Hi Khloe,
sorry for the late reply, just went for a holiday with the family. We have 3 people doing the patterning. We did it 6 times a day, seven times a week. That is during the time when he was still not crawling and creeping. We have one person hold the head and the other two persons on the hand and legs at each side. You are right that it needs a lot of commitment from the family members. But the benefits are excellent. Once we did that for a week, we saw our son starting to crawl. (Glenn Doman's definition for being on the floor tummy down). Within half a year or so, he started to creep (tummy up). My son, crawls and creeps a lot for the first 2 years. He only started to walk when he is 2.5 years old. Patterning does not only helps with the motor skills, it also allows a child to have a good visual image, speech, brain development etc.
I only have limited experience in this, but I must say it is very importment for our brain injured child as well as kids that do not start creeping and crawling early.
My 3rd child is a bit delayed and did not crawl/creep at 6mths so i started to pattern her as well and leave her on the floor. At 7 mths, she can creep (tummy up) the house, says ma ma, pa pa etc.
So I believe pattterning is good.
you may want to refer to this site for more information,. http://www.iahp.org/
best regards


