Massage for baby 1 month. Features of age - physical development. When You Need a Massage

Age 2-3 months is amazing, full of discoveries and a new experience for both the baby and his parents. It is at this age that the baby needs a lot of strength to learn the world to learn new movements and skills. Of course, the baby needs the help of adults. One way to help the baby is a general massage. How to make it two or three months old month old baby, we will tell in this article.

Features of age - physical development

Just yesterday, the baby sniffed peacefully in the crib after feeding. But now he is already 2-3 months old - this is the age of discovery, the baby is awake more than in the neonatal period, and this time of activity should be used to general strengthening and health of the little one.

The physiological muscle tone characteristic of all newborns has not yet passed, even if the parents diligently massaged the baby from the first month of his life. The consequences of intrauterine posture and the muscle tension associated with it will affect up to about six months.

But the baby has already learned to hold his head, and the “fastest” ones are already trying to roll over on their side or on their back from a prone position. The baby perfectly manages to follow the moving toy or the facial expressions of the mother, he actively reacts to her presence, perks up and smiles.

At 2 months, babies often unbend their palms, they no longer keep their fingers constantly clenched into fists, arms and legs began to unbend better, at 2-3 and 3-4 months the child gradually begins to raise the shoulder girdle and chest when lying on the stomach. All this gives additional features for planning massage procedures - be sure to use the new skills and abilities of your son or daughter.

When is a massage needed?

Some parents firmly believe that healthy child massage is not needed. In their understanding, massage is the lot of sick children. It's not like that at all. Even a healthy child at this age needs help in relieving the symptoms of physiological muscle tone, this will give him more freedom of movement, which means physical development baby won't slow down.

Massage improves the well-being of the child, it activates blood circulation, has a beneficial effect on the state of the nervous system, improves appetite and strengthens sleep. The impact on muscles, skin, ligaments is important for hypertonicity, torticollis, with increased intracranial pressure at the breast.

Even in a perfectly healthy baby massage movements cause activation nerve endings and receptors, thanks to which the brain develops better, coordination of movements improves. By themselves, massage techniques develop the baby's perception of the world through tactile sensations.

As a rule, up to 3 months the child still does not manage to overcome the typical "trouble" early age - infantile colic. And massage helps. To three months old the innate maternal immunity, which the child inherits at birth, is noticeably weakened. Massage can effectively increase the baby's own immunity, contributes to its formation and development.

It's no secret that from birth, babies have quite a lot of physiological problems With musculoskeletal system: quite natural flat feet are characteristic of all babies, clubfoot - 70% of babies. Competent massage at this age effectively corrects many conditions, including physiological ones, which themselves will disappear over time. Only with a massage will things go much faster.

Children with certain neurological, orthopedic and other diagnoses should be massaged by specialists, since such a massage is called therapeutic and, in fact, it is. For healthy little ones in 2-3 months, you can do a developing and restorative massage on your own.

Kinds

Massage is different. In addition to therapeutic, the task of which is to correct existing disorders, diseases, conditions, there is a general classical massage. Its mission is to strengthen and promote the development child's body. General massage, in turn, is relaxing and tonic. Relaxing is carried out for children who are hyperactive, capricious, who do not sleep and eat well, and tonic is recommended for babies who, on the contrary, sleep a lot, stay awake a little and, in general, do not show great enthusiasm in mastering new skills, including motor skills.

For a child at 2-3 months old, a general strengthening massage is recommended at home. Also, a mother may well master acupressure from a child's runny nose, foot massage, neck and collar zone, as well as percussion (vibration) massage, which helps with bronchitis, wet cough.

Preventive massage may well be carried out by mom. Therapeutic and prophylactic - too, but under the supervision of a professional massage therapist, but massotherapy- the prerogative of professionals, since its inept implementation can worsen the condition of the child, aggravate the disease. At home, massage for babies is desirable to combine with gymnastics, exercises, games. In addition to the obvious physical benefits, such a set of exercises will bring many benefits for the mental and emotional development peanut.

