Gymnastics for children from 1.5 to 2 months

stroking hands

The start­ing posi­tion of the child is lying on his back.

Grasp the baby’s right hand with one hand, and with the oth­er hand, simul­ta­ne­ous­ly stroke the baby’s right hand in the direc­tion from his hand to the shoul­der.

Per­form the exer­cise 6–8 times for each hand of the child.

Foot stroking

The start­ing posi­tion of the child is lying on his back.

Place the baby’s right foot on the palm of one hand, and with the oth­er hand, stroke the baby’s raised leg, mov­ing from the foot to the groin along the back and out­er sur­faces of the low­er leg and thigh.

Per­form the exer­cise 6–8 times for each leg of the child.

Foot exer­cise

The start­ing posi­tion of the child is lying on his back.

Take the child’s leg with your hand and with the thumb of the oth­er hand, run with light pres­sure all over the baby’s foot, mov­ing from the toes to the heel. This will cause a reflex exten­sion of the baby’s toes.

Per­form the exer­cise 4–6 times for each foot.

Stroking the bel­ly

The start­ing posi­tion of the child is lying on his back.

With the palm of your left hand, stroke the right half of the abdomen, mov­ing from bot­tom to top, and at the same time, with the palm of the oth­er hand, stroke the left half of the abdomen, mov­ing from top to bot­tom.

Do this exer­cise 6–8 times.

breast stroking

The start­ing posi­tion of the child is lying on his back.

Stroke the baby’s back with your fin­ger­tips, mov­ing along the inter­costal spaces from the ster­num to the sides, with­out press­ing on the ribs.

Do this exer­cise 4–6 times.

Back exten­sion (reflex)

The start­ing posi­tion of the child is lying on the right side.

With two fin­gers of your hand, run with light pres­sure along the line of the spine, mov­ing from the sacrum to the cer­vi­cal region. This will cause a reflex deflec­tion of the spine back.

Do this exer­cise 2–4 times on each side.

Lying on the stom­ach

Start­ing posi­tion — lying on your stom­ach, arms bent at the elbows and lie on both sides of the chest.

It is nec­es­sary that the child lies in this posi­tion for about 2–3 min­utes, and grad­u­al­ly increase the dura­tion to 5–10 min­utes.

back stroking

The start­ing posi­tion of the child is lying on his stom­ach.

With the palms of both hands, stroke the baby’s back, mov­ing from the neck to the but­tocks, then with the back of the hands in the oppo­site direc­tion.

Do this exer­cise 6–8 times.

Crawl­ing (reflex)

The start­ing posi­tion of the child is lying on his stom­ach.

Raise your baby’s legs so that he rests on his knees, and with his feet in your palm. Do light push­es with your palm, this will cause a reflex exten­sion of the legs.

Do this exer­cise 2–4 times.

danc­ing

The start­ing posi­tion of the child is lying on his back.

Take the child with both hands under the armpits and lift him to an upright posi­tion. Lift­ing him from the table with jerky move­ments, encour­age the baby to grad­u­al­ly rest on his feet.

Repeat the exer­cise for 1 minute.

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