All humans are born with several primitive reflexes. As time goes on and your baby becomes more alert, they start to gain control over their movements. In time, the primitive reflexes stop dictating your baby’s movements. By using reflexes repeatedly, babies begin to communicate through the nervous system to the brain. These neural pathways are eventually used to perform that “reflex” movement.

A couple of months ago, Dr. Ash forwarded me an email from the College of Family Physicians of Canada titled “Trying Tongue-Tie Treatment – Does Frenotomy Fix Feeding Frustrations?” The conclusion was… maybe, sometimes, but often, not really.

Earlier this month, I boarded a plane flying to Berlin to attend the German School of Osteopathy’s annual conference. The theme was “Osteopathy in Paediatrics”. In the past year, more and more of my client base has been children and babies (which I Love!), so what better way to deepen my knowledge…