Contraindications

It is forbidden to massage a child at home under the following conditions and ailments:

• fever, fever bodies for any reason;
• acute viral diseases;
• infectious diseases with rash, pustules, vesicles on the skin;
• allergic rash, diaper rash, prickly heat in the area of ​​physical tactile impact;
• congenital heart disease;
• hydrocephalus;
• predisposition to convulsions and epilepsy;
• severe lesions of the central nervous system;
• vascular and blood diseases;
• large hernias, including umbilical hernia.

When carrying out massage manipulations for children aged 2-3 months, force is strictly prohibited - clapping, percussion technique. Massaging an open fontanel, popliteal and armpits, groin.

If a child experiences some discomfort, a tooth is cut, his tummy hurts, he slept little or ate poorly, massage is also not recommended. Only when the baby is absolutely healthy, cheerful and cheerful, in the mood for communication, should one begin to manipulate.

What needs to be prepared?

For a restorative or relaxing massage at home, you should prepare a massage place. It should be a hard and even surface, which is covered with a diaper and oilcloth. If there is a changing table, that's good, it is quite suitable for this purpose. If there is no such table, use an ordinary table, for example, a dining table, covering it with a diaper and oilcloth.

Next to the table in close proximity, at arm's length, massage oil or baby cream, pack wet wipes in case you need to urgently wipe the peeing baby.

Everything should be nearby, because the mother's attempts to turn away, reach out to something can lead to the child falling off the table and getting serious injuries.

If the table and all necessary funds prepared, pay attention to the air temperature and its humidity in the room where the manipulation is to be performed. An undressed baby will be comfortable and wonderful if the mother makes sure that the apartment is not hotter than 22 degrees, and the humidity is 50-70%. If this condition is also met, it's time to prepare the masseur's working tools - hands. Mom should cut her nails short, remove rings, bracelets, watches, wash her hands thoroughly with germicidal soap and moisten them with baby massage oil or baby cream.

Hands must be warm. Cold touches will frighten the baby, he is unlikely to accept such a massage with delight. If your hands are naturally cold, hold them for a few minutes. warm water. Only then can you prepare for the massage of the baby. Preparation consists in choosing the right and reasonable time for the procedure. After eating or immediately before feeding, you do not need to do a massage - the baby can burp just eaten or act up from hunger. It is best to carry out the procedure 45-50 minutes after feeding or one hour before the next feeding. If the massage is relaxing, then you need to do it before evening bathing. If the tonic is in the morning, otherwise the overexcited child will not be able to fall asleep normally.

After undressing the baby, leave him naked in the air for a few minutes so that he adapts to the air temperature. And only then proceed to the massage.

Technique

The most common massage in 2-3 months is general strengthening. It should begin with gentle and delicate strokes with the palms of the entire body of the baby. Let's consider the sequential order of actions.

• Hand massage- starts with palms and fingers and ends top forearms. It includes alternately stroking the limbs, kneading the fingers, stroking the palms, wrists. Try to avoid intense kneading of the muscles. All movements mother's hands obey one important rule- the direction should be from bottom to top.
• Foot massage- starts with fingers, feet and heels. Easily stroke and slightly knead the muscles of the lower leg. The kneecap cannot be touched and massaged, as well as the popliteal space. The inner part of the thigh should also not be touched.
• massaging the abdomen- carried out in a circular motion around the navel. It is impossible to press and influence the navel area itself in any other way.
• Massaging the neck carried out by turning the child on his stomach. Avoid pressing touches in the area of ​​the cervical vertebrae. Manipulations should be limited to stroking the neck crease.
• Backrest massage without touching spinal column. It is advisable to gently rub and stroke the rectus and oblique muscles with the palms and ribs of the palms.
• Buttocks lightly pinch with fingertips.
• Back of leg and thigh slightly smooth without kneading in the direction from the bottom up.
• The massage is completed by stroking, turning the child on the back. After that, you can start the exercises - let the child grab your fingers with the handles and lift the child slightly, then lower him back. Bring the legs in turn (“bicycle”), turn the child on the right and left side, stimulating the development of the oblique abdominal muscles.

