A set of exercises for children 3-4 months old

Every parent wants their child to develop well and be healthy. Therefore, it is very important to do therapeutic exercises with him. Babies at this age develop quite quickly, and they need new forms of communication.

At 4 months, they make movements more consciously, precision appears in them, so it is extremely important to regularly do gymnastics, which develops not only physically, but also psychologically.

The duration of gymnastics is not limited - you can practice until the baby gets bored. As the baby copes with the exercises, you can gradually complicate the exercises in accordance with the exercise therapy plan for a 4-month-old child. A video of all the necessary procedures will make the process easier to understand.

It is important!

The benefits of gymnastics are undeniable, but before you start exercising with your baby, you should definitely consult with your pediatrician. During the first weeks after the hospital, he will visit you at home. There are few contraindications against gymnastics for a baby, but they still exist. You should refrain from exercise if the child has skin diseases, problems with the heart and respiratory system, and others. In some cases, a child requires a professional massage, which cannot be replaced by independent gymnastics at home.

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Are you worried about the tiny size of your beloved child? Many young parents experience similar fears about their babies. Yes, the fragile body of a newborn requires special care and attention.

Chaotic movements of arms and legs indicate that babies are trying to understand the capabilities of their body. Gymnastics for newborns will help them with this from the first days of life. It will allow the baby to get used to the new conditions of his existence outside the womb, cope with infections and strengthen his general physical condition.

Child development and gymnastics

By the age of one year, the baby noticeably gains weight and height, and develops certain skills. During this period, child care is very important, namely:

breastfeed him correctly (how to do this is described in detail in the course Happy Motherhood>>>);
carry on hands;
bathe in a diaper in the bathroom;
observe sleep and wakefulness (for more information about sleep patterns, read the article Sleep standards for children under one year>>>) - all these components are fundamental in the full development of the baby.

In the first month, the newborn sleeps more. As your baby grows, periods of sleep will decrease and periods of wakefulness will increase. The child will need more communication with loved ones, and his motor and emotional activity will increase.

You, as a caring mother, try to follow all the doctor’s recommendations. For its proper development, you perform special gymnastics for newborns or replace exercises with massage. My opinion is that a child doesn’t really need gymnastics. It is more important not to limit his movements.

A newborn baby must learn all the possibilities of his body.

Any gymnastics should be performed against a background of positive emotions, and not just by adhering to the correct technique of certain exercises;
The softest gymnastics is nurturing, with jokes and nursery rhymes.

But this is my opinion, to broaden your horizons we will introduce you to several types of exercises. It’s up to you to decide which gymnastics is more suitable for your beloved baby, and which one you will give your preference.

See also about the types of gymnastics in my video lesson:

Rules for gymnastics:

ventilate the room, let it warm up for 15 minutes, undress the baby and start doing gymnastics;
do exercises on a hard surface, for example, on a changing table;
Do massage or gymnastics daily after waking up or while awake;
Using gentle stroking movements, massage the baby’s body from the extremities to the center;
When performing a back massage, do not put pressure on the spine, avoid pressure in the area of the heart and kidneys;
repeat each exercise 3-5 times, the duration of the gymnastics should not exceed 10 minutes.

When to do gymnastics

Two weeks after birth, in the absence of contraindications, you can start doing gymnastics with your beloved baby;
You can’t do gymnastics after feeding (read the current article about feeding a newborn:
Exercises will only be beneficial if the newborn does them with pleasure.

What if your child doesn't like gymnastics?

if the baby is capricious and does not want to exercise, then it is better to postpone the gymnastics to another time;
negative emotions and coercion during a lesson are unacceptable;
If you notice that any movements cause discomfort or pain to your baby, then inform your pediatrician.

Types of gymnastics:

There are two types of gymnastics: general developmental - aimed at developing the core muscles and therapeutic, which is prescribed by a specialist in the form of exercise therapy, for example, gymnastics for hip dysplasia in newborns, where the exercises are therapeutic in nature and are carried out in specialized institutions.

We will tell you about gymnastics that you can do at home.

1. Gymnastics for newborns at 1 month:

I.p. (starting position) – place the baby on his back, gently stroke his arms, legs, and tummy. Having transferred it to the tummy, stroke the back, arms, legs and buttocks;
I.p. – place the baby on his back, place your index fingers in his palms. Let him grab them and try to raise his head and shoulders;
I.p. – place the baby on his tummy. Press your palm against his feet. The newborn, helping himself with his arms, will try to push away from them;
I.p. – lying on your back, bend and straighten your baby’s arms and legs.

