Yay! Well done, so happy for you x

Hi,

That's the cot top thing I have.  I didn't buy it specially, it was just around. As Korrale says, it will work on any surface if you are there....

DS now aged 13 weeks and trying to sit up!!!!

Good luck in your quests for superbness x

Hi,
Thanks

It was me who mentioned the "cot-top changer"  It is a kind of hard mat that fits across the top of a crib for changing the baby.  The reason I used it was because it has foam and then plastic stuff, like Doman suggests, although it isn't tunnel shaped.  Maybe you could buy one and put it on the floor.  Can't remember how much they are, sorry...

Hi,

I have heard a lot of people say their babies don't like tummy time, like Tracy reports, however the book does say that they will cry on their tummies, but it's because they are trying to take in more oxygen to make the physical effort.  It's true that DS2 is a bit noisy with it.    He is still improving though.  I think he rolled over at 10 weeks, back to front and front to back.  He definitely rolled over yesterday (12 weeks) and I know it because my friend was here and she commented.  Previously I had thought I was imagining it!

Book also recommends stimulating the balance area of the brain, playing aeroplanes etc. 

Good luck

Hello everyone,

Thanks for your responses 
Yesterday I found him on his back in his cot.  I wonder if he rolled or if DH turned him over.... can't be sure on that one.

Ella, The book is How to Teach your baby to be physically superb by Doman.  It will be on Amazon or ebay.  There are plenty of tips in this thread though.  I would also add pram to Korrale's list of things not to use, as far as possible.

Korrale, I'm really pleased for you.  I watched the video and it's amazing.  Thank you so much for sharing.  I hope we can progress as fast you, especially because my mum is terminally ill and I like to have something new to tell her because she won't be around to see in the long term.

Don't know if you saw my other threads but DS1 had a big op when he was born and now has a physical and speech delay so I was keen to do soemthing to encourage DS2 if circumstances allowed.   
MummyRoo, sometimes we do our best but circumstances just don't allow for the progress we hope.  I found this site because I was looking for early learning materials for DS1.  My friends thought I was mad but I bought LR anyway.  Turns out the reason he wouldn't look at books was that he had a problem with his eyesight so he would have had no educational input otherwise.  I like to think we are on this forum for a reason and it's not always to turn out the best, fastest, cleverest child but to help in the ways we can.  PS DS1 walked at 21 months, then fell a lot less than the earlier walkers

Good luck everyone
x

Hello,

Hope this post isn't disappointing to those Doman devotees out there who really did start the program from Day 1 and whose kids really are superb, but I'm so excited I have to post this.

DS2, aged 9 weeks has been moving on his cot top changer (same surface as a crawling track, just flatter) for a while now.  This morning he was in his cot and after a while I heard his head bumping railings.  When I looked, he had travelled the 70cm breadth of the cot!  I put him back, he did it again!  I have just spent the best part of an hour helping him move up and down the mattress.  I'm just speeding his progress by putting my arm behind his feet so he can push off properly.  This might be "cheating" but I'm just trying to compensate for the absence of a crawling track......

I looked in the book and Im exaggerating a bit about his superbness because he's only just above average as "crawling in the prone position culminating in cross pattern crawling" is average at 2.5 months apparently but I'm soooo pleased because I didn't start the program until he was about three weeks, then I didn't do it religiously because I mainly spend time on DS1 while DS2 fits in or gets put away in his cot alot (on his tummy 24/7 - naughty naughty).  Maybe being carried all day in a mei tai also helps....

I'm ashamed to say I was even a bit sceptical about the program despite the rave amazon reviews but Messrs Doman and Hagy, if you are reading this, I'm so sorry! And thank you so much!!

Wow, now I'm off to see where in my home I can fit a 12 foot balance beam.... it might work if I take out the dining table and sofa.   Or I'll just use the line of bricks supporting the flowerbed outside. 
Have a great day everyone,

great, thanks for the tip
will look out for freeplay!

great, thanks!

Hello again,

Thanks for the info.  Sounds like you are doing really well.  So how much Russian do you speak/understand?

Maybe I can put my LR in Turkish, although it would still be my dodgy voice clips, translations etc.  As for French, we listen to plenty of nursery rhymes on youtube but I will start to read.

We are getting Speech and Language appointments, paediatrician etc, so that is all in the pipeline.  He doesn't ask "why?" although I've heard him say it in Turkish, and had to prompt my husband that that required a response.  Thanks for the list.  I'm not worried because he had a big operation at five weeks' old (which can't have exactly HELPED his development because it cut through his core muscles, affecting his physical progress) so he's lucky to be alive. He has also had problems with his eyesight, so couldn't see my babysigns, things held up infront of him, books etc, which hasn't been a great help either. Also, DH and I didn't speak until the ages of 4 and 2 respectively.  Whilst he doesn't communicate much (I'm hungry, thirsty, tired, etc), he does recite the alphabet and know all 52 letters.  He also recognises numbers and knows lines from The Gruffalo, which isn't a lot of use in every day life, admittedly.

