How To Help Strengthen Babies Arms With Baby Planks

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In this video we talk about how to help strengthen babies arms with baby planks so that you can help your baby transition to crawling and strengthen their upper body to move on from army crawling or pivoting on their belly to full hands and knees crawling.

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TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 introduction
1:10 why babies need strong arms for crawling
2:10 why babies have a weak upper body
4:48 how to complete baby planks for strong baby arms
7:02 baby planks variation over one or two legs
8:32 elevated baby plank on step or floor
8:48 modified activities if baby planks are too difficult
8:51 weight bearing through unstable toy surface
9:22 weight bearing through one arm in sitting
10:15 how to work with dr. lauren baker, physical therapist 1:1

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[ayshadinius]

You explain things thoroughly & demonstrate accordingly. Thank you so much! Can’t wait to try these out.

[AlexandraJones-no]

Thank you Doctor 👩‍⚕️ I’m trying these out tomorrow ❤

[BrentBrewington]

I need arm strength and upper trunk strength too 😆

Nice video! Super helpful

[jamiewilson]

You're videos are GREAT!! Thank you so much for sharing! Do you have any added tips for getting a 1 year to crawl?

[JazzzyJ]

Hey Lauren! This popped up in my news feed...so very sweet! Your girl is taking lots of steps now 🥰!

[theobviousgirl]

Omg this video gave my baby the confidence she needed. We did the exercises over one leg for like 2 days (barely 5 mins at a time) now she loves the exercises and loves to crawl on all 4s

[jojoabbasi]

Do you have a video for arm exercises for two and three month olds?

[abidmalik]

Hey Lauren, please guide me about my daughter she is 1 year old she isn't moving her right arm more and has less power in right arm as she diagnosed with erb palsy . Please suggest me some good exercise . TIA

[jojoabbasi]

Can I start this at 2 months/10
Weeks?

[cararicketts]

Hey Lauren my son is just one week shy of 5 months, he still hates tummy time and keeps pushing out his arms to the side as if doing Superman exercises when in tummy time. 5 weeks ago he was rolling tummy to back intermittently and is no longer doing that. Can you please help me with some suggestions

[manasadigumurthy]

Hey lauren! My son is 10 months old. He is not crawling still. He can sit up without support well and standing with support if we make him to stand. He is lifting is knees well and he is lifting his chest seperately not together. Can you suggest how to make him lift all four at once?

[jahdalennie]

My son is premature.... born 6 weeks earlier. He is 5 months -6 weeks. His arms are still weak. Not turning to his tummy nor crawling. I'm extremely worried 😢.

[kamaldeepkaur]

Mam when i make my son di the excercise like this.. he does not bears the weight he put his arms down and head down.. but sometime he puts up the weight also ... Is he moody in doing this

[rahmayusuf]

My baby is 5month, she nows how to roll from back to tummy, tummy to back, but there is this habit i dont know where she learn from, , she use her head and back to crawl.do you have any idea as to why she does this or how to help her to stop

[ingridmfigueroacharriez]

Hello! How many of these should I do with my baby? He hasn’t done baby push ups yet and hasn’t sit up on his own. He is 9 months old

[ShySundry]

I try and do all of these... but the issue comes as soon as she is in the plank positions she always tries to roll back over... which makes it difficult to teach and support her body to use her arms... she does great in the sitting position though. Any suggestions or recommendations to.try and keep her from rolling or twisting her wasit to roll to encourage her using her arms in the plank positions?

[rinks]

Hello mam
My boy is 8 month old but i have an accident and my boy head injuring so he can not crawl .
He can not weight on his arms so plz suggest what can i do

[jenniferkoehler]

My son is 10.5
Been getting on all 4 for 3 mos
Been army crawling since 7 mos but pushes with left foot and drags right leg. When doing supportive planks. He can support with left hand and lift right. But when trying to support with right to left left... he faceplants

[cocobeaner]

My little guy is 7 months old and is good with tummy time but only on his forearms, he will not push up into straight arms. He is able to roll both ways and sit unassisted (never did a tripod sit), and has started to pull himself forward while on his belly, sort of like an army crawl but hasn't quite figured out how to kick his legs with his arms. Just worried as I'm reading that pushing into straight arms is a 5 month milestone. We've been trying to work on having him bear weight on straight arms and he will occasionally but he often bends his arms or gets frustrated. Is that something you see at this age? How can I encourage him to push into straight arms?

[alexz]

What if you baby only sometimes play with toys and does so even less so during tummy time (he hates it)? I dont have the benefit of distracting him to keep him from eventually crying during his tummy time exercises?