A relaxing massage before evening bathing has the same procedure and technique, only all kneading should be excluded. It is based on calm and gentle strokes of the whole body, limbs, scalp of the child's head.

Drainage massage when coughing for a 2-3-month-old baby is performed by putting the child on his knees. With her fingertips, the mother gently taps the area of ​​\u200b\u200bthe ribs and chest, after which the baby is lifted to a vertical position. A sign of a successful impact is the appearance of a cough - such a massage accelerates the discharge of sputum from the bronchi.

Massage with a cold is done according to technology acupressure. It is also allowed at the age of 2-3 months. Previously, the mother should familiarize herself with the location of the acupuncture points that are "responsible" for the work of the nose. Points should be looked for at the tip of the nose, on the wings of the nose, between the baby's eyebrows, above the first cervical vertebrae, in the center of the heel and on the wrists. Massage in circular motions.

A massage session, whatever it may be for its intended purpose, for the child of the specified age category lasts no more than 15 minutes. Moreover, the time should be increased gradually - spend the first session for 2-3 minutes, increase the second by a minute or two. The duration of exposure with each exercise and reception is also increased in stages.

It is quite possible for a child at 2-3 months to carry out part of the exercises on a fitball. This applies to the complex, which follows the main massage effect. Massaging is carried out only on a hard and even surface.

The opinion of Dr. Komarovsky

Renowned pediatrician Evgeny Komarovsky claims that better mom healthy baby no one will massage. It is with her that the child seeks tactile contact. It is this fact that explains why most babies cry and scream in the hands of professional massage therapists. Only a mother, according to Komarovsky, can turn massage into a game, into communication, into pleasure for all participants in the process.

If a child is prescribed a therapeutic massage, then there are no options - according to Komarovsky, the sessions should be entrusted to professionals with medical education. Do not hesitate to ask for a diploma, a lot of charlatans and amateurs work in this "market" today.

AT next video you will be trained in massage and developing gymnastics for babies from 1 to 3 months.

Calculate your feeding schedule

The neonatal period and up to three months is completely unique in the development of the child. For this short term he adapts to a completely new environment for him, learns vital skills, for example, to maintain body temperature, moves from seeing a blurry image to a clear one.

The most important task of this period is to learn to keep your head. As a result, the first natural curvature of the spine is formed - lordosis. First, the child learns to raise his head from a prone position and, by the third month of life, holds it vertically while in the arms of an adult.

Many mothers brag that the baby still held his head in the hospital. This skill is due to the increased overall muscle tone, including the cervical. Most common cause course assignment massage for newborns from 1 to 3 months is just elevated muscle tone or hypertension.

Ideally, the increased tone goes away on its own by the end of the first month of life. But stress during pregnancy, unfavorable environmental conditions and many other factors lead to the fact that a neurologist prescribes a course of massage for almost every child after a monthly examination.

Appoint and recommend to carry out wellness massage for babies from 1 month of life. Until this age, increased muscle tone in a child is physiological norm. Newborn massage up to 1 month carried out only under special indications and a specialist.

The tone may be asymmetrical in the left and right side body or more pronounced in the upper limbs or lower. Regardless of whether you are going to deal with this problem yourself or plan to invite a professional massage therapist, be sure to carefully ask the doctor where and how hypertonicity is expressed. It is better if it is written clearly and understandably.

How does hypertonicity manifest itself? How can parents recognize it themselves? These are clenched fists, bent tense arms or legs. Even in a dream. At the age of about two months, the baby should show interest in the outstretched toy, try to grab it. If you see that there is interest, but he reaches out to her with his fist, this is also a manifestation increased tone muscles. In that case you can do massage for a newborn from 0 to 3 months at home.

