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canonical: https://aderettherapy.com.au/resources/a-little-up-a-little-down/
title: A Little Up, A Little Down
slug: a-little-up-a-little-down
date: 2026-09-15
type: song
status: published
image: hero.jpg
image_alt: Aderet Therapy Weekly video thumbnail for the original song 'A Little Up, A Little Down', 15 September 2026
summary: A song about self regulation - when the child who read beautifully at ten cannot take a word in at four, and the dial that brings them back down.
keywords: self regulation, sensory processing, homework meltdown, regulation for kids, optimal zone of learning, paediatric physiotherapy, paediatric physiotherapy Campbelltown, parenting podcast, original song, children's song, NDIS
youtube: https://youtu.be/W4j_T2lOQZg
---
The phenomenon when the same child who read beautifully at ten cannot take a word in, and the dial to bring them back down is the same as what you have been turning on yourself since breakfast.

Aderet Therapy Weekly is a weekly paediatric physiotherapy podcast for parents of babies and young children, made by Aderet Therapy in Campbelltown, in the Macarthur region of NSW. Each episode mixes short talk segments with original songs written for the week's topic. This is a song from the episode "What does a physio look for in a child's posture?".

This has been created with the help of AI.

## Links
- [Aderet Therapy](https://aderettherapy.com.au)
- [Listen to the full episode (Aderet Therapy Weekly, 14 September 2026)](https://open.spotify.com/episode/2TStTBJTdijVJq6hT2G1t1?si=kuXT5eFXSuKjMqxJFecyGg)

## Lyrics

**Verse**

He's up and down and off the chair  
with the whole room in his head  
the page wants him to sit and read  
and he's ten miles up ahead  


**Chorus**

It's not a fight you have to win  
it's a dial you have to find  
a little up, a little down  
and the day comes back in line  


**Verse**

You've done it to yourself all day  
a coffee to start the job  
you never once thought you were bad  
you just turned the little knob  


**Chorus**

It's not a fight you have to win  
it's a dial you have to find  
a little up, a little down  
and the day comes back in line  


**Bridge**

Ten jumps out on the grass  
or a story on your knee  
then the very same page  
reads as easy as can be  


**Chorus**

It's not a fight you have to win  
it's a dial you have to find  
a little up, a little down  
and the day comes back in line  


**Outro**

A little up, a little down  
and you'll find it every time  

## Disclaimer
This song and this video are general information. Every child is unique, and nothing here is medical advice or a substitute for a conversation with your GP, your child and family health nurse, or your physiotherapist. The episode this song comes from says what can and cannot be supported by evidence; the song does not make clinical claims.

## About Aderet Therapy
Paediatric physiotherapy for newborns to 18 years: gross motor development, assistive technology, communication physiotherapy, aquatic physiotherapy, key worker early intervention, school holiday programs, and the free Little Movers League community sessions. NDIS, Medicare and private health.
Suite 10, 261 Queen Street, Campbelltown NSW. Wheelchair accessible, free parking.
Phone 02 4949 7276 · info@aderettherapy.com.au · aderettherapy.com.au

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