2. Gymnastics for newborns on a fitball (gymnastic ball) requires some skill from parents, otherwise the baby may fall off the ball during the exercises. Put on rhythmic music, put a diaper on the ball and start exercising

I.p. – place the baby on his tummy. Press your feet against the surface of the ball, additionally securing your back with your hand. Bounce him back and forth on the ball. This exercise trains the vestibular apparatus and massages the abdominal muscles. Periodically make bouncing movements with the ball, thus massaging the intestines;

I.p. – fix your hands on the baby’s legs and make rolling movements with the ball forward so that the baby lies head down;
I.p. – we hold each leg of the newborn in a separate hand, bend it at the knee and continue to perform rolling movements with the head forward;
I.p. – We do an exercise for the handles. Place your index finger in your baby's fist. Rolling the ball towards you, the baby hangs slightly, rolls it forward and spreads the arms to the sides;
Using the same principle, we repeat all the movements, only the baby is already lying on his back.

3. Massage for infants is done to improve lymph flow and blood supply. You can start movements from the arms, legs or stomach. We'll start with the legs.

IP - after lightly stroking the leg, proceed to rubbing the foot, leg and thigh. Massaging movements should be smooth. Finish the massage of the limb by flexing and extending the leg;
After this we proceed to the second leg and arms;
Massage your tummy and chest with stroking and rubbing movements. We massage the abdomen only clockwise;
After turning the baby onto his stomach, you need to massage his back.

4. Crestling gymnastics is based on Russian folklore. While doing gymnastics and smiling at the baby, say, stroking the baby those places that are mentioned in the pestle:

Stretchers, stretchers
Across-fatty
Walking legs,
Little hands
Mouth talker,
And in the head - reason.

Communicating with your child using pestle sentences gives you the opportunity to establish a rhythm and join the general flow of earthly energy. On the globe, everything is subject to certain rhythms: blood circulation, breathing, hormone production. Day turns into night, and the tides turn into low tides - every cell on Earth works in a certain rhythm.

Therefore, all the fairy tales of our grandmothers are a kind of massage in the game. For example, the game “Magpie – Crow” is performed with light circular movements, massaging certain points on the palm, thereby stimulating the gastrointestinal tract and adjusting it to a full rhythm.

We told you about the types of gymnastics for newborn children. Now you not only have an idea about them, but are also able to master basic skills and techniques. Grow, develop, smile and let our recommendations and advice only help you!

What time to do gymnastics

Gymnastics should be done daily, 3-5 1-2 sessions per day. Perform exercises at least half an hour before meals or 1 hour after feeding.

Conditions for classes

Ventilate the room where you will study with your baby. The room should be warm, but not hot. The optimal temperature is 20-21 degrees. During the massage, the child also takes air baths - an important hardening factor.
Conduct classes on a flat, hard surface: on a changing or regular table, or the lid of a chest of drawers. A bed or sofa is not suitable for these purposes, as it will sag under the child and there will be no effect from the exercises. To make your baby comfortable, place a thin blanket on the tabletop and cover it with a diaper.
The child should be in a good mood, calm and active. If he wants to sleep, is capricious or unwell, classes should be postponed.
The mother should also tune in to communicate with the baby, not rush anywhere, and not fuss.
Gymnastics should be combined with air baths. Undress your baby and remove his diaper. Let nothing hinder his movements.
While doing the exercises, talk to your baby, recite nursery rhymes, and sing songs. You can turn on soft background music.

Let's get acquainted with the world around us.

Here's my family!

Take the baby in your arms, bring him to family members, call them, touch them with your baby’s hand. Read a poem about family, pointing the baby's hand to the named person. Let them talk to the baby.

I know that I have a friendly family at home: This is my mother, this is me. This is my grandmother! This is dad, this is grandfather. And we have no discord!

Who is this?

The exercise develops the child’s indicative reaction to the mother’s voice and her face. While talking to your baby, make changes to your appearance - for example, put on a hat or tie a scarf, pin up your hair, etc. The baby will be wary. But recognizing your voice, he smiles.

You can play hide and seek. During a conversation, hide your face with a handkerchief and pull the child's hand towards the handkerchief. The baby will pull off the scarf and see his mother.

