Description
Come on the journey from womb to walking as your baby finds their feet.
Good health and well-being starts at the feet. From their first kicks in the womb to their first wobbly toddler steps – and every milestone in between – your baby’s feet play a crucial role in their physical, mental, and emotional development.
Finding Their Feet is an accessible and practical guide for parents and carers, designed to equip them for the most important role they will ever have – guiding their child’s development for life-long success, from the feet up.
Learn about the anatomy and development of your baby’s feet, and the important relationship between their feet, body, and brain. Explore how your baby practices movement from their earliest moments, and how their innate primal reflexes and gross motor skills (rolling, crawling, standing and walking) help to develop their central nervous system, laying the foundations in their first years for reading, writing and language.
Discover the importance of being barefoot, and the best footwear choices for your child.
Combining the latest research, easy-to-follow anatomical science, and fun, practical activities and exercises for you to enjoy with your baby while supporting their development, Finding Their Feet is a parenting book like no other.
CONTENTS INCLUDE:
- First kicks: the development of the foot
- Sensory Development and reflexes
- Early milestones: Head control, tummy time and rolling
- Sitting and crawling
- Standing, squatting and climbing
- The case for going barefoot
- The evolution of footwear
- What is the best footwear for children?
- Podo Problem-solving
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Rights Information
Global rights available, all territories except Czech Language.
Marketing Information
Bernie Landels speaks professionally on podcasts, platforms, at events both large and small througout the UK, Europe, USA and Australasia on the topics covered in this book, mostly to midwifes, footwear specialists and manufacturers, and parents. This book features in all her marketing for all those events, live and and online. She is active online on Instagram, FB, and LI, and has a growing fan base internationally.
Reviews
"In a world that seems to pull us toward an unnatural lifestyle, Bernie's book is a most welcome call to show us that nature really does know best." James Earls, author of Born to Walk and Understanding the Human Foot (UK)
"This book will support newborn parents, carers, teachers, and those in the sports, massage and yoga industries who work with babies and children. A great interactive book that got me doing something physical so I could feel what was going on." P-J McCrea, Founder of Little Steps. Beautiful Beginnings (NZ)
"This is a very valuable book for parents, especially fathers. From personal experience, (new) fathers are sometimes a bit lost as to what they can do with their baby when they have to tend to them. The information and exercises are great way for fathers to do something that is fun as well as helpful! All dads should read this book!" Gert Lippens, chiropractor and father (UK)
"An inspiring and informative read for parents and those who work with infants. As a midwife I recommend this book to other midwives so they can share this valuable advice with women in their care. Finding Their Feet gives practical and well-founded advice on how a parent/caregiver can, with confidence, have an active role in their child's development."
Dr Heather Donald, midwifery lecturer and researcher, Auckland University of Technology (NZ)
Author Biography
Internationally-certified Infant Massage Instructor (IAIM) since 2002, Bernie Landels has helped many parents build strong connections with and foundations for their children through touch and education. She continues to work in private practice working with all ages but focusing on pregnancy massage and sharing the joys of infant massage.
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Copyright Bernie Landels, All rights reserved 2022
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- Publisher/Imprint Indie Experts / Bernie Landels
- Publication Date June 2022
- Orginal LanguageEnglish
- ISBN/Identifier 9780645291506 / 0645291501
- Publication Country or regionAustralia
- FormatPaperback
- Primary Price 35 AUD
- Pages215
- ReadershipGeneral
- Publish StatusPublished
- Copyright Year2022
- Page size9 x 6 Inch (9 x 6 ) inches
- IllustrationMultiple diagrams, line drawings, photographs, colour and b/w
