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canonical: https://aderettherapy.com.au/resources/the-wobble-comes-first/
title: The Wobble Comes First
slug: the-wobble-comes-first
date: 2026-08-04
type: song
status: published
image: hero.jpg
image_alt: Aderet Therapy Weekly video thumbnail for the original song 'The Wobble Comes First', 4 August 2026
summary: A gentle acoustic folk song about wobbling being the first part of learning to balance, not a sign that anything has gone wrong.
keywords: wobbly, balance, toddler milestones, paediatric physiotherapy, paediatric physiotherapy Campbelltown, parenting podcast, original song, children's song, NDIS
youtube: https://youtu.be/xCR3vl-bh9E
---
A gentle acoustic folk song about wobbling being the first part of learning to balance, not a sign that anything has gone wrong.

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 the song from episode 5, “Why does more practice not fix a wobbly child?”.

This has been created with the help of AI.

## Links
- [Aderet Therapy](https://aderettherapy.com.au)
- [Listen to the full episode (Aderet Therapy Weekly, episode 5)](https://open.spotify.com/episode/57W3h3OQIJvUFDnv9DL1dr?si=avqYc9uHQQy3cjj0Xx3bMg)

## Lyrics

**Verse**

Hand on the low table, one foot in the air  
Halfway to standing and halfway to nowhere  
Down on the carpet and up on your toes  
That is not failing, love, that is how it goes  


**Chorus**

The wobble comes first and the steady comes after  
A knee on the floor and a mouthful of laughter  
Nobody's counting and nobody's timed it  
The wobble comes first, and then you'll find it  


**Verse**

Three little things hold you up off the ground  
Strong, and knowing, and working it out  
One of them is still learning, love, that is all  
That is all that a wobble is, that is all  


**Chorus**

The wobble comes first and the steady comes after  
A knee on the floor and a mouthful of laughter  
Nobody's counting and nobody's timed it  
The wobble comes first, and then you'll find it  


**Outro**

The wobble comes first  
And then you'll find it  

## 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.
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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