Two bottles.

Offer your baby two bottles. Will he be able to make a choice based on the color of a bottle with different liquids (a transparent bottle of water or an opaque white milk mixture)

Traveling around the apartment.

The child should be carried in your arms around the apartment more often and you should talk to him at the same time, name objects and actions. This not only allows you to familiarize yourself with the outside world and develop the prerequisites for speech, but also plays an important role in the formation of three-dimensional vision. Indeed, on such a journey, the baby sees the same object from different sides, from different vantage points.

Showing toys.

Place your baby on his stomach. Place a bright toy at a distance of 50 cm from it. Start showing off the toy. Name its parts, color, size, actions, show how to play with it, how it sounds. Use short poems about toys, nursery rhymes. Then give your baby the opportunity to play with the toy and reach for it.

Exercises for babies up to 2 months

Place your baby on his back. With both hands, make light stroking movements from the center of the chest to the sides - 3-5 times.
Stroke the baby's tummy in a clockwise circular motion - without effort, without pressing.
Let your baby wrap his fist around your finger. Stroke his arms one by one, moving from the hands to the shoulders – 5-6 times. Then gently massage your brushes.
Stroke your baby's legs 5-6 times from the feet to the hips. Then with your thumb, gently press on the baby’s foot at the base of the toes - the baby will reflexively press them. Maintaining light pressure, move along the foot to the heel. Repeat 5 times for each leg.
Turn the baby onto his stomach. Stroke his back from head to buttocks with the back of your hand 6-7 times.
Place your palms on your baby's feet and apply gentle pressure as if pushing them forward. The baby will make reflexive attempts to crawl. The exercise helps strengthen the muscles of the back and abdomen, and trains the legs.
Turn the child onto his side. Without pressing, move your finger along the spine from top to bottom. The baby will reflexively arch his back and return to his original position. Do the exercise 1-2 times on each side.

Recommended exercises for 4 months

Newborn bathing circle

The waking period of a four-month-old baby increases, so it is not difficult to find a suitable time for physical education. The main thing is that the baby has a positive attitude at this moment. Gymnastics for a 4-month-old baby begins with the simplest techniques. It’s easy to find them in medical literature, on a children’s website, or join popular online workouts.

Important! With any choice of parents, professional advice is necessary. Only a pediatrician will determine which movements are useful and which are not suitable for the baby.

Charging for babies 4 months

The “we are boxers” technique works to strengthen the muscles of the neck and upper body. The baby is lying on his back. The mother makes movements with the baby’s arms that are similar to boxing lunges, saying: “A blacksmith is coming from the forge, the blacksmith is carrying two hammers. Knock-knock, knock-knock, and suddenly it hit all at once!”
To play the “mill”, the mother fixes the baby’s hands with her thumb and forefinger, carefully rotates them in a circle, like a “mill”, with the words: “Where, where are our hands? Here are our hands!
The butterfly wing movement is designed to strengthen the shoulder girdle. The arms are carefully moved apart, then returned to their previous position on the chest. The action ends with circular movements, similar to the fluttering of wings: “The butterfly flew in and waved its wings.”
With the help of a “butterfly” you can similarly develop the muscles of the legs: the baby’s legs, bent at the knees, move apart and return to their original position.
The game “riding a bicycle” is played even with a newborn and serves to develop the joints of the knees, thigh muscles, and lower extremities. You need to grab the baby’s legs and alternately bend them at the knees with the words: “Let’s go, let’s go for mushrooms and nuts!” Over ravines and rocks, over potholes and roots! In the hole - bang!

Gymnastics complex for a 4 month old child

The “frog” exercise helps to acquire the skill of crawling

The baby is placed in the “frog” position on his stomach, with his hand gently pressing on his feet so that his legs are bent as much as possible at the hip and knee joints. Then they encourage the baby to move forward. For motivation, it is useful to place a bright object in front.
For “coups” the baby lies on his back. The adult places his index finger in his right hand, encouraging him to grasp it tightly. When making the movement, you need to hold the child by the left side of the body, pull his hand towards you and carefully roll over from his back to his stomach on the left. A revolution on the right is performed in the same way.
The “caterpillar” movement develops crawling skills. The baby stretches out like a caterpillar: he lies on his stomach, his arms are extended forward. Mom puts her hand on the baby's legs and presses lightly, pushing forward and forcing the baby to move. When the arms begin to bend, you need to return the body to its original position. A bright toy will also become a motive for movement.
A useful exercise, sliding steps, is performed while lying on your stomach. The baby's shins are correctly covered: the adult's thumbs are located on the outside, all the rest are on the inside. After shaking slightly, the child's legs are straightened, then bent again. The heels slide smoothly across the table.

