After having a baby, there aren’t many things you can do without him, but exercising with an infant is one more activity you can do with your baby. Exercising with your infant is great way to get back into shape and tone your body. Not only that, but sharing this experience is a great bonding tool for you and your baby. Many fail to realize, but infants need as much exercise as you do, and the best way for them to get it is with their parent. These exercises do not have to be elaborate, or even complicated. The simplest routines will have you in great health and bonding with your healthy baby.
Physical activity is especially important in the first year of growth development. This is when the infant learns his expanding environment and how to move. This development leads to the development of the motor skills and visual development. Today, with all the latest technologies, it is easy for us to sit the infant in an amusing, device to occupy his time, instead of allowing the infant to naturally develop his skills. A great exercising program for infant exercising is the Baby Builders DVD. This program teaches parents strategic playtime strategies to help enhance and exercise the development of the infant. These exercises increases the infants balance, coordination, build strength, and develops mental and emotional development. More on these DVDs can be found at www.babybuilders.com.
Instructional DVDs are not a necessity in the process of exercising with your infant. Easy everyday task can be a great exercise and bonding experience for you and your baby. A stroll in the park will get your leg muscles working, while your baby experiences the joys of the outside. Spending a day with your baby is a great way to connection and spend quality time together. While in the house, get down on the floor and crawl with your baby. Toss toys around the floor and have your baby chase after them. This will strengthen the eye hand coordination as well as the motor skills. Babies love to kick. Lie your infant on his back and give him a little tickle. This will send his arms and legs flying with excitement, allowing him to develop his leg and arm muscles. There are many classes and programs, some known as “mommy and me programs”, that are available to mothers and their newborns. Even some hospitals provide this service where new mothers and their infants get together and exercise with their babies.
Remember, exercising with your infant does not have to be a complicate task. Do simple things such as rolling a ball on the floor with your baby, having him crawl to get things, and most important, have fun and exercise daily with your infant.