Fit Baby, Smart Baby, Your Baby!

by Doman, Glenn J.; Doman, Douglas; Hagy, Bruce

• ISBN13: 9780757003769
• ISBN10: 0757003761
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-06-15
• Publisher: Square One Pub

Summary

The early development of mobility in new borns is a vital part of their future ability to learn and grow to full potential. We may be wasting our children's most important years by preventing them from physically exploring their world and maximizing their mobility development when they are young--the time that it is easiest for them to do so. In Fit Baby, Smart Baby, Your Baby!, Glenn Doman--founder of The Institutes for the Achievement of Human Potential--along with Douglas Doman and Bruce Hagy guide you in maximizing your child's physical capabilities. They clearly explain each stage of mobility and show how to create and environment that will help your baby more easily achieve that stage. Full-color charts, photographs, illustrations, and detailed yet easy-to-follow instructions are included to help you create an effective home program. This inspiring book shows how the team of mother, father, and baby can explore and discover together the joys of human mobility. From learning the simple but vital stage of crawling to the beginnings of the sophisticated skills of the gymnast, this athletic team is the one that's most important to baby.

Author Biography

Glenn Doman received his degree in physical therapy from the University of Pennsylvania in 1940, and began pioneering in the field of child brain development. In 1955, he founded The Institutes for the Achievement of Human Potential, whose work with brain-injured children led to vital discoveries regarding well children. Glenn is the bestselling author of six books in the Gentle Revolution Series and of the groundbreaking book What To Do About Your Brain-Injured Child. Douglas Doman is vice director of The Institutes and Glenn's son. His early years working at The Institutes were spent creating the School for Human Development for brain-injured young adults. He worked closely with Bruce Hagy to create the world's first Human Development Course, a circuit using physical activities that promote neurological development. Douglas is the author of How To Teach Your Baby To Swim. Bruce Hagy is the former director of The Institute for the Achievement of Physical Excellence. He joined The Institutes staff in 1974, and his background in health and physical education quickly led him to become involved with the physical challenges posed by both well and hurt children.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. viii
Foreword	p. xiii
Introduction	p. 1
Physical Intelligence, the Background
Physical Intelligence	p. 7
All Children Can Be Physically Superb	p. 19
Parents and Priorities	p. 23
The Evan Thomas Institute and Opportunity	p. 31
The Principles of Measuring Physical Intelligence	p. 37
Multiplying Physical Intelligence	p. 47
Multiplying your Baby's Physical Intelligence
Newborns-Right-Side Up or Upside Down?	p. 53
Stage I, The Early Brain Stem and Cord	p. 59
Stage II, The Brain Stem and Early Subcortical Areas	p. 93
Stage EI, The Midbrain and Subcortical Areas	p. 115
Stage IV, The Initial Cortex	p. 139
Stage V, The Early Cortex	p. 157
Stage VI, The Primitive Cortex	p. 185
Stage VII, The Sophisticated Cortex	p. 225
Afterword	p. 237
About the Authors	p. 246
Resources	p. 249
A Reassessment of the SIDS Back to Sleep Campaign	p. 255
Equipment You Can Build and Make For Your Baby	p. 264
The Institutes Developmental Profile	p. 276
Index	p. 281
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