Gymnastics for babies on fitball

To strengthen the muscles of the back and abdomen, the use of gymnastic equipment is effective. The most accessible of them is a ball or fitball. Fitball exercises help eliminate colic and improve the functioning of the digestive system. Exercises for a 4 month old baby should be easy to do. The main thing is that the baby should experience pleasure from the procedure on the ball, and the adult should show maximum attention. First, rolling is performed on the tummy, then similarly on the back.

The baby is placed on the ball with his stomach, held and gently rolled back and forth, left and right.

Gymnastics for children 4 months old with dysplasia

If an infant has a dislocated hip joint (dysplasia), he needs special gymnastics.

Signs of dysplasia:

difficulty moving children's legs apart,
clicking in the hip joint,
asymmetrical folds,
uneven length of limbs.

Having noticed this, parents should contact an orthopedist. A timely diagnosis will correct the formation of the hip joint. For treatment, the specialist will definitely recommend physical therapy exercises.

Gymnastics for a 4-month-old child with dysplasia is carried out in a comprehensive manner:

Special massage: light and gentle rubbing of the legs from the shin to the thigh. Then massage the child’s foot and gently turn it in different directions. Next comes the warm-up: move in a spiral from the foot to the shin with fairly strong pressure.
Corrective techniques:

Alternating legs: one is held on the surface, the other is pressed against the tummy.
Extension of the right and left legs and both legs together while moving the knee joints to the side. If the movement causes discomfort to the child, it is stopped.
Circular movements of the child's heels.

Exercise to pull your legs towards your head

At the beginning, a simple action is performed four or five times; to make it more difficult, one time is added daily.

They move on to a more complex complex with a baby after a few weeks, having discussed all the steps with the pediatrician. A preparatory massage is carried out in the same way, only lying on your tummy. The main condition is that all movements only after warming up the muscles:

bend the hip joints to the maximum and pull the baby’s knees opposite to the elbows;
The legs are spread to the sides, trying to touch the heels of the buttocks; it is important to fix the baby in this position for a few seconds.

Exercises for babies 2-6 months

Gymnastics for babies over two months of age should also begin with a light massage. Under no circumstances do we press on the baby’s skin or apply any force. We add more complex exercises to the previous complex:

After massaging your hands, let your baby hold your thumbs and spread his arms to the sides. Having fixed them in this position for a couple of seconds, cross the baby’s arms over his chest. Repeat the exercise several times, alternating hands: first the right one on top, then the left one.
After massaging the legs, grab your baby's shins. Perform the “bicycle” exercise: bend your legs one by one, pressing them to your stomach. Then bend both legs at the same time several times.
Grab your baby's torso under the arms and lift him vertically. Let him touch his feet—not his toes—to a flat surface. He should reflexively step with his legs, as if walking. It is important to keep the baby suspended. The baby should not fully lean on his legs. They, like the baby’s spine, are not yet ready for such loads.

More complex complexes must be discussed with your doctor. Remember, every child is unique, you need to approach classes taking into account the individual characteristics of your baby.

Technique for children's gymnastics at 4 months

When doing gymnastics, it is advisable to perform each exercise accompanied by energetic music or by saying the count out loud. If you develop the ability to feel rhythm in your baby, when he hears his favorite melody, he will make movements to the rhythm of the music on his own. Massage and gymnastics become more difficult over time. But they remain smooth and neat.

"Flight" on the stomach

If you do this exercise every day, the abdominal muscles become elastic and the vestibular apparatus develops. The baby is placed on his tummy in the palm of his hand. The mother's thumbs are located on the baby's sides, in the area of the lower ribs. The baby is lifted horizontally. His feet rest against his mother’s chest, his body is slightly arched.

Circular movements with hands

Developmental gymnastics for arm muscle tissue. The baby is in a supine position. He holds on to his mother's fingers well. She carefully lifts the baby's arms up, to the sides, forward and finally lowers them along the body. The second movement is repeated in reverse.

