Physical exercises for babies

The physical exercises for the babies include the reflex fitness usually. The matter is that during the first year of his life, a child learns the opportunities of his body through reflexes. Actually, it is advised to do the reflex, active and passive exercises and provide every session with massage.

It is better to start in the age of a month or two, when muscle tone of a baby allows doing the physical exercises. For the first time the reflex fitness is more recommended.

The first one is spine straightening. Be sure that you are very careful and tender as the small bones are very weak until now. During this exercise you are to cause spine reflex. Let your baby lie idle. At the same time touch your baby's backbone beginning from the shoulders moving your fingers to the buttocks. This exercise is to be done twice.

A baby who can not hold his head is to learn how to do it. You can help. Put a child on your palm and hold his foots with another hand. Raise a baby and repeat once or twice.

The toes bending and unbending is needed too. It looks rather like a game. Hold your baby's foot and tickle him with your fingers or press external edge of a foot slightly.

Let your baby dance a little. Hold him above the table or bed and let him stand a little. This exercise is to be repeated four or six times.