How to do massage for 1 month old baby? There is general rules holding daily massage aged 1 to 3 months.

It is not always possible to carry out a massage at the same time, since the child has not yet established a daily routine, a change in mood and well-being depends on many factors. The main thing is that he was somatically healthy.

Make sure your little one is well-rested and not hungry. Wherein massage for one month old baby It is recommended to start no earlier than 40 minutes after feeding.

The room should be ventilated and not hot, no more than 25, and preferably 22 degrees. During the session itself, windows should not be opened even if it is summer outside. The main thing is the absence or shutdown of both cooling and heating devices (air conditioner, heater).

The massage is performed on a hard surface. In the absence of a couch, for such a crumb any will do table. The table is covered with a blanket or a thick towel. A sheet or a simple diaper is placed on top, you can put an oilcloth under it. The baby should be without clothes, including without a diaper. In order to avoid incidents, you can put another diaper between the legs.

During the procedure, no cosmetics are used, including special children's and natural oils. Clean dry skin is physiological. Olive oil used in massage of adults to enhance the impact of the massage therapist's hands on the body. And the tender little body of two or three month old baby the effort of your hands will be quite enough.

The hands of the massage therapist, of course, should be washed immediately before the start of the massage.

Massage and wellness gymnastics

So, how to massage a one month old baby? Where to begin?

The complex of wellness massage includes directly massage and recreational gymnastics baby.

Begins massage for month old baby from the front of the body, in order to establish contact with the child. Do not rush and do not overdo it in the manifestation of friendly emotions. Speak calmly, clearly, in a normal voice. By establishing eye contact, you can tell the baby what you will do now.

The massage effect is on the following parts of the body and in the following sequence:

• legs;
• stomach;
• arms;
• back;
• buttocks.

Massage lower extremities and belly

When massaging the lower extremities, the leg must be taken with one hand by the heel. Easy to pick up and hold.

Place the second palm perpendicular to the leg and stroke on the inside from the foot to the inguinal lymph node. Try to keep the whole palm working, clasping the leg well. After, stroke the inside of the leg from the Achilles tendon to the inguinal lymph node. All movements are made in one direction, from the edge to the center (from bottom to top for the legs).

The next stage is tapping with your fingers in the thigh area and shaking the entire leg to the left and right.

We finish the massage of the lower extremities with work with the feet. Pass the thumb under the toes, outer edge and on the heel; it turns out the figure of the seven. In the same way, draw a figure eight on the foot. We use reflex flexion and extension of the fingers (Babinsky reflex), for this you need to press on the foot under the fingers - they bend, on the heel - straighten.

Stroking with two palms clockwise will be a sufficient load for the abdominal muscles.

Massage upper limbs

We fix the handle at the expense grasping reflex- if the baby puts something in the palm of his hand, for example, his finger, he will squeeze it. With our hand, located perpendicularly, we stroke the entire arm of the baby from the hand to the axillary lymph node on the outside. We tap the shoulders with our fingers and shake the handle.

You can and should immediately check for the presence of the Babkin reflex. Press the base of the thumb on both palms and the baby will open his mouth. This is not only a reflex test, but also an exercise that is included in the course. massage for babies 1-3 months.

We finish by straightening the phalanges of the fingers.

Back and buttocks massage

The baby needs to be turned over on the tummy. If he doesn't hold his head yet, he will lay it on its side. This is also one of the protective reflexes of a newborn baby.

Back massage begins with stroking the outer side of the hand from the sacral section and along 4 conditional lines: to the deltas, to the axillary lymph node, to the oblique abdominal muscles, to the middle of the gluteal muscle. Similarly, stroke the inside of the brush.

We stroke the buttocks with our palms, draw a heart, knead them with our thumbs.

