Gymnastics for the newborn. Physical development of infants

All parents love, cherish and cherish their long-awaited baby, but not everyone remembers that for a full-fledged growth of the baby you need not only timely feeding, bathing, sleep and mother's smile, but also physical development. Gymnastics for a newborn, in conjunction with a massage, copes with this task perfectly. Thanks to these exercises, the muscles of the child are strengthened. They are also the prevention of many diseases.

Gymnastics for the newborn. Basic views

Exercises for babies up to three to four months are based on congenital reflexes. This gymnastics is very simple in execution and useful for the central nervous system of the baby. She also develops muscles and improves muscle tone.

Gymnastics for babies: we train the muscles of the neck and back

Laying on the stomach can be performed already on the first days of the baby's life. In this case, the child instinctively turns his head to one side, so as not to suffocate. Then the baby will be able to hold the head upright for a few seconds. Gradually this time increases. This reflex helps to strengthen the muscles of the back, neck and spine. This exercise should be carried out shortly before feeding the baby, so that "extra" air comes out.

Gymnastics for the newborn: strengthen the spine

This exercise is based on the Galante reflex. For this, the baby needs to be laid on the barrel, holding one hand by the legs, and with the index finger and middle finger of the second hand, with light pressure, carried along the spine. In this case, it is necessary to deviate from it in both directions by about 1.5 cm. In response to this touch, the baby will bend, which helps strengthen the spinal muscles and promote the flexibility of the spine.

Exercise for the feet

The child should be laid on the back, and, taking his foot in his hand, hold the thumb of the second hand on the foot pads. The infant reflexively bends her toes. If you spend on the outside of the feet, starting from the little finger and ending with a large, then the baby's fingers will unbend. This exercise normalizes the tone in the legs of the baby.

Gymnastics for the newborn can also consist of the following classes:

• Exercises for the muscles of the hands. Breast reduction and dilution of the handles to the sides. Bending at the elbows. Raising and lowering of hands. Each exercise is performed on average 4 - 5 times.
• Exercises for the feet. The same as with the hands, but you can add to them a "bicycle".
• For the muscles of the abdomen and back. Raising the handles to the sides and reducing them first from the left, then to the right. Do the same exercise and with the legs.

Gymnastics on the ball for babies

Exercises on the ball (fitball) help to relax, relieve tension, improve bowel function, eliminate constipation, improve sleep, develop back and tummy muscles. Up to three months of life, the main method of practicing the ball is rocking. For this, the child is laid out on the fitball first with the tummy, then on the back, then on the right and left barrel.

During gymnastics talk to the kid, sing to him songs and smile, and then this daily procedure will become pleasant both to you and the child.