Breast massage

Develops chest muscle tissue. The baby is in a supine position. First, the chest is stroked in a circular motion from the ribs to the shoulders. Then – intercostal stroking. Light vibration massage. Finally - stroking. Each action is carried out three times.

Swinging on the ball

The baby must be placed on his stomach on a large gymnastic ball. The legs should be slightly apart for better balance. After taking a comfortable position, holding the baby by the back, you need to quietly rock the ball forward and backward. If the baby is not naughty, he is turned over on his back and rolled in the same way, holding him by the tummy.

Abdominal massage

You need to start the massage by stroking in a circular motion clockwise around the navel. Then the movement of the palm continues along the oblique abdominal muscles. Next comes light rubbing with your fingertips. To avoid the appearance of a hernia in a baby, you should walk around the navel with pinching movements. Finally, pat your belly.

Turn from back to stomach and back

When the baby is lying on his back, he needs to be interested in the toy and place it on the right side of the baby. At the moment when he turns his head to the thing that interests him, the baby must be turned onto his stomach. Then turn over onto your back again. Repeat the same with a flip to the other side. The movements are repeated three times on each side.

Foot massage

This massage will benefit your leg muscles. When starting the massage, the baby should be placed on his back. Stroke your legs from bottom to top four times. Next you need to move on to circular massaging, then stroking. After the muscles have warmed up, you can begin felting. You need to grab the child’s leg with both hands and gently move the muscles clockwise. This process must be done vigorously. Finally, pat your feet several times.

Alternate and simultaneous flexion and extension of the legs

The baby is laid on his back, taken by the knees, the legs are pulled towards the tummy and the knees are spread apart. Then the legs are straightened. Exactly the same gymnastics must be done separately for each leg.

Hand massage

The baby's arms should be stroked from the fingertips to the shoulders, then begin circular rubbing. Finish the procedure with stroking.

Back and buttock massage

The baby must be placed on his tummy. The massage should begin by stroking the back and buttocks, then move on to rubbing and soothing stroking. Afterwards, the baby’s skin is massaged, lightly pinching. Finally, you need to stroke the baby’s back and buttocks.

Foot massage and reflex massage

An equally useful procedure for a child is foot massage. Simple movements will help develop the muscles and joints of the feet.

The baby's feet need to be stroked from heels to toes three times, followed by five rubbings.

Then tap your index finger from bottom to top five times. The procedure should be completed with stroking.

Squat with spine bending

The mother clasps the wrists of the baby lying on his back, placing his thumbs in his palms. Then he spreads his arms to the sides and gently pulls the child towards himself. The baby sits up a little. The baby's arms need to be raised up and connected together. One of the mother's hands should hold the baby's hands, and the second draws a line along the spine from top to bottom. In this case, the child should reflexively arch his back. The baby is returned to its original position, holding the head. It is enough to do this exercise once a day.

Crossing arms over chest

For this exercise, the baby should be placed on his back. The mother places her thumbs in the baby's palms. At the same time, he must clench his fists tightly, fixing his mother’s fingers in them. The baby's arms are spread apart and then crossed over the chest. First the right handle covers the left, and then vice versa. The exercise must be performed at a fast and slow pace. The movements are repeated seven times.

conclusions

Gymnastics strengthens muscles, gives the baby a good appetite, healthy digestion and sound sleep.
Classes should be carried out half an hour before meals or 1 hour after, in a ventilated room, on a flat, hard surface.
When working with a newborn, it is enough to make light stroking movements: from the center of the chest to the sides, from the hands to the shoulders, from the feet to the hips, from the neck to the buttocks. The tummy should be stroked in a clockwise circular motion.
As the baby gets older, you need to add reflex crawling and walking, straightening the back in a side position, and bending the arms and legs to the exercises.
The technique of performing gymnastics for infants should be agreed upon with a doctor. If you are unsure how to do an exercise, ask a massage nurse to teach you. Unskillful movements can harm the child.

Massage

A 4-month-old child remains a passive observer during the process, but such activities have a beneficial effect on his health. They use different techniques: shaking and vibration, rubbing and stroking, felting, sawing, pinching. At first glance, the exercises seem simple, but for a child this is quite a serious load. First, massage the legs, then the arms, tummy, chest and back. It is important to adhere to the correct technique for doing the exercises and to follow a certain sequence in the work.