Do not be afraid to make movements until the skin is slightly reddened. In this period, only stroking and tapping are used as massage techniques, you are unlikely to hurt your son or daughter.

Passive gymnastics

An important change in the first three months of a child's life is the almost complete attenuation of congenital unconditioned reflexes. Their presence not only allows you to determine the degree of maturity of the nervous system, but also helps in passive gymnastics.

Having finished directly month old baby massage, check the presence of these reflexes:

1. Crawling reflex. Put your hand on the child's feet. He should push off and sort of crawl on his stomach.
2. Landau reflex. Lay your baby on his tummy and straighten his legs. He arches his back and lifts upper part body, leaning on the hands. This reflex is formed by 3-4 months, respectively, it will not be in a month-old baby.
3. Reflex automatic walk. Lifting the baby under the armpits and pulling forward, you will see how he is trying to walk. Passive gymnastics exercises are carried out by you and include the following exercises:

• raising the lower straightened limbs;
• raising the lower limbs bent at the knees;
• adduction and dilution of the hips (not circular rotations, namely inward and outward)
• diagonal connection of the hand with the feet;
• lifting the upper limbs up;
• circular motions hands;
• crossing the brushes under the chin;
• boxer movements;
• rocking the baby in the fetal position.

An indicator of the quality work of a massage therapist is the improvement of skin turgor and the relaxation of pinched body parts after the first few sessions. Massage for children can be done every 3-4 weeks, from 1 month life and up to a year at least. So you can ensure good health and proper development baby.

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Often parents doubt whether to do massage healthy newborn child, as they are sure that such manipulations are carried out only in case of diseases. However, children's doctors recommend massage sessions from the first days of a baby's life.

Massage to a child at 3 months helps to reduce muscle hypertonicity, strengthens physical state baby, corrects signs of torticollis.

At birth, all babies have clenched fists, bent limbs, and spontaneous erratic movements. Relax muscles, eliminate physiological tone, accustom the body to conscious movements - all these tasks are successfully solved with the help of gymnastic exercises and massage.

Massage procedures are useful not only for adults, their importance for the physical and intellectual development child.

The development of the nervous system in an infant and the stimulation of its work, to a greater extent, occurs with irritation huge amount receptors, nerve endings located on the human skin. Receiving signals, these receptors send information to the brain, which encourages the development nervous system.

• Improves blood circulation.
• Tactile sensations develop: through touch, the baby begins to learn about the world around him.
• Improving psycho-emotional state infants, excitability and muscle hypertonicity decrease.
• The baby's immunity is strengthened.
• Helps to cope with colic.
• Massage has a beneficial effect on the development of the musculoskeletal system. Normal posture is formed, torticollis is corrected, clubfoot is corrected, as well as deformity of the lower extremities. There is a formation and restoration of the optimal physical form.
• Produced preventive work to prevent the occurrence of various diseases.

But massage can be harmful to a child if some of its types, for example, therapeutic, are carried out by a non-professional, or the procedures themselves are carried out with violations. temperature regime. Competently carried out massage and gymnastics, for small child 3 months will only benefit the body.

Types of massage, indications for its use

It is generally accepted to consider the types of massage depending on its purpose and goals.

• Prophylactic. It is aimed at preventing the occurrence of diseases, normalizes sleep, reduces hyperexcitability improves blood circulation and metabolism. This type is divided into restorative and relaxing massage. It is recommended to everyone, in the absence of contraindications. Can be performed by parents at home: no special knowledge is required, but it is advisable to get advice from a specialist.
• Therapeutic and prophylactic. It performs the function of strengthening the body, and is also therapeutic in nature. It is indicated for colic, diseases of the respiratory system, digestive, as well as genitourinary system. Normalize and improve performance of cardio-vascular system body, blood circulation, helps to cope with dysplasia hip joints. Prescribed by a pediatrician. Sessions must be conducted by a professional.
• Therapeutic. Indicated for certain diseases.

