Babies: Why and how – exercises

Babies…. Exercises? Really? Absolutely.

Exercises for babies actually play an important part in healthy development, even from this very young age! They are fantastic for brain and body development and babies love them!

Exercises not only develop strength and tone in your babies’ big and small muscles they also, very importantly, help your babies learn to move and this results in brain growth.

Babies’ brains grow through movement. By introducing the correct movement experiences into your babies’ daily lives from the earliest months, you can have a profound influence on their brain growth and neurological organisation

Each exercise sends messages to your babies’ brain about their body parts and how they can move.

These movements become very important building blocks for more difficult movements later on. The stronger the foundation building blocks, the more coordinated your babies will be and the more easily they will learn in all areas of their development.

Here are some important tips for baby exercises:

Babies love doing exercises rhythmically. Any type of music with a regular beat will do, as will singing or humming. This has the added benefit of also helping with the development of your babies’ speech and hearing and their future coordination and mathematics skills!

Join in with this beautiful baby exercise:

Baby exercises are movements that every parent can do and, as babies crave activities that are developmentally good for them, they are a really lovely way to bond with your babies.

Isn’t it great that all this development happens while you are having such a lovely time together!

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Do you exercise your baby? Please share in the comments below.

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27 Comments

- - ChiWren said
  - 16 Mar 2024
    5:36 pm
Baby exercise is so important. The physio gave us a bunch of great activities to help develop skills. Like the hands on knees rocking, great to introduce rolling.

- - meedee said
  - 18 Apr 2016
    3:19 pm
My kids are all way past the baby stage but we didnt do set exercises.
We did play though and some of the games were similar to these set exercises

- - Mum to one said
  - 17 Mar 2016
    9:02 am
It looks like so much fun!

- - VernaB said
  - 15 Feb 2016
    6:47 pm
We have made a game out of these sort of exercises, also just talking and singing about the different parts of the body. They really do help little ones with getting used to how to move.

- - mom113055 said
  - 16 Sep 2015
    3:26 pm
why and how

- - 1bianca1 said
  - 07 Sep 2015
    2:06 pm
We did most of those exercises when playing with them anyway!

- - mom81879 said
  - 03 Sep 2015
    5:11 pm
Never thought babies needed exercise, always thought they were self exercisers. Learn something new everyday hey?
- mom94125 replied
  
  17 Oct 2015 , 4:07 pm
  just gentle ones, trying to stretch them out
- - mom113055 said
  - 02 Sep 2015
    7:24 pm
exercies for babies

- - mom152736 said
  - 31 Aug 2015
    10:45 pm
Fun and exercise…best thing ever

- - mom113055 said
  - 09 Aug 2015
    2:11 pm
exercise for babie develops their little bodies

- - mom57808 said
  - 04 Aug 2015
    7:32 am
great videos

- - mom94125 said
  - 03 Aug 2015
    10:24 pm
yes it makes for a great bonding experience

- - jodiev1980 said
  - 31 Jul 2015
    6:47 pm
Touch is such an important sense for babies.

- - ella12 said
  - 29 Jul 2015
    12:54 pm
Gorgeous and great tips. Thanks.

- - rovermum said
  - 29 Jul 2015
    12:50 pm
I didn’t but it makes sense. And it’s a lovely activity and bonding experience to share with bub. Something Dad can be involved with, too.

- - mom71809 said
  - 27 Jul 2015
    10:43 am
I did baby yoga with my first born, looking forward to trying this with my 2nd

- - mom74640 said
  - 27 Jul 2015
    8:35 am
Lke it

- - mum4107 said
  - 27 Jul 2015
    4:25 am
Great information thank you. I did this for fun when my daughter was a baby

- - mom67623 said
  - 27 Jul 2015
    4:18 am
Lovely to do and see,touch and movement are a joy to do and also free. After babies bath time a massage is good too, relaxes baby as well as you. Singing to babies too while doing this is calming and fun to do. Just like to comment as thoughts flow through. The photo I share brings tears to my eyes. As this cat adopted me and was a treasure called Honey, we were at the vets as she was ill and tired too. Like family she as part of two way caring was very special to me.This as her last day in pain and resigned so had to set her free
- mom103920 replied
  
  03 Aug 2015 , 10:49 pm
  Thanks for sharing your photo and thoughts. The power of love is incredible.
- - Carolineb said
  - 26 Jul 2015
    9:14 pm
Thanks for the article. great to know.