The Complete Blueprint to Raise Strong, Capable Kids Through Natural Movement

Video Transcript: Baby Acrobatics - The Blueprint for Natural Baby Development

In 2022, the CDC did something completely unprecedented. They lowered every major baby milestone. So walking used to be standard at twelve months, but now it's normal at eighteen months. Talking used to be expected at twelve months, but now it's fifteen. And crawling, they just removed it. And not because babies suddenly got slower, but because so many babies were falling behind that they had to redefine what normal means.

So today I'm gonna tell you why this happened and what you can do about it. But first, before I get into this, I need to clear something up. If you're here because you want to brag that your kid walked at nine months, this isn't for you. Because honestly, I don't care when your baby walks. I care how they walk, and I care what they build on the way there. So this isn't about creating some super baby who skips stages. In fact, we want the opposite. We want your baby to crawl longer, crawl better, and crawl more symmetrically, because that's what wires their brain and body properly. So if you want to raise a child who moves with confidence, strength, and proper foundation, then keep watching, because I'm about to show you exactly what changed for my family and why what I discovered might be the most important thing you learn as a new parent.

Hi, my name is Andri, and if you've been following me, you've probably seen some of the movement clips that I share online: babies swinging, hanging, flipping. And you're probably wondering two things: Is that safe? And does my baby actually need this? So let me answer both questions today. But first, I want to also acknowledge something. If you felt overwhelmed by all the parenting advice out there, if you tried tummy time and your baby just screamed, if you wondered whether you're doing enough or too much, that's not your fault. Because modern parents have been given almost no guidance on how to actually support their baby's physical development. We get told to do tummy time, but not how. We're told milestones to watch for, but not what to do if they're struggling. And worst of all, we've been taught to be afraid of our babies, like they might actually break if we move them wrong. And that fear, that's the real problem. And so today I'm gonna show you why.

Right now, there's a silent crisis happening to babies in the developed world. Our modern lifestyle has accidentally broken the natural way babies learn to move. And so here's what I mean. Just one or two generations ago, babies spent most of their days on the floor, struggling, reaching, and figuring out gravity with their own bodies. But today, the average baby spends over six hours a day inside containers: car seats, bouncers, swings, strollers, rockers, and high chairs. Now, I get it. These things are necessary often, and they keep babies safe when we're driving, and they give you five minutes to take a shower. But here's what's happened. Modern parenting culture has made convenience look like responsibility, so these containers get used as babysitters, as default positions, as the places babies spend most of their waking hours. And the result? Well, it's delayed crawling, weak cores, flat heads, W sitting, and worst of all, babies who don't trust their own bodies. We've engineered the struggle out of their lives, and in doing so, we've taken away the very thing that builds their strength, coordination, and confidence.

And now here's where this gets even worse. When public health officials finally noticed something, all these new problems, instead of fixing them, instead of addressing the root cause, they just lowered the bar. So walking, as I said, used to be standard at twelve months, but now it's normal at eighteen months. Talking used to be expected at twelve months, now it's fifteen, and crawling is not even considered a milestone anymore. And this is unbelievable to me. The response to an entire generation of delayed babies wasn't to ask, "What are we doing wrong?" It was to redefine normal downward. But here's the thing: if you're watching this, I already know that you're not looking for normal, because normal these days sits more than it moves. Normal is delayed. Normal is anxious parents and under-stimulated babies. But you, you want something different. You want to raise a child who's strong, confident, curious, and capable, and that starts with understanding one simple truth: babies don't need more protection, they need more practice. And that's the belief that changed everything for me, and it's probably the opposite of what you've been told.

