great question, what I woud say is that if you've got cst skills try to enbed them in all of what you do so with the movements you see me use, find the stillness within that, which for me is at the heart of all cst/cranial. Some CST models of teaching are more biomechanical some more biodynamic but it doesnt matter what youve been taught because in regards to potency, stillness, breath of life etc - that was their from the origin of this work (Sutherland from 1898 to 1951) so its about your intent (or lack of!) your stillness inside of you that allows you to access that regardless of the formal model or branch of training you attended. And you can definitely have that stillness whilst moving yourself or/and when moving baby, it takes a little practice if you are used to being physically still when working on patients like with adults, but you'll pick it up. So if you approach it like that you are fully meshing and weaving your existing cst skills into a way of working with babies that may involve movement or may not it depends what the baby needs. For those reading this w/o cst skills thats ok - just do the movements, do the techniques and although they maybe a litlle more biomechanical to start with if you listen to the tissues they will guide you and you will learn to feel the connection, and that connection is what allows you to provide the support that baby needs to be able to start working to shift and resolve their issues - J x

Hi Selny, helping a baby with cerebral palsy (cp)will be a more complex picture, so I cant give you a specific answer on this as i'd need to be in the room with baby to assess the extent of what is going on for them. The difficulty with fetal positioning for a baby with cp is that they can have floppy muscle tone or muscle spasm and/or a preference to use one side of their body and all of that can strongly override the influence of the fetal position. I would also reccomend that the baby get treatment with a practitioner that has experience working with cp as early work for baby can be very very helpful. (Disclaimer as I havent seen and assessed baby the previous comments can not be taken as medical advice in anyway and with a condition like cerebral palsy it is very important that you consult and work with your local doctors to get the best support possible for your baby.)

How can you tell baby has CP at 3months old, kindly educate me on CP in newborn

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