Pediatrician prescribes healing procedures according to the following indications:

• diseases of the central nervous system;
• diagnosed hypertonicity or hypotonicity in a child;
• hip dysplasia;
• congenital dislocation of the joint;
• torticollis;
• umbilical hernia;
• rickets;
• congenital, as well as acquired clubfoot;
• deformity of the legs, flat feet.

Contraindications

• In the presence of acute viral infection, high temperature, diseases skin, in case of problems with circulatory system baby, damage to the outer covering of the body.
• If the baby is naughty, nervous, crying and breaking out of his hands.
• With any disease in the acute stage.
• At umbilical hernia. The pediatrician must monitor so that during the massage there is no pinching.
• With heart disease (all sessions are carried out only under the supervision of a cardiologist).

With a massage that is performed at 3 months for a child at home, there are some contraindications.

• It is forbidden to hit, press during procedures.
• You can not pat on the baby's skin.
• It is forbidden to massage the area of ​​​​an open fontanel.
• The area of ​​​​the inner thighs, the bend of the elbow and armpits is not recommended to be massaged, and the area under the knees of the baby should not be touched.

We create conditions

Before starting a massage for a 3 month old to an infant at home, you need to create comfortable environment for him.

Procedure technique

How to massage a child at 3 months old, a specialist will tell parents, but the following rules must always be observed.

Technique of drainage procedures

With bronchitis, pneumonia, or when the baby coughs, a special drainage massage, which allows you to get rid of cough and avoid changes in the lungs.

When can and when not to massage a baby? What effect does massage have on the development and behavior of a child? How to do massage from 0 to 3 months?

Massage for newborns, as a rule, these are the actions that babies like, especially if they are performed by caring mother's hands.

Sharp or incorrect movements can harm a small fragile person, and therefore you need to know the main conditions for this procedure. If the child has indications for massage in medicinal purposes or there is a neurological status, it is better to seek help from a specialist.

When performing massage actions, it is best to follow the order of massaged areas of the body. Usually, the legs and arms are massaged first.

Then smooth movements move to the stomach, which is massaged clockwise. The treatment ends with a back massage.

When conducting a massage, it is important to know the essence of blood circulation in the veins and lymph flow in the human body. In their directions, movements are carried out from the periphery to the center.

There are places that it is desirable not to touch. For example, inner surface hips. There is concentrated the largest number vessels and nerve endings, and this place is considered the most sensitive. It is not recommended to touch another place - the front surface of the lower leg. After all, there is almost no muscle tissue and very thin skin.

The impact on the elbow and knee joints is also best limited to avoid injury.

back rubbing

A direct effect on the liver can harm the child, which is why abdominal massage should be done carefully. Especially in the area of ​​the right hypochondrium.

Particularly sensitive areas, such as the genitals, nipples, painful places on the spine in the area of ​​the spinous processes.

There are four main techniques in massage: stroking, rubbing, kneading and vibration.

• Stroking is usually performed at the beginning of the procedure and aims to prepare the body for the main effect. This technique activates blood circulation, calms the nervous system and relaxes the muscles.
• Rubbing helps nourish tissues and has positive influence not only on the skin, but also on tendons, ligaments and muscles.
• Kneading activates the flow of blood and lymph in the body, acts not only on the superficial muscles, but also on those that are located deep enough. Also, kneading has a beneficial effect on the respiratory system.
• Vibration tones the nervous system of the child and has a slight pain relief. In the first three months of life in this method, it is best to use such an option as shaking. FROM fourth month you can already apply light tapping with your fingers.

The essence of the basic principles of massage is that actions are performed from simple to complex. The load should be increased gradually by repeating the same exercise.

For the first time, the child can repeat the actions 2-3 times, and after a few days he can easily withstand them 4-5 times. During exercise, the baby should not overwork. Everything should be for him in joy.

