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PRESENTER: Want to have
her in neutral to start.

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We always like to start with
a nice, calm baby that's

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in this nice awake, alert state.

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This is the state for learning.

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So we're just going to
start with some cheek rubs.

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We're going to go 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.

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And then squishy
faces 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.

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Now, we always want to ask
permission to come in the mouth.

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So I'm going to pick her
up with my other hand.

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And I'm going to
say, can I come in?

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Can I come in?

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Do you see how she's opening?

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So then I'm going to go in.

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If her mouth is shut, we're
going to respect her cues.

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Then I'm going to
rub on her gums

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as if she has teeth
on the bottom.

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2, 3, 4, 5.

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There we go.

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And then I'm going to turn
my finger over and push it up

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on the top at the back, where
she's going to eventually have

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molars.

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And do you see how she's
kind of chewing on my finger?

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AUDIENCE: Mm-hmm.

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PRESENTER: You want to actually
see her go chew, chew, chew,

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chew, chew.

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She kind of did a little there.

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Let's get your finger
out of your mouth.

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And go chew.

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[CRIES]

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OK.

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So if she cries like that,
we're going to respect her cues,

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and we're just going
to let her suck.

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Because she's telling us,
that's too hard for me.

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We're like, OK.

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So then we're going to
do a little tug of war.

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I'm going to put my finger
on the roof of her mouth,

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pushing up on her palate.

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And when I push up, that's going
to trigger her suck reflex.

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And then I'm going to slowly--

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oh, do you see how
she just popped off?

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AUDIENCE: Mm-hmm.

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PRESENTER: She had no
suction whatsoever.

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So I'm going to let her suck,
and then I'm going to slow--

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oh.

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She's breaking that seal.

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So this is the tug of war.

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This is to try to get
that tongue stronger.

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So suck, suck, suck.

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I'm going to slowly pull out.

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And she doesn't want to play.

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You don't want to
play tug of war?

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Suck, suck, suck slow--

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there we go.

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There's a little bit.

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So you can do that tug
of war 5 to 10 times.

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She's she's not really into it.

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She's just like, whatever.

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So then I'm going
to take my finger

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and flip it over and just
push down on her tongue

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and then pull out.

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And the goal is to try to
get her tongue to stick out.

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See how it's coming
out over the gums?

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AUDIENCE: Mm-hmm.

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PRESENTER: Can I come in?

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Doo, doo, doo.

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AUDIENCE: And you want
it to go over the gum?

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PRESENTER: So I'm touching
the middle of her tongue,

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and then I'm going
to pull it out.

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And usually, you'll see
that tongue stick out

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like a little froggy.

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AUDIENCE: OK.

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PRESENTER: Boop, boop, boop.

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Again, I'm asking her
to let me come in.

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And--

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AUDIENCE: She's saying no.

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PRESENTER: --she's
telling me no.

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Did you see how her eyes
went from active and engaged

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to, like, I'm over it?

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AUDIENCE: Yes.

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PRESENTER: So this means she is
communicating to me, I'm done.

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AUDIENCE: OK.

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PRESENTER: OK.

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So we're going to
respect her cues.

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I'll see one more time if I
can show you a cheek exercise.

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Can I come in?

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There we go.

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Thank you.

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So I'm going to go in
her cheek and just pulse.

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1, 2, 3, 4, 5.

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Do you see how the
first couple ones,

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she closed her
cheeks on my finger

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and her tongue kind of moved?

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1, 2, 3, 4, 5.

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So this side, you saw
she wasn't as active.

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AUDIENCE: Yeah.

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PRESENTER: So we're
trying to get this side

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to do what that side--
this side was perfect.

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Hi, little one.

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This one really
went [INAUDIBLE].

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The muscles contracted.

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AUDIENCE: So are these
exercises that prevent

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the tie from coming back?

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PRESENTER: These are
exercises that help strengthen

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and coordinate the tongue.

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So we use these as
suck-training exercises

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with babies that
have no ties, where

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we're trying to teach
strength and range of motion.

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And these are great
for babies that

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have a tie that we're going to
release to help reteach them

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how to use that tongue, to
move the tongue to all planes.

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AUDIENCE: Got it.

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PRESENTER: And then
there's one more exercise.

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We're going to go in, and we're
going to touch the tongue.

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And we're going to see if
it follows your finger.

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So I'm going to touch
the side of the tongue.

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And then I'm going to
tell it to follow me.

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So it's follow the leader.

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So I'm going to go touch,
touch, touch on the side.

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Come follow me.

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There it goes.

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Touch, touch, touch.

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Come follow me.

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Touch, touch, touch.

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Come follow me.

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And then touch, touch, touch.

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Come follow me.

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Touch touch touch.

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See how her tongue's
coming straight out instead

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of following on that side?

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There it goes.

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And then she's getting
better and better.

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Now, if she starts
to cry, we're just

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going to put our finger back
in and just let her suck.

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So the goal is that
our tongue needs

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to move side to
side, in and out,

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and up and down to have
full range of motion.

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So we can teach and
train that tongue

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how to do that with
these exercises.

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AUDIENCE: Got it.

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PRESENTER: All done.

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Good job, baby.

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AUDIENCE: All right.

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Should I stop this?

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PRESENTER: Yeah.