FOR NEW PARENTS

Moving With Babies

How early movement shapes connection, attachment, and development

Movement Is Baby's First Language

Before words, babies communicate through movement. Every wiggle, reach, and grasp tells a story — and shapes their growing brain.

This work helps parents understand and support their baby's developmental movement, creating deeper connection and healthier attachment from the very beginning.

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Why Movement Matters

Babies learn and grow through movement. Every push, reach, pull, roll, and wiggle shapes their mental, emotional, and social development.

This learning begins before birth, as Baby feels the rhythm of Mom's movement. It continues in the first year through play, touch, and co‑movement with parents and caregivers.

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Your Body Teaches Baby

Your nervous system health matters just as much as baby's development. Your body teaches baby how to:

  • Regulate emotions
  • Connect with others
  • Explore the world safely
  • Trust their environment
  • Feel safe and secure

You lead the way — not through perfection, but through presence.

Sessions Help Parents:

Understand baby's developmental movement
Support brain development through play
Build secure attachment
Regulate your own nervous system
Connect through movement and touch

When to Seek Support

Consider somatic movement support if:

  • Pregnancy or birth was stressful or traumatic
  • You or baby are struggling with attachment
  • Baby seems unsettled, fussy, or hard to soothe
  • You feel disconnected from your body or your baby
  • You want to support baby's optimal development

This is gentle, accessible work that meets families exactly where they are.

Ready to Connect?

Learn how somatic movement can support you and your baby.

Contact Angie
Angie Yetzke

Meet Angie

A somatic movement therapist, educator, and guide with 30 years of experience in understanding how the body moves and heals.

Angie helps children, adults, parents and families release body‑held tension and trauma, repattern the nervous system, and reclaim peace. Her approach is gentle, relational, and grounded in neuroscience.

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