S6:E56 - Michelle Emanuel: TummyTime, Breastfeeding, and Sensorimotor Skills

My guest today is Michelle Emanuel. Michelle has 28+ years experience as a Pediatric Occupational Therapist, with specific focus on posture, movement and connection for the precrawling baby.  She has a background in neonatal intensive care (NICU), pediatric intensive care (PICU), cardiac intensive care (CICU), and outpatient population.   She has a unique and interesting way of blending traditional and complementary forms of therapeutic applications, with her main emphasis on facilitating healthy nervous system function.

Michelle is an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant and a National Board Certified Reflexologist.  She has advanced training and extensive experience in a wide array of manual therapy and bodywork techniques, including CranioSacral Therapy, Myofascial Release, Reflexology, Baby Facial Massage and more. 

TummyTime! Method was developed to address the rising numbers of babies affected by sleeping on their back, developing tension patterns, torticollis and flat spots.  She offers the "secret" to helping babies and families have fun and enjoy the tummy time experience.   Developed circa 2005, it was the first, and still only, program developed directly addressing the 'tummy time issue' and has been learned by close to 1000 professionals worldwide.

Michelle also developed BabyMyo, a novel curriculum of oral habilitation involving optimal strength, endurance, range of motion, sensory processing, motor patterns, reflexes, oral and pharyngeal phases of breastfeeding and bottlefeeding for the newborn to precrawling baby.

You can find out more about Michelle at tummytimemethod.com.

 

Show Notes:

• Tummy Time: tummytimemethod.com

• BabyMyo: babymyo.com

• American Academy of Pediatrics Recommendations for Breastfeeding

• IBCLC: ibclc-commission.org

• Michelle's Top 10 Reasons for Breastfeeding Beyond Nutrition