Shaping Your Baby’s Foundation
Author(s): Jen Goodman, Hy Bender

A revolutionary work that guides new parents in helping their baby form healthy movements, strong muscles, and a fit body during the childs critical first year of life, filled with vital information and over 400 full-color photographs that clearly show how to create a strong foundation for a babys musculoskeletal health and future wellness

A childs first steps are one of the great miracles in lifeone we think of as a natural, essential, intuitive process. But just as new parents foster positive digestive, emotional, and intellectual growth, we cannot leave it to nature and instinct alone to ensure that infants develop the strong musculoskeletal foundation they need.

Little bodies are malleable: nerves are elongating, bones are hardening, muscles are strengtheningnewborns are a never-ending process of physical change. The problem is that the car seat, the bouncer, the carrier, the crib, the pack-n-playthe very devices modern parents depend on for hands-free parentingleave that precious developing bundle at the mercy of gravity and passive, bodyweight-based alignment.

Shaping Your Babys Foundation gives new parents the information they need to safely and effectively build their babys muscle tone, strengthen the childs growing body, and set their newborn on the path for a lifetime of wellness. Shaping Your Babys Foundation isnt about hitting milestones (for example, walking early can mean a child missed some key areas of strengthening at earlier stages), its about growing well. Jen Goodman gives parents the tools they need to give their baby a body that will be strong and balanced by the time the child is vertical. By helping a baby meet gravitys challenges during the first year of life, this book vastly increases the chances of that baby later remaining strong, fit, and healthy as a toddler, teen, and adult.

Written in Goodmans gentle and accessible, yet authoritative, voice, and aided by over 400 full-color photographs to guide parents step-by-step through the first year of their babys life, Shaping Your Babys Foundation is a revolutionary parenting bible for a new generation.

Review(s):
Shaping Your Babys Foundation provides a guaranteed path of getting things rightfrom the starta gift for life.I have no doubt this book will become the standard text, themust-read for every new parent, grandparent, and pediatrician, not to mention physiotherapists who have to fix physical errors downthe line.A landmark book.
Weve ignored childrens innate reflexes to move abundantlyfor far too long.Shaping Your Baby’s Foundationis an essentialguidethat will help parents and alloparentsto cultivatethese reflexes and better meet an infants critical need to move.
A parent is akin to a guide, shepherding our children toward success. The foundation of movement is cemented very early on and requires parents to relearn the basic building blocks in order to set the stage for future movement competency. Caregivers, you wont want to miss Shaping Your Babys Foundation.
A well-organized clearinghouse of evidence-based, vitally important but surprisingly uncomplicated practical information. My most recommended, must-have book for every new family… and for the healthcare team that is charged with offering the best in education, care, guidelines, and support!
An encyclopedia. A companion. A baby-whisperer that every parent/caretaker needs to supportively coach us into knowledgeably helping our littles. Shaping Your Babys Foundation arrives at a critical moment for us culturally as we must aid our newest generation to abate the pain crisis that has overtaken the world. Youll want to get this book into the grasping hands of every babys family at once. It nurtures and empowers each family member to make better choices as individuals, families, and community.

ISBN:9780062671219