The Most Crucial Part Of Your Child's Development with Kissing Spot Author Shirley Gutkowski

This episode could change your life - I don't think I've ever said that about one of our episodes before! What if knowing a little more about your child's face (or even your own) could change how you approach all the challenges you or your child may be having from snoring or sleep apnea to ADHD? And it all starts BEFORE your baby is born! Shirley Gutkowski is a grandma of three, mom of five and wife of going on 50 years! She has all her own hair, stopped coloring it a year ago and is the owner of Primal Air a company that helps people get their face to work right. She is also the author of the first pre parenting book focused on development of the face. More Than a Kissing Spot: Your New Baby's Face is a simple and deep dive into all the things people need to know about the mouth and tongue before they are exhausted parents. Biologists say that human babies are born about seven months ear­ly as compared to other mammals. Human babies are born ear­lier because of their head size; they'd never make it out at all if they lived in the womb for 16 months. Because of this early exit babies are extremely defenseless. All they have is their cuteness and crying to do everything necessary to get their needs met. It's up to the "hard wiring" of maternal instinct to take over for the rest, including making sure the baby is breathing through their nose. Shirley's book, More than a Kissing Spot: Your New Baby's Face is the most important child development book written to date. Written for soon to be parents, it takes the mystery out of one of the most unusual organs in body, the tongue. The tongue is the most important driver of facial development, and rarely mentioned in discussions of the face. You're going to love this show - she's a hoot and full of amazing information you do not want to miss one minute of this episode - Enjoy the show! Check out Shirley's website at Shirley Gutkowski, RDH, BSDH Shirley Gutkowski is a practicing orofacial myofunctional therapist and Buteyko breathing educator practicing in Sun Prairie, WI. Since she was taught by world-renowned (OMT) expert Joy Moeller and breathing retraining based on Buteyko Breathing Retraining techniques taught by world-renowned Buteyko expert Patrick McKeown. She is nationally known as an author and international speaker. As America's Dental Hygienist her passion for prevention is practically legendary. She is seeing referral patients in her specialty practice on OMT and breathing retraining.

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The Most Crucial Part Of Your Child's Development with Kissing Spot Author Shirley Gutkowski is an episode from The Teaching Your Toddler Podcast by Marijo Tinlin.

This episode is 35:49 long.

This episode was published on Feb 14, 2025.

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