Foot massage procedure

The baby lies on his back.

Light strokes along the entire length (3-4 times).
Ring rubbing of the limbs.
Repeated strokes.
Felting (perform three times). During the reception process, the baby’s limbs are clasped from the outside and inside with your own hands. Then, energetically but carefully, slightly shift the baby’s muscles clockwise.
Tingling. The legs are placed in your right hand and held by the lower part of the shin. The outer surface of the lower leg is grasped using the thumb and index fingers of the left hand. The muscles are shifted in the direction of the big toe from the hip to the foot and back.
Finish the massage with several light strokes.

During the procedure, manipulations are carried out on the muscles of the thigh and the lower part of each leg, but do not affect the knee area.

Foot massage

The baby lies on his back.

First, perform several strokes.
Carry out 5-6 rubbings.
The strokes are repeated three times, then the foot is lightly beaten (4-5 times).
Finish the massage with a couple of strokes.
The procedure is repeated on the foot of the other leg.

The massage is performed from the heel to each toe.

Hand massage

The child lies on his back. First, several light strokes are carried out alternately on each handle. Then perform 6 ring rubbings. Finish the hand massage with stroking. The exercise is done from the palm to the elbow.

Breast massage

The baby lies on his back.

Several strokes in a circle from the hips to the shoulders with an open palm, then in the spaces between the ribs.
Vibration massage (three times).
Light strokes (three times).

Buttocks and back massage

The child is turned over on his tummy.

Stroking movements (2-3 times)
Massaging the back and buttocks with your fingertips (three times).
Stroking.
Pinching with kneading (6 times): along the back muscles.
Stroking (three times).
Several tappings of the buttocks: gentle blows with the pad of the index finger on the soft tissues.
Stroking (2-3 times).

Tummy massage

The child lies on his back. All types of movements are repeated several times.

Circular strokes clockwise (either with your palm or with your fingertips).
Stroking the oblique muscles on the tummy.
Rubbing the muscles using your fingertips.
Sawing on the rectus muscles with the ulnar edge of the hand: the hand does not slide, but slightly moves the underlying tissue.
Light tingling in the area of the umbilical ring (to prevent the development of an umbilical hernia).
Stroking.

Gymnastics nursery rhyme

Gymnastics for children with nursery rhymes is useful, enjoyable and just fun! Say the nursery rhyme in a funny voice, and at the same time make movements for the baby, his arms and legs. The baby lies on his back. The nursery rhyme goes like this: our hands, don’t be bored (take the baby’s hands by the elbows), where you have been, answer (holding them by the elbows, bring your palms together in front of the child’s face, then spread them apart). Were you sitting at home (lightly clap your palms on his cheeks)? Then we went to our friends (slap your palms on your cheeks)!

In this verse, replace “hands, arms” with “legs, legs” and act carefully with your legs. Let your feet lightly touch, as if “hello” to each other.

Such activities will contribute not only to the physical but also to the speech development of your child.

Exercises - step-by-step description

What “toddler” gymnastics is considered the main one? Below is exactly it, with the stages of doing it at home. The famous doctor Komarovsky also recommends just this kind of exercise:

First, prepare your baby for exercise with a massage - gently rub his arms and legs in an upward direction. The baby lies on his back.
Now stroke the chest, tummy, back, then the butt in a circular motion.
Take him by the palms and carefully cross him on his chest several times.
Take the baby by the feet and do the “bicycle” exercise - rotate your legs, imitating the pedaling of a bicycle, first forward, then backward.
Do the “Boxer” exercise - make smooth movements with your arms, reminiscent of boxer lunges.
Now “Mill” - fix the handles with your index and thumb, and slowly, carefully rotate in a circle, with a small amplitude, like a mill, saying “Where, where are our little hands? And here are our hands!”
And now “Butterfly” for his tiny legs - bend them at the knees and carefully move them apart, pressing them to the surface.
At the end, do the “Frog” exercise, which encourages the baby to move forward and, in the future, to crawl. Place him on his tummy in the “frog” position, his legs should be bent at the knee and hip joints and tucked in. Now place your hand under his feet, pushing him slightly. Place a bright toy in front of you as motivation.

Complete the gymnastics with gentle, relaxing strokes of the baby’s entire body.

If the descriptions given here do not give you a complete picture and 100% understanding, be sure to watch the video of what gymnastics massage is for a 4-month-old baby.