So let me tell you how I discovered this. When my son was born, I held him like he was made of glass, and I wanted to be this fun, active, engaged dad, but instead, I was a helicopter parent, period, terrified of making one wrong move. But my wife, well, she handled him with confidence, and he responded to that. He engaged with her. But every time I tried to hold him, he'd fuss, almost like as if he could feel my anxiety. And I remember one night, two AM in the bedroom, my wife was completely exhausted, and I wanted to help. I wanted her to get some sleep. So when I tried to take over, the moment I picked him up, instant tears, like crying uncontrollably, and nothing I did could soothe him. But it wasn't like this for my wife or grandma, just me. During the day, it was even worse. In the early days, I'd look at him in his crib, and I'd feel afraid to even pick him up, my own son, and I was scared to touch him. And all of this made me feel like a visitor inside my own family, like an outsider. Not like watching some bonding session from afar. I was inside the house, in the room, and still somehow on the outside looking in. And that feeling, it was eating me alive.

And at some point, I remembered my old coach telling me, mentioning this acrobatics class for babies, and I remember him saying that it was incredible, especially for dads. So when my son was three months old, we went, and what I saw in that class broke something open in my brain. The first thing that I saw when I walked in were all the dads, and they were swinging their babies, doing inversions, hanging, dynamic movement all around. And then I looked at the babies, and none of them were crying. They were giggling, they were engaged, and they were, like, loving it. But my palms were sweating just from watching. The instructor in that class was a Guinness World Record holder who had been training babies and children for more than forty years. And in that very first class, I realized something after the class that changed my entire approach to parenting. Safety isn't about avoiding movement; it's about building competence. The babies in that room were not being put at risk. They were being given what they biologically needed: movement, stimulus, challenge, in a way that was appropriate for their bodies. And the parents, they weren't reckless. They were confident because they knew exactly what they were doing.

Now, here's the thing: It's not like we were doing nothing before that class either. We did tummy time, we avoided containers, and we followed basic instincts about holding him in varied positions, but it was random, inconsistent, and I was just grabbing ideas from Instagram, hoping that they were right. But I was also constantly second-guessing myself. Is this too much? Is this not enough? Am I doing this correctly? And I'm wondering if this sounds familiar to you. So that class that we went to didn't start my son's development, but what it gave us was a system, a framework, and the confidence to know that what we're doing is the right things, in the right way, at the right times. And that's when everything changed. His development, yes, but more importantly, my confidence as a father. My son held his head up at less than a month old, he crawled at six months, and he walked at eleven. But not because he was gifted and not because of genetics, but because we gave him the movement stimulus that his body needed, constantly, safely, and with confidence.

So for the past two years, I've worked with pediatric physical therapists, occupational therapists, and child development experts to turn what I learned into a complete system. And so today, I want to share three things with you that most parents never learn, three things that will completely change how you think about your baby's development.

Secret number one: Why this is safer than doing nothing. Now, I know what some of you are thinking. You've seen the clips, babies swinging, hanging, and being tossed gently, and your first reaction might be, "Oh, that looks dangerous. What about shaken baby syndrome? What about their joints?" And I totally understand. I thought the same thing at first, but let me clear this up. Shaken baby syndrome comes from violent, repetitive, uncontrolled shaking, the kind that happens in moments of rage and frustration. It has nothing to do with controlled, supportive movements where the baby's head and neck are properly stabilized. Joint injuries, like nursemaid's elbow, happen when you yank a baby's arm suddenly, like grabbing them when they're falling or constantly lifting them from limp limbs. They don't happen when the child is engaged and when you're properly supporting their body weight and moving with control. So here's what's actually dangerous: doing nothing. When babies don't get enough movement stimulus, their muscles stay weak, their proprioception, their sense of where their body is in space, doesn't develop properly. And when they eventually do start moving on their own, they don't have the strength or body awareness to do it safely. So the safest-looking approach, keeping them still, protected, contained, actually creates fragile babies who are more likely to get hurt later on. And that's why our entire program has been independently also reviewed by licensed pediatric occupational therapists. So every exercise has safety cues, progression requirements, and clear guidance on when your baby is ready. So this isn't circus training, it's developmental stimulus done right.

