Baby development exercises: Fulkrum Health infant development guide
Built on 19 years of clinical practice · Trusted by 15,000+ families

Your baby is trying to tell you something. We help you understand what.

Reflux, crying, sleep, latch, tension. There is almost always a clinical reason, and almost always something you can do at home. Fulkrum gives you the clinical reasoning and the techniques, organised around your baby’s exact stage.

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DOES ANY OF THIS SOUND FAMILIAR?

If it does,
you’re in the right place.

These are the problems parents bring to clinic every day. We work with them in clinic, demonstrate the techniques, and put the knowledge in your hands.

Baby won’t latch. Often a mechanical tension issue, not a feeding failure. Reflux and vomiting. The valve gets the blame. The tension around it is usually the real story. Crying that won’t settle. A body in discomfort can’t relax. We show you why. Sleep that breaks every night. Restless sleep is often physical, not behavioural. Tummy time refusal. If it hurts, they refuse. There are better alternatives. Asymmetry and preferred side. Head tilt and side preference have mechanical origins. Constipation and digestive discomfort. The gut gets the attention. What's driving it usually sits further up. Comfort and settling. Specific holds that calm a distressed baby in minutes.

ONE EXPLANATION YOU'VE PROBABLY NEVER HEARD

Take a baby who won't stop crying. You've tried everything. You've been told it's colic, gas, temperament, the witching hour.

What's almost never explained is that a baby in a body still holding tension from birth cannot relax on their own. The cervical area, the diaphragm, the nervous system, all of it stays on alert. Hold that baby in the right position, with the right pressure on the right place, and the body lets go. The crying stops in minutes. It's not magic. It's mechanical.

The same kind of reasoning runs through everything we teach. The sleep, the latch, the tension, the refusal to be put down. Once you can see the mechanism, you stop reacting and start acting.

Nicolas Grimaldi, Pediatric Osteopath

This is what the Fulkrum community gives you: the clinical reasoning, in plain language, with techniques you can apply at home.

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HOW IT WORKS

From confusion to clarity in three steps.

Parents, experts, and the clinical method, organised around your baby's exact stage.

1

Find your stage. Meet your people.

Enter your baby's date of birth or due date. Your dashboard matches your stage (pregnancy, 0–6 months, 6–12 months, or 12+), and so does the community. Every parent you meet is in the same window as you.

2

Get the method for where you are.

The 0–6 month program goes live at launch. Pregnancy, 6–12 months, and 12+ roll out through the year. Each stage is a complete program: Nicolas's clinical method, structured for daily use at home, with the reasoning behind every technique.

3

Ask. Get a real answer.

Monthly live calls with Nicolas. Daily exchanges with parents in your stage. The Fulkrum team in the conversation. You're never alone with a question at 2am.

A community of parents and professionals, built around a complete clinical method that grows with your baby, and grows with the questions you bring to it.

ONE WAY TO BEGIN WITH FULKRUM, AT YOUR OWN PACE

One membership. The whole clinical method.

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  • Every technique explained with the clinical reasoning behind it
  • Content unlocks automatically as your baby grows
  • Pregnancy, 6–12 months, and 12+ programs rolling out this year
  • A community of parents in your exact stage, plus the Fulkrum team in the conversation
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Nicolas Grimaldi, Pediatric Osteopath

THE CLINICIAN BEHIND FULKRUM

Nicolas Grimaldi, Pediatric Osteopath.

I'm a Pediatric Osteopath. I moved to Malaysia in 2010 and opened my own practice a year later, now two clinics with eight osteopaths. Across nineteen years of clinical practice, I've seen the same thing again and again: parents arriving exhausted, with babies whose symptoms had a clear mechanical explanation no one had taken the time to give them.

I built Fulkrum to fix that. Most parents will never get the clinical answers they need from a 20-minute appointment. Fulkrum makes that knowledge accessible: structured by stage, delivered as a complete program, supported by a community of parents and professionals.

— Nicolas Grimaldi, Pediatric osteopath, founder of Fulkrum

Pediatric Osteopath19 years clinical practiceFounder of Fulkrum
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A FAIR QUESTION

Why pay for what Nicolas shares for free on Instagram?

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It's the best clinical content a parent can find for free.

But it's one case at a time, about someone else's baby, and it can't answer back when it's yours that needs help.

The membership
The whole clinical program, sequenced for where your baby is now.

