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Why your baby can’t keep a dummy in: an early clue about tongue‑tie, tension or reflux.
The sucking reflex develops in late pregnancy (around 32–36 weeks), so term babies usually arrive with a basic suck in place, while late preterm babies often have a weaker or less coordinated suck at first.
In the first months, sucking is largely reflexive and then gradually becomes more voluntary between about 2–4 months, so “dropping” the dummy is very common while baby is still learning to organise tongue, lips and jaw together. If a baby is otherwise feeding and growing well, frequently losing the dummy in the first 8–12 weeks can be within normal developmental variation, especially when tired, overstimulated or premature.
5 Ways a C-Section Birth Can Influence a Baby’s Body (from an osteopathic perspective)
Every birth story is unique, and for many families, a C-section is the way their baby entered the world. For some families this was a planned C-section and for others it may have been an emergency procedure. What most families don’t know is that a C-section shapes the way a baby experiences those first moments, physically, physiologically, and sometimes emotionally.
From Birth Trauma to Being Heard: Cranial Osteopathy and Your Baby’s Birth Story
Every baby arrives with their own story, expressed through their movement, breath and the subtle language of their body. In those first days after birth, many babies are still finding their way. They may be unsettled, struggling with feeding or simply needing to be heard. Cranial osteopathy offers a gentle way to listen to these stories and support a baby’s natural ability to heal, regulate and connect.
Plagiocephaly
When a baby is born with an asymmetrical head it is called plagiocephaly, from the Greek “plagios” meaning oblique and “kephale” meaning head. A true plagiocephalic head will resemble a parallelogram when viewed from above.