Secret number two: You don't need to be athletic. You need a system. Here's something I hear all the time: "I'm not athletic. I don't have a background in this. I don't trust myself not to hurt my baby." And I get it. I was that person also. But here's what I discovered: Your physical abilities don't matter. What matters is having a clear, progressive system that tells you exactly what to do. So frame it in your head. Think about it like this. Right now, you probably do some movement with your baby: tummy time, rolling, and maybe some things you picked up from Instagram or online or YouTube. But it's mostly random, and you're grabbing exercises here and there, hoping that they're appropriate, and you're constantly also wondering if you're doing this right. Is it too much? Not enough? And that uncertainty is a problem. It's not that you're incapable; it's that you're operating without a map, and Baby Acrobatics gives you the map. Every exercise is age-gated. The app tells you exactly what to do today based on your baby's developmental stage, and you don't have to go around figuring anything out. You just have to follow the system.

One of our most active members used to be a registered nurse with over twenty-two years of infant care experience, and I say "used to be" because her own child outgrew the program. But she told us that she'd been doing many of these movements intuitively already, but having the system gave her the confidence and clarity that she never had before. And another member in our community is a PE teacher who said that, "I know the importance of starting early, but I didn't have a framework that gave me exactly what I needed." So honestly, it's all just about having the right guidance.

Secret number three: Why "just let nature handle it" doesn't work anymore. Here's the objection that I hear constantly, and honestly, it's the most common one: "My kid hit their milestones on their own. I walked at nine months, and nobody did anything special. It's just genetics." And you know what? For you and your parents' generation, that was mostly true. But here's what's different now. The average baby today spends six-plus hours per day in containers: car seats, bouncers, swings, strollers, and high chairs. Your parents didn't have this. Babies in the seventies, eighties, and nineties spent most of their time on the floor, struggling, reaching, and building strength through natural movement. But today, we've engineered the struggle out. So when someone says that my kid walked at nine months without any help, honestly, that's great. It means that their child got enough varied movement, but that's becoming more rare, not more common. The CDC didn't push back milestones because babies are genetically slower, they pushed them back because the environment changed. One of the smartest comments I ever read put it perfectly: "Kids today spend way more time in containers, car seats, swings, strollers, and bouncers, plus screens keeping them still for long chunks of the day. It's not the same as past generations. The overall movement they get is way lower." So the question isn't whether your baby will eventually develop, the question is, in a world that's actively blocking natural development, are you going to just hope for the best? Or are you going to intentionally create movement opportunities that modern life has taken away? Baby Acrobatics isn't adding in extra work, it's restoring what used to happen naturally in a world that no longer provides it automatically.

I also need to address something because it's actually one of the smartest concerns that I hear. Isn't it bad for babies to walk too early? What about crawling? And you're absolutely right to think about that, because here's what most parents don't realize. Milestones are not trophies. Milestones are outputs, and what matters is what becomes before them. And hitting milestones early can be just as unbalanced as hitting them late. A strong head hold at three weeks, often that's a sign of tension, not strength. A baby standing at seven months, that means they likely skipped vital stages that actually protect their joints. And skipping crawling, that can affect balance, coordination, and even reading ability later in life. I've seen adults say that they walked at six months, but now they have severe back problems, and that's real. And this is exactly why Baby Acrobatics is not about speed. We want your baby to build core strength before they sit, crawl symmetrically before they stand, and develop body awareness before they walk. This program has an entire guide dedicated to crawling because we believe it's that critical. One parent even told me that their daughter crawled for four months before she walked, and when she finally did, her pediatrician couldn't believe how strong her core was. So that's the goal: not early, strong. So if you're worried about rushing, good, because you should be. That's a sign that you're thinking about this the right way. So this program isn't about racing, it's about building the foundation, so when your baby does walk, they do it with strength, balance, and confidence.

