A brief THREAD on children’s bodies & connection, working with this gorgeous photo tweeted today by father @briancar1983 . (Mum @kellydeans3003 might have taken it.) Most people see the JOY. But there’s so much more. 
2. Sitting on Dad’s shoulders requires balance. With every step Dad takes, t baby has to adjust his posture. He uses his muscles. Know what? His core strength is increased. He will need that core strength, in future years, to sit up at a desk in school. mommybites.com/col1/baby/how-…
3. So let’s think abt t modern world. Most babies travel in strollers & car seats. That doesn’t strengthen core muscles. Toddlers walk less than they used to. Core not strengthened. Indeed: today‘s children seem to be faring worse than earlier generations. enablingadaptations.com/core-strength-…
4. Switch focus to his hands. There's a similarity to them. They are both folded over, relaxed. Isn't that fascinating? The two sides of his body have a correspondence, even if they are 'doing' different things.
5. And look at this feet! Same correspondence. They are both oriented in similar positions. It shows a coherence within his body -- his muscle system, his skeletal system, his nervous system. That coherence yields in his body a sense of safety & ease.
6. Remember the thread from earlier today by
@CharlotteEDavie , talking about the clues in children's bodies, that can tell us how they are experiencing the moment? Well, she is addressing the same kind of territory I'm talking about here.
@CharlotteEDavie , talking about the clues in children's bodies, that can tell us how they are experiencing the moment? Well, she is addressing the same kind of territory I'm talking about here.
https://twitter.com/CharlotteEDavie/status/1482115251671912458?s=20
7. Does t baby know all this? Of course not. All of this is being built into his body, into his development, unconsciously. Yet it will have a major impact on how he experiences HIMSELF & his world. Guess what? It was the same for us too. We had unconscious baby experiences too.
8. This wee one? What he'll be most conscious of in this moment is t FUN of being on Daddy's @briancar1983 shoulders! We can see that on his face. (Even though Daddy couldn't, in that moment. I'll bet there was laughter as a pretty good clue...) All behaviour is communication...
9/end. All parents bequeath body-stories to their children. All of us carry such stories, unheard, inside our bodies. If we listen, we can learn what they have to tell us. @fionalarkin13 & I have been thinking about creating workshops that can help people listen. Stay tuned...
@paulinescott222 @UpstartScot @GiveTimeScot @Henry_Hepburn @KeepEYsUnique @KeeganSmith_Law @JohnCarnochan @DadsRockOrg @kdenvir @DADSWORK @FJRMonifieth @TheBabyExpert @childinmind @GoddardBlythe @haynes_wiley @CraigmillarBFB @Bookbug_SBT @ChrisOrr_ELC @Oxpip @JANEOROURKE
10/ps. And I'm pleased that I'm not the only one talking about core strength & the posture of sitting just at the moment. Here's @SwailesRuth on the same theme... @briancar1983 @kellydeans3003 @GiftedEurope @paulinescott222
https://twitter.com/SwailesRuth/status/1481713205324001280?s=20
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