When you're stuck, someone who knows answers you directly. No more searching. More time with your baby.

"The program is the foundation. What it can't do on its own is answer your baby at 2am, or sit you beside parents living the same week. That's what the community adds."

Nicolas Grimaldi, Pediatric Osteopath

REAL PARENTS · REAL RESULTS

What parents are saying

He had been crying non-stop for almost an hour and a half. I picked him up and started walking with him the way you show in your videos. He stopped crying and fell asleep in less than 10 minutes. It was mesmerizing to see how calm and quiet he became.

dremolina.h on Instagram

My son was born premature. The doctor said he might be delayed reaching his milestones. I've been using what I learned from Nicolas. Now at six months he has reached the appropriate developmental stage and continues to make progress every day.

jane.es_ on Instagram

He hated tummy time. You gave me a superb alternative: the tiger hold. The effect on my son was marvelous. His neck is so much more stable and steady now.

upnitk on Instagram, India

TRUSTED BY HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS

Excellent lesson. Even basics are often overlooked. Every parent needs to know this.

Pediatric Chiropractor

This has really added to my knowledge in paediatric rehabilitation.

Physiotherapist

As a doula and newborn care specialist, it helps me explain better to my clients how childbirth trauma significantly affects babies.

Doula & Newborn Care Specialist, USA

I'm a chiropractor in Canada and I work with infants. I've been very inspired by how you coach parents through how they can be involved in their baby's development at home.

Chiropractor, Canada

In Practice

Watch first. Then try.

Every technique demonstrated by Nicolas in clinic, so nothing is left to guesswork. You see exactly what it looks like (the hold, the movement, the response) before you apply it at home.

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Common questions

Clear answers to common questions, so you can understand whether Fulkrum is right for you.

Fulkrum is a brand born through the lens of pediatric osteopathy. It exists because most baby products focus on parent convenience rather than a baby's early development. Fulkrum brings osteopathic knowledge into everyday care by educating parents, guiding them through developmental observation and exercises, and designing tools that support a baby's natural movement and organization. Fulkrum also helps parents understand what healthy development looks like, so they can better notice when something may deserve professional attention.
No. Fulkrum is not a medical treatment or therapy. It does not diagnose, treat, or correct medical conditions. Fulkrum provides educational guidance and developmental supports to help parents better understand and support their baby's development. When medical concerns arise, parents should consult a qualified healthcare professional.
Fulkrum is for parents and caregivers of newborns and young infants who want to support early development more intentionally. It is especially relevant during the first months of life, when movement, posture, and interaction play a central role in how development organizes. Fulkrum does not replace individualized medical or therapeutic care.
Fulkrum is designed to integrate into everyday moments such as holding, positioning, play, rest, and interaction. Parents are guided to observe their baby, adjust how they support movement and posture, and apply specific stretching and strengthening exercises when appropriate. These are gentle, developmentally informed, and designed to fit naturally into daily routines. The goal is not to perform techniques, but to support natural development and better understand what the baby is expressing.
Yes. Fulkrum is designed to be used from the very first weeks of life. All guidance respects the baby's comfort, rhythm, and responses. Nothing is forced, and parents are encouraged to adapt everything to their baby's individual needs. Fulkrum avoids rigid routines and aggressive techniques.
Fulkrum supports parents progressively as their baby grows. Parents begin by learning how early development works and what healthy movement and interaction look like. Over time, they are guided through observation, everyday support, and exercises that evolve with the baby's developmental stage. Fulkrum's educational resources and physical supports are designed to grow with this process.
Fulkrum's tools and products are designed to support the guidance parents learn, not replace it. They help make certain movements, positions, and interactions easier to apply safely and comfortably within everyday care. Some families engage primarily through education and observation, while others choose to use physical supports as a natural extension of what they're learning. All Fulkrum products are designed with the same developmental principles in mind.
If you notice persistent discomfort, feeding difficulties, marked asymmetries, or anything that concerns you, it's important to consult a qualified healthcare professional. Fulkrum helps parents recognize when something may deserve closer attention and, when appropriate, can help connect families with pediatric osteopaths and other qualified practitioners within its professional network. Fulkrum does not replace professional evaluation or medical care.

Parenting begins with foundations. Balance, strength, and connection from the very first day.

Nicolas Grimaldi, Pediatric Osteopath

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