So now, let me ask you a question. If you understood why modern life is blocking your baby's natural development, and you had a proven system created with pediatric experts that showed you exactly what to do each day, and that system focused on full development, not rushing, with proper crawling and strength building, and you could feel confident instead of anxious every time you moved and played with your baby, do you think you could raise a stronger, more capable, and more confident child? That's exactly what Baby Acrobatics gives you, and I'd love to show you what's inside.

So if it's okay with you, I'd like to take a few minutes to walk you through exactly what you're getting. The first thing that you're going to get is the complete baby movement blueprint, and this is the foundational guide that I spent eighteen months developing with licensed pediatric OTs. It covers our entire philosophy of natural development, the safety principles, and age-appropriate progressions from newborn through walking. Baby Acrobatics isn't just exercises, it's the framework for understanding your baby's physical development, the why behind everything we do. And to put this in perspective, the pediatric occupational therapists who reviewed the program charge between $150 to $200 per session. And if you hired them privately to create a personalized developmental framework for your family, you'd easily spend, like, $2,000 or more. But you're getting their expertise distilled into a system that you can use every single day.

Then there's the complete exercise library with more than fifty movements, and this is where it gets practical. Every single exercise in our system with step-by-step photos, detailed instructions, safety cues, and common mistakes to avoid. No guessing, no, "Am I doing this right?" Just clear visual guidance for every movement. Now, I know what you're thinking: "Oh, I can find the exercises on Instagram." But here's the difference. Random clips don't tell you when an exercise is appropriate. They don't show you progression requirements, they don't tell you what mistakes look dangerous, and they don't give you the system. Our library is organized by developmental stage, so you know exactly which exercise match where your baby is today. Not too advanced, but also not too basic. A single session with a pediatric physical therapist to learn proper movement technique runs also about $150 to $200. And with fifty-plus movements in our library, you spend easily over $1,500 in private instruction to learn what's included here.

Now, next up are our daily movement routines, and this is what takes Baby Acrobatics from just information to transformation. You don't have to figure out what to do each day. You just open the app, and your daily fifteen-minute routine is waiting for you, tailored to your baby's current developmental stage. The routines themselves also automatically progress as your baby grows, so you're always doing exactly the right movements at exactly the right times. No planning, no overwhelm, just open, follow along, and done. And you can compare this to hiring a baby movement specialist to come over to your home and guide you through daily exercises. And even if you could get this for $50 per session, you'd spend nearly three hundred in a single week.

Number four is the Parent Guides Bundle, and these are our companion resources that deepen your practice. So there's the Parent's Ultimate Guide to Crawling, which is our most comprehensive guide, because we believe that crawling is that important. Greasing the Groove Guide shows you how to integrate movement naturally throughout your day. First Step Support, Core Strength Builders, Creating Your Confident Cruising Zone, and Walking Activities and Games. These guides represent hundreds of hours of research and expert consultation. Sold separately, they'd easily run ninety-seven dollars. And finally, you'll get access to our private parents community for questions, wins, and connecting with other parents on the same path.

So let's add up all the value that you'll be getting. The blueprint is four hundred and ninety-seven dollars. The exercise library, also four ninety-seven. The daily routines, two ninety-seven, and the parent guides, ninety-seven. That's a total value of nearly fourteen hundred dollars, but I'm not going to charge you anywhere close to that. However, before I reveal the investment, let me ask you something. If all this did was replace the two AM Google searches: "Is my baby behind?" "Why won't my baby do tummy time?" with actual answers, would it be worth it? If all this did was help your baby build a strong, symmetrical crawl that properly wires their brain and body, would it be worth it? If all this did was transform those fifteen minutes that you're already spending with your baby from random play into purposeful movement, would it be worth it? If all this guide did was replace the anxiety of, "Am I doing this right?" with the confidence of knowing that you're following a system designed by experts, would it be worth it?