Massage and wellness gymnastics

massage and help your baby become stronger, more likely to master necessary skills crawling and coups, and in the future - to stand confidently on legs and take the first steps. Every parent can learn simple complexes exercises. In addition, in addition to unconditional health benefits, massage helps to establish close contact between loved ones.

Tummy massage

Such procedures accelerate the maturation of lymphocytes, and their phagocytic activity increases, which means that the blood moves faster through the veins and arteries, the organs receive the necessary blood supply, the body is better cleansed of unnecessary, already used substances. In addition, massage contributes to the production of endorphins - hormones of happiness. And harmonious growth and development can only be in a joyful atmosphere.

From the age of two months, you can already add to the massage gymnastic exercises. Gymnastics for newborns is special complex exercises, which helps to improve coordination of movements, strengthen the musculoskeletal system.

Gymnastics for children

Gymnastics gives an incentive to mental and physical development. They give a previously unfamiliar feeling of "muscle joy" and accelerate the baby's acquaintance with the outside world. Gymnastics can be done with pleasant music. This will also serve to develop a sense of rhythm in the child.

Passive gymnastics

Passive is a kind of active massage, where an adult does the exercises for the child. The benefits of such exercises are very high, and there is enough pleasure for everyone. Such gymnastic classes not only establish psychological contact, but also improve emotional connection between mother and baby.

In this method, many different exercises. Here is some of them.

• We bend the child's legs at the knees and clap the soles against each other, like palms.
• We bend and unbend the arms of the child in the wrist area. Raise your hands up and down.
• With the arms of the baby we clasp his chest, then spread the arms wide to the sides.
• We make circular movements of the handles of the crumbs in the area of ​​​​the shoulder and elbow joints. Then we try to get the top of his head with his hands.
• Slowly clap your hands over the child's body several times. We smile and praise him for each exercise.
• Bend the legs of the newborn knee joints like riding a bike.

We check the reflex flexion and extension of the feet. To do this, we support the child’s leg with our left hand, and thumb right hand press on the foot at the base of the toes. Sometimes newborns thumb pulled up. He is in tension. To remove this condition, you can press the base of this finger, and it will bend. And if you run your finger along the outer edge of the foot, from the little finger to the heel, gently pressing on the sole, then all the fingers will immediately straighten.

Reflexes of newborns

You can also check "reflex walking". In healthy children, it appears from the first day of life. To do this, you need to take the child under the armpits and turn his back to him. Its feet should touch a hard surface. The kid reflexively begins to touch with his feet, as when walking. It is important that it does not rest on the tips of the fingers, but on the entire foot. During the exercise, the baby should be on weight all the time.

During the exercises, you can tell poems and jokes, communicate with the baby in a positive tone. Then the baby will perform the procedures again and again with joy and wait for new ones.

Massage for a 4 month old baby

Time passes, and now your baby is already four months old. The hypertonicity is gone. Small man purposefully tries to move towards the intended goal, perhaps starts from side to side, tries to master crawling skills. To physical activity was not broken, it is not worth swaddling it tightly.

The duration of the massage at this age increases. Mom's movements become more intense. Already usable additional elements, such as a fitball, which will better coordinate movements, orient it in space and strengthen the abdominal muscles. A bath will also be very helpful. Toddlers adore, if only previous encounters with water went smoothly. Classes in the water tone and harden. In addition, they develop the first swimming skills.

Baby 4 months old

To stroking and rubbing, you can add light tingling, more intense felting. Actions should still be neat and not cause discomfort. Areas that should be avoided also remain outside the massage action. Before the session, hunger should be excluded, most best time there will be a time when an hour or an hour and a half has passed after eating.

The four-month-old baby is cheerful, he likes the procedure, he smiles and gurgles. Otherwise, it is better to interrupt the session immediately and reschedule for a better time.

Let massage and gymnastics be a daily and long-awaited ritual for your child!

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