When my son was born, I held him like he was made of glass.
Miriam, my partner, handled him with natural confidence from day one. She knew how to hold him, how to soothe him, how to read what he needed. But every time I picked him up, he'd fuss. I didn't know what I was doing wrong. I was terrified of making one wrong move.
I felt like a visitor inside my own family.
There was a night, early on, where Miriam was exhausted and I tried to take over. He screamed. Nothing I did worked. It wasn't like this for Miriam or his grandma. Just me.
That was the lowest point, and the moment I decided something had to change.
Not in him. In me.
A few weeks later, I remembered an old coach mentioning an acrobatics class for babies. Especially for dads. So when my son was three months old, we went.
The instructor turned out to be a Guinness World Record holder who'd been training babies and children to move for over 40 years. What I saw in that room changed everything I thought I knew. Dads confidently engaging with their children through dynamic movement.
Babies gripping, swinging, laughing. Not fragile. Strong.
And the babies weren't being put at risk. They were being given what they biologically needed: movement, stimulus, challenge. Delivered in a way that was appropriate for their bodies.
Because safety isn't about avoiding movement. It's about building competence.
I walked in terrified of dropping my son. I walked out understanding something I couldn't unlearn.
Within weeks, the change was obvious. I mean, we were already giving him as much freedom of movement as we could have & he'd already held his head up before one month old. But after the class, the progress accelerated. He crawled at six months. He walked at eleven.
But not because we pushed him faster.
Because we gave him the right movement input at the right time, and his body did what it was designed to.
I knew most parents would never find a class like that. Most parents don't happen to live near a world-record-holding movement instructor with four decades of experience. And even if they did, a weekly class can only cover so much.
So I started building.
Why this exists
I'm not a physical therapist. I'm not a pediatric expert.
I'm a dad who gets obsessed when something matters.
It's actually a pattern in my life...
At 24, I was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis.
Doctors told me to prepare for a life on medication that may or may not help, with symptoms that would likely progress. I declined all prescribed treatments and started researching on my own.
That decision led me down years of deep, sometimes extreme research into health, biology, fasting, breathwork, sleep science, and human physiology. Along the way, I got deep into fasting and spent two years writing a book on it from scratch. No AI (it didn't exist yet), no ghostwriter. Two years of reading studies, self-experimenting, and putting what I learned into a system others could follow.
That book holds a near-perfect reader rating and has helped people across the world change their relationship with food and health.
Today, more than ten years after my MS diagnosis, I live without symptoms and without medication. I'm in the best shape of my life. I share this not as medical advice, but because it explains something important about how I work. When something matters enough, I don't stop researching until I find better answers. And then I build systems so other people can access what I found.
Baby Acrobatics comes from that exact same obsession. When my son was born and I discovered how much modern life was quietly working against his development, I couldn't leave it alone.
How the program came together
I didn't plan to build a product. I just kept going deeper.
After the class, I started reading everything I could find on infant motor development, neuroplasticity, early movement science. But I also knew I wasn't a clinician. So I found licensed pediatric occupational therapists and started working with them. Not to get a stamp of approval. To actually figure out what was safe, what wasn't, what age things became appropriate, what parents should watch out for.
That took years. Still ongoing. Every single exercise got taken apart. Is this safe at three months? What if the parent does it wrong? What should they look for? Where do people mess this up? (I messed up plenty of things myself, so I had good source material.)
We ended up with 98 exercises for ages 0 to 24 months. Each one has video, annotated images, hand positions, safety cues, and the mistakes I've seen parents make. The written guide is over 200 pages. And it all lives in an app that matches your baby's actual development stage and tells you what to do this week. Open it, do 10 minutes, done.
I built the thing I wish someone had handed me the day my son was born.
The expert review
I built this with expert help. But I also wanted it torn apart by people who had no stake in it being good.
So we brought in two licensed pediatric OTs who had nothing to do with creating the program. Their job was to find problems. Flag anything unsafe, unclear, or poorly matched to a baby's actual developmental stage.
Carissa Heestand, OTD, OTR/L
Doctor of Occupational Therapy. Works with kids ages 6 months through 13 years. Neurodiversity-affirming, play-based approach. Went through the entire program checking developmental readiness cues, co-regulation checkpoints, and whether the progressions actually held up.
Taimi Santisteban Sosa, MS, OTR/L
Licensed OT, 8+ years across acute care, rehab, outpatient pediatrics, and early intervention. Bilingual. Stress-tested every exercise, every warning callout, every age gate, every caregiver instruction.
Made possible thanks to my love, Miriam
I built this program. Every exercise, every page, every video. But it wouldn't exist without Miriam.
She's the reason I know what a confident parent looks like, because I got to watch one up close every day. When I was terrified of holding our son, she wasn't. When I was second-guessing every movement, she was just doing it. She's a certified holistic nutrition consultant with over 10 years in wellness and family health, and she's been my sounding board, my reality check, and the person who tells me when I'm overcomplicating things.
The program was built by the scared parent. But it was shaped by living with the confident one.
What we believe
The world is full of programs promising to unlock your child's inner “genius.” That just creates anxiety.
Babies aren't fragile. They're designed to move. Every wobble, every failed reach, every face-plant during tummy time is the brain writing code. That's not a setback. That is the process.
The goal isn't early. It's strong. We're not trying to get your baby walking at 9 months so you can post about it. We want the foundation to be solid so that when they do walk, they do it well.
Modern life changed the rules. Your parents didn't need a program like this because you probably spent your babyhood on the floor, being carried around, climbing on things. Today's babies spend 6+ hours a day in containers. Car seats, bouncers, swings, strollers. Nobody's fault. Just how life is now. But it means babies are getting less movement input than any generation before them. We're not adding extra work. We're putting back what got taken away.
And we follow the baby's lead. Your baby has their own timeline. Our job is to make sure they have what they need so their development can unfold the way it's supposed to. Not faster. Just properly.
What this is not
Baby Acrobatics is an educational program. Not medical advice. Not therapy. Not a replacement for your pediatrician or anyone your baby is already working with.
If your baby has a diagnosed condition, was born premature, or is in physical or occupational therapy, talk to their doctor or therapist before starting anything new. We're designed to complement professional care, not replace it.
You're welcome to share our expert review and safety guidelines with your baby's healthcare provider.
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support@babyacrobatics.comBaby Acrobatics is created by Andri, with the love and support from Miriam.