So here's what I've decided. Right now, you have two ways to join Baby Acrobatics. Option one is the blueprint, and that's forty-nine dollars. This is for parents who learn best by reading and looking at photos. So you'll get the complete written blueprint, the full exercise library with photos, daily routines for each stage, all companion guides that I mentioned earlier, and community access. It's everything that you need to start implementing today. And option two, the Visual Masterclass. That's normally two ninety-seven, but right now you can get it for a hundred and forty-nine dollars. And this is for parents who need to see it done. You will get everything in the blueprint, plus also a full video course, so complete training on our philosophy, developmental principles, and how to raise physically confident kids. Fifty-plus movement videos, so every exercise filmed with precise angles and details, so you can see exactly where to position your hands, how to support their body, and what good form looks like. Parent Confidence Series, video modules addressing common fears. Click and play routines, so follow-along video routines that you can stream and repeat. Milestone Achievement visuals, visual guides showing exactly what good looks like at every stage. Expert Interview Series, in-depth conversations with child development experts, and also, finally, all future updates, so every new module, routine, and resource we create for life.

Now, you might be wondering why the Visual Masterclass is a hundred and forty-nine dollars instead of two ninety-seven, and that's because we're still building it. The core video course is complete, the exercise library is live, the Parent Confidence Series is ready, but the click and play routines, they're still in production. The older child modules, those are coming soon as well. So because of that, right now I'm offering founding member pricing. You're getting in early, you're getting a significant discount, and you're getting lifetime access to everything that we build, including features that aren't ready yet. Your feedback will also directly shape what we create next. So you're not just buying a course, you're joining a movement and helping build it. When the Visual Masterclass is complete, the price will go up to two ninety-seven, and that's not a marketing tactic, it's just reality. Because once everything is finished and polished, we just can't justify keeping the price this low. And look, I'm not a physical therapist. I'm also not a pediatric expert. I'm just a dad who was so scared of his own baby that I couldn't pick him up without him crying. If I can learn the system and see my son thrive, then you can too. So this isn't about being special, it's about having the right guidance.

And here's my promise to you: Try Baby Acrobatics for the full thirty days. Do the exercises, watch your baby respond, see how it feels to finally have a system instead of scattered clips from the internet. And if you don't see the strength growing, if you don't feel more confident every time you move with your baby, if it doesn't feel like a better way to spend time that you're already spending with your child, then just email me, and I'll refund every penny, no questions asked, because I don't want your money if this doesn't work for you. So that's how confident I am in what we built here.

So at this point, you have two choices. Choice one is do nothing. Go back to random tummy time that makes your baby scream, keep grabbing exercises from Instagram and hoping that they're appropriate, and wait and see how things turn out. Most babies will eventually hit their milestones, and you'll probably be fine, but you'll also always wonder: What if I had given them more? What if I had been more intentional? Then, your option two is to take the leap. Invest in a proven system, get the clarity and confidence that you've been missing, restore the movement opportunities that modern life has taken away. The moment you click that green button, you'll get instant access to the complete blueprint. Then, within five minutes, you'll be watching your first movement demonstration, and by tonight, you'll be doing your first routine with your baby. And then, thirty days from now, picture this: Your baby is on the floor, and instead of fussing, they're reaching, pushing up, rolling over with purpose, maybe even army crawling with that beautiful cross-body pattern that means that their brain is wiring correctly. They're exploring, having fun, and growing into the curious, capable, independent child you know that they can be. And you, you're not anxious anymore. You're not second-guessing. You're confident because you know exactly what you're doing. That's the parent you're about to become.

So choose the blueprint at forty-nine dollars if you learn best by reading, and choose the Visual Masterclass at a hundred and forty-nine if you need to see it done. Whichever one you choose, you're still covered by our thirty-day guarantee. The only risk is doing nothing. So click the button below, and I'll see you on the inside. Let's raise strong, happy, healthy, capable kids together.