Showing posts with label 1 month old. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1 month old. Show all posts

Chanakya turns 1 month old + Stimulating the brain of an infant using the Doman method


Based on the ' How smart is your baby' book, we have been giving sensory stimulation and motor opportunities in order to help baby C achieve his full potential in each stage of the developmental profile.
His program was started on 16th February 2017- age 13 days

Week 1 of the program: 16/02/17 - 22/02/17

Sensory stimulation: 

  • Light reflex - 5x per eye 10 times a day
  • Startle reflex - 3x 10 times a day
  • Babinski reflex - 3x per foot 10 times a day

Motor opportunity:

The inclined track was not yet ready. Apart from that, the other programs were going great.
  • Flat track - at least 2 hours
  • Grasp reflex - 10 seconds, 10 times a day
  • Vestibular stimulation



Week 2 of the program

Sensory stimulation: 

  • Light reflex - 5x per eye 8 times a day
  • Black and white checkerboard
  • Startle reflex - 3x 8 times a day
  • Babinski reflex - 3x per foot 10 times a day

Motor opportunity:

  • Inclined track - 5x a day
  • Flat track - at least 2 hours
  • Grasp reflex - 10 seconds, 10 times a day
  • Vestibular stimulation

BABY C TURNS 1 MONTH OLD


Chanakya - moving in his track


Chanakya- sleeping in the prone position on his track




By the end of 1 month,

In addition to the basic reflexes, Chanakya was able to
  • Follow people or things when they move
  • Move down the inclined floor
  • Lift his head up for brief intervals of time
  • Turn towards my voice
NOTE: Check out Domanmom.com for wonderful resources like the colourful checkerboard that I have pasted on C's crawling track.She has provided for free, weekly logs of the program that are very useful to have on hand to keep track of the activities.