Ah well, Susan Boyle was written off at the age of 2 as well
Take care

Hello everyone,

I have just ordered this off Amazon, mainly for myself but to start DS off with listening to the songs on the CD before he learns to speak and discovers the word NO! LOL.  Has anybody else tried it? What did you think?
Many thanks
Angela

Thanks everyone for answering.

I had a go on Piano Wizard and found it really hard, does that sound silly? I don't think DS has therequired mixture of hand-eye coordination and concentration yet, at 2y 11 months.  Preschool say he is more like a 2yo in terms of development.  Is Kinderbach any easier I wonder?

Hi MummyRoo,
Thanks for your reply.

How old is your son and how is he doing with Chinese? Wow!
I heard of OPOL, but it's trying to get them to do it..... especially difficult when I'm not even there!
Great idea for the stories, I'm getting some sent over by French friends.

The only thing is, I think the lack of English is causing him social problems, especially at preschool.  He has days where he hits other kids round the head at preschool almost constantly and pushes them.  I don't think it's all malicious, at least half of it is wanting to play/get their attention.  The Preschool Manager is mistakenly starting to think he has special needs and talks of getting him a one-to-one worker!!!! I don't want this!!!! So this is why I'm not doing French myself, even though I could.  Maybe I am wrong and I should do so for the long-term gain.

Sadly can't get Dad to speak Turkish much at all. This is why I was asking other people if they thought a DVD was enough...  He works long shifts and is often away for days, although this might change due to a recent change in his job situation. He certainly won't see them everyday (hence the DVD input) and when he does, so much is English or onomatopoiec.  Arrgh, so annoying!  I had to work so hard to pick up my languages...

I live in Buxton, Derbyshire. 

Angela

Hi,
Sorry if this has been covered before.

DH's first language is Turkish and he learned English when he came here to the UK.  His mother speaks Turkish and French, which is a family language.  I am English and studied French at University. My problem is that they don't take languages seriously.  DS1 is nearly 3 and starts school in two years.  He responds to commands in French but I haven't heard him speak any.  He knows when Turkish is being spoken and repeats "Good morning, good morning" to Turkish speakers. 

I am worried because my husband doesn't speak exclusively in Turkish.  He mixes Turkish and English even within the same sentence.
My mother in law maybe speaks French when she looks after my son, but mixes with English and Turkish.  If her friends are round, I suspect they all just speak English for the two days per week DS1 is there.

Neither of them bother with books, because they simply aren't interested, although MIL does show DS1 some bilingual flashcards.
DS1 doesn't speak any language much yet, just a bit of English although I suspect it's because he doesn't want to.

1) My question is, will he learn French and Turkish to a satisfactory level with this approach?  Really, I would like him to read before he goes to school because then he will be busy with clubs, homework etc.I guess I could do this myself for French but I would be interested to hear from parents with an older child to whom they taught a language they don't really speak (Turkish in my case) and whether your child speaks now.
2) My husband barely speaks Turkish with the new baby either.  I show him the same Disney dvd every day just for exposure but don't know if he will pick Turkish up from this, don't they need to be spoken to directly?
3) Does anyone have any Turkish resources? websites etc
Any comments appreciated
Thanks

Hi,

I read Doman's Physically Superb book with interest.  However, I am utterly unable to make the required props so improvise where I can.

Instead of a crawling track (I wish!) I put my newborn on his cot top changer which is made of the same plastic.  It is too wide and not really long enough but he is managing to crawl along it!!! And the surface ies just right for him to push up his head, Working much better than just leaving him to exercise in his cot or moses basket, which I was doing previously.

Very pleased with myself.    If anyone has any better ideas about how to create a crawling track which don't involve woodwork, would be delighted to hear...

Thanks everyone.

Sadly, I have given up on the idea of a brachiation ladder, but have recently purchased a 12.99 chin up bar from Argos, which received good reviews.  Yet to be installed.

In my quest for my son's physical superbness, I thought the next best option was an 8ft garden trampoline, bought from Morrisons for £60 which was a bargain, complete with safety net.  I have a friend who has seven sons and the youngest, aged 3 is, in my opinion, "physically superb".  He can do backflips.  The mother does not have internet access or access to Doman books but naturally did a lot of what is suggested there and in general for early learning (putting her finger in baby's hand, carrying him over her shoulder, classical music, lots of reading).  The only kit they had was a big trampoline and a chin up bar across the door which the boys hang upside down from.

Good luck with it all
xx