Beginnings

Pre-Pregnancy

The true foundation of a well-adjusted adult starts before conception.   We have known for years, and now have research backing up the well-established truth of the importance of the mental and emotional state of the mother prior to conceiving.  Her disposition both positive and negative can have a profound effect on her child during pregnancy.  The cortisol levels prior to and during pregnancy play a foundational role in the trajectory of her child’s emotional, physical, intellectual, and relational development.

The importance of self-care prior to pregnancy is paramount.  The stress of work, family and even trying to conceive can weigh heavy on you.

We help you achieve peace and balance through our Beginnings multisensory program.  Begin preparing for your child’s balanced and vibrant life today.

Pregnancy

98% of my current toddler and school aged clients are seeking help with prenatal or postnatal “trauma” or stressors.  Working with a child from conception sets the foundation for an emotionally, physically, intellectually, and relationally vibrant individual!  Firefly Beginnings also lays the foundation for a beautiful bonded relationship between mother and baby.

You will receive active support to deal with any stressful events or situations that come into your life during your pregnancy.  Research has shown that heightened cortisol levels in the mother during pregnancy can negatively alter the developmental trajectory of your child.   Firefly is here to support you and your growing baby during this prenatal window to insure mental, emotional, and hormonal balance are maintained throughout your pregnancy.

Mothers who have used a Firefly Beginnings multisensory program during their pregnancy report feeling more relaxed, self-aware, and confident.   These mothers also suffer less “brain-fog” and a heightened ability to communicate and process stressful thoughts and concerns in a productive manner.   Physically, these mothers report having a more graceful stride and better balance throughout their pregnancy.

The birthing process is also positively impacted by the prenatal Firefly Beginnings program.  Research backs these mothers’ reports that the baby finds the prime birthing position without intervention, leading to a natural vaginal birth.  The baby becomes an active member in the birthing process which leads to a faster and less stressful birth, a high APGAR score, and an active, calm, alert baby at delivery and beyond.

After birth, mothers report their Firefly Beginnings babies are more alert, easy to calm, inquisitive, eager to explore, joyfully interact and engage with the world around them.  They also met their developmental milestones with purpose and more quickly than siblings that did not have a prenatal Firefly Beginnings program.

Infancy

Infancy is an awe inspiring yet critical time of development.  This is when the primitive reflexes are so wonderfully displayed in the many developmental milestones at which we marvel.   The warmth of your baby grasping your finger when you place it in her hand.  Or the struggle to get his sock on when you touch the bottom of his foot and his big toe jets upward and his toes fan out.  Or when his head jerks back and his arms and legs jet out and back in while he begins to cry at the sound of the dog accidentally knocking a book off the table.   All the amazing primitive reflexes play a vital role in the developmental milestones of your baby and are critical to their future developmental pathway.

Did you know your baby is more likely to have developmental delays when they are premature, had a NICU stay, had a traumatic birth, was born via Caesarean Section, experienced post-birth complications, born blue, and many other birth related issues?  Many of these common birth related events cause the body to perceive “trauma” and the primitive reflexes become frozen in place.

When primitive reflexes are retained, they cause the majority of the neurodevelopmental delays we witness in toddler and school age struggles.  Delays such as, not crawling, difficult learning, difficulty with speech, struggles in math, struggles with reading, uncoordinated, emotional unregulated, ADHD, Autism, auditory/speech processing, etc. are linked directly to these retained reflexes.

Firefly Beginnings programs for infants are designed to intervene as soon as there is “trauma,” whether we see it or not.  We work with the body to release the “trauma” response and allow the body to naturally continue integrating the primitive reflexes as it was designed to do.  The sooner I work with my clients, the sooner we can get them back on track so they have no neurodevelopmental delays.

I also work closely with you, as your infant matures to ensure all developmental milestones are achieved.  We will observe your child to verify they are meeting these milestones in a timely manner.  If we observe a milestone delay, we will do a simple, natural, non-invasive Firefly Beginnings program to ensure the primitive reflex is gently and naturally inhibited, which will allow the body to continue to the next developmental milestone.

Toddlers

The toddler years are amazing while you witness your baby finding a voice, an opinion of their own, independence, mobility, and new skills by the dozens!  This is a critical time of life to evaluate that all the primitive reflexes have been integrated and there are no hindrances to smooth neurodevelopment.  These years are crucial for laying the foundation of learning, relationships, emotional balance, and success as an adult.

Firefly Beginnings programs for toddlers intervene at this young age and allow us to quickly address any delays or concerns we might see while they work through these critical developmental years.  Toddlers who use Firefly Beginnings programs avoid learning and developmental struggles as they start school.