Let’s talk crawling and why it can be difficult for your child. I only have a minute and a half to cover a few things so remember, I’m just touching on a few. 🙂 ~ If your child has a retained symmetrical tonic neck reflex a quadruped position can be very hard to maintain. When your child looks down, the arms straighten, and when your child looks up, their arms bend. You have probably also noticed with some of your kiddos or patients that when a child looks up, he is unable to keep his legs unde