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Community Education Series: Topics in Early Development
New for 2012! The Thomas Center and the Down Syndrome Association of Greater Cincinnati present a new community education series. The first of the series will be held in February and includes topics...
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Baby Benches: How Sitting Helps a Child Walk and DIY Benches!
Today I interviewed Abbey Kent, PT, DPT. Abbey is the physical therapist in the Jane & Richard Thomas Center for Down Syndrome at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. I am lucky enough to...
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Does low-tone mean my infant will have feeding problems?
Since my post on pre-feeding exercises I’ve had some really good questions. What do you do for tongue thrust? What about drooling? How do you address low-tone and feeding? Exercises? I want to take...
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Bottle Feeding a Baby with Down Syndrome
I’ve decided to update a post I originally wrote in September 2010. Since then I’ve seen more than 200 children with DS for feeding evaluations. Aside from some wrinkles and a few extra-pounds, I’ve...
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3 Truths for 3/21: Fallacy, Fact, and Photo
[Fallacy: "Focusing on one syndrome [professionally] must be incredibly monotonous.” (I’ve honestly heard this comment) Fact: Au contraire! More varied than you can imagine, it has been the best...
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Open cup drinking 101 (and tips for the sippy)
I’ve revamped another post, this time on open cup drinking. What exactly is open cup drinking? Plain and simple, drinking from a regular cup – no fancy bells or whistles, not a sippy cup or straw. What...
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