Passive calisthenics is a kind of calisthenics specially for newborns. Physical activities of babies with the help of parents or baby nurses are generally gymnastics. Let's learn more about passive calisthenics for several months, the benefits of passive calisthenics, how newborns do passive calisthenics, and the precautions for doing passive calisthenics.

1 passive exercise starts in a few months.

Infant passive exercise is suitable for babies born from 20 days to 6 months. Doing passive exercise for babies at this stage will help promote their growth and development, and make their brains and nervous system develop better. Moreover, passive exercise is also one of the ways of mother-child communication, which helps to establish a good parent-child relationship. In general, it is enough to do passive exercise twice a day, and it is more appropriate to do it for about 5 minutes each time.

2 The benefits of passive exercise

1 month later, the baby insists on doing baby exercises every day for a long time, which can not only enhance the child's physiological function, improve the child's adaptability to the external natural environment, promote the child's motor development, and make the child's movements more sensitive and muscular; At the same time, it can also promote the development of children's nerves and psychology; Long-term adherence to baby sports can make the baby's initial, unintentional and disorderly movements gradually form and develop into purposeful coordinated movements, laying the foundation for thinking ability. Music is accompanied when doing exercises, so that the baby can contact with multidimensional space and promote the balanced development of the left and right brains, thus promoting the baby's intellectual development. )

3 How to do passive exercise for newborns

First, put your hands across your chest.

Preparation posture: the baby lies on his back, and the adults hold the baby's wrist with both hands, so that the baby can hold the adult's thumb and put his arms at his sides.

Action:

Hit1-spread your hands outward and palms up.

The second beat-arms crossed on the chest.

Each repetition is two 8 beats.

Note: when your arms are flat, you can help your baby exert a little force, and your arms should be gentle when crossing your chest.

Second, stretch and bend the elbow joint.

Preparation posture: the baby lies on his back, and the adults hold the baby's wrist with both hands, so that the baby can hold the adult's thumb and put his arms at his sides.

Action:

Hit 1-2- Bend the left elbow forward, and then straighten and restore.

Beat 3-4-change your right hand and bend and stretch your elbow.

Each repetition is two 8 beats.

Note: touch the baby's shoulder when the elbow joint is bent, and don't use force when straightening.

Third, shoulder joint activity.

Preparation posture: the baby lies on his back, and the adults hold the baby's wrist with both hands, so that the baby can hold the adult's thumb and put his arms at his sides.

Action:

Hit 1-3- Bend your left arm close to your body, and make circular movements from the inside out with the shoulder joint as the center.

Beat 4- Restore.

Call 5-8- change your right hand, the action is the same.

Each repetition is two 8 beats.

Note: the action must be gentle, and you must not pull the baby's arm hard to avoid damaging the joints and ligaments.

Fourth, stretch the upper limbs.

Preparation posture: the baby lies on his back, and the adults hold the baby's wrist with both hands, so that the baby can hold the adult's thumb and put his arms at his sides.

Action:

Hit1-arms flat, palms up.

The second beat-arms crossed on the chest.

Raise three hands above your head, palms up.

Beat 4- Restore.

Each repetition is two 8 beats.

Note: when the arm is raised, the arm is shoulder width, and the movement is gentle.

Five, ankle flexion and extension

Preparation posture: the baby lies on his back, and the adult holds the baby's left ankle with his right hand and the left forefoot with his left hand.

Action:

Hit1-put the baby's toes up and bend his ankles.

The second beat-the toes extend down the ankles. Do 8 beats in a row, change your right foot and do 8 beats again.

Note: when stretching and bending, the action should be natural, and don't use too much force.

Six, the legs take turns to stretch and bend.

Preparation posture: the baby lies on his back, and the adult holds the baby's lower knee with both hands.

Action:

Hit 1- bend the baby's left knee joint to make it close to the abdomen.

The second beat-straighten your left leg. Beat 34: Flexion and extension of the right knee joint.

Take turns left and right and repeat two 8 beats.

Note: Help the baby to exert a little force when bending the knee, and relax when straightening.

Seven, the lower limbs are straight.

Preparation posture: the baby lies on his back with his lower limbs straight and flat. Adults put down their palms and hold the baby's knees.

Action:

Hit 1-2- Straighten both lower limbs and lift them 90 degrees.

Beat 3-4- restore.

Repeat two 8 beats.

Note: When the two lower limbs are lifted straight, the hips do not leave the table (bed) and the movements are gentle.

Eight, turn, turn

Preparation posture: the baby lies on his back with his legs and his arms flexed in his chest and abdomen. The adult holds the chest with his right hand and puts his left hand on the baby's back.

Action:

1-2: Gently turn the baby from supine position to left lateral position.

Beat 3-4: Restore.

Beat 5-8: Adults change hands, change the baby from supine position to right side position, and then restore it.

Repeat two 8 beats.

Note: when lying on your side, your baby's arms are naturally placed on his chest and his head is raised.

Listen to the sound.

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Matters needing attention in doing passive exercises

1, do exercise gently and rhythmically, avoid overweight hands, avoid excessive pulling and weight-bearing movements, so as not to damage children's bones, muscles and ligaments.

2. weak babies can choose some exercises, don't force them to finish all the exercises, but step by step.

3. Adults should wash their hands before doing exercises for their babies, and warm their hands before doing exercises in winter.

4. Do exercises half an hour before breastfeeding. After the exercise, let the baby rest quietly for about 20 minutes. Upper limb movements to enlarge the chest (hands crossed on the chest)

5, the baby's exercise should vary from person to person, the sick baby should do less, and the baby should stop exercising during illness.

6. The amount of exercise should be gradually increased, and each movement should be gradually increased from 2 4 times to 4 8 times. After getting used to it, increase the number of times.

7. It is best to cooperate with soft music and language comfort when doing exercises.

8. When doing exercises, give full play to the baby's subjective initiative;

9. After doing the exercises, let the children have a quiet rest for 20 to 30 minutes. If there is sweat, dry it with a soft towel.

10, according to the baby's age and specific development, you can disrupt the order or choose several key training links.

1 1. If the baby's emotional reaction is intense or uncomfortable, he should stop exercising.

Passive exercise is an important way of baby's physical exercise, which can promote the development of baby's bones and muscles, promote metabolism and intellectual development, and enhance baby's immunity.

1. Cross your hands on your chest.

When the baby lies on his back, we hold the baby's hand with both hands and put the thumb in the baby's palm, so that the baby can make a fist. Open your arms left and right, cross your arms on your chest, and be careful to move gently.

2. Elbow flexion and extension

Prepare posture, bend the elbow joint of the left arm upward and recover. The elbow joint of the right arm bends downward and restores. Be careful not to use force when straightening.

3. Shoulder joint movement

Prepare posture, hold the baby's left hand to do the circular rotation of shoulder joint from inside to outside, and hold the baby's right hand to do the same action as the left hand. Pay attention to the gentle and slow movements, and don't force the baby to do the movements.

Stretch upper limbs

The preparation posture is the same as above, hands spread out, hands raised horizontally in front, palms facing each other, shoulder width the same, hands crossed on the chest, then hands raised above the head, palms up, remember, the movements should be gentle.

5. Stretch and bend bare joints

Preparation posture (the baby lies on his back, his mother is on the left, his ankle is supported by his hand, his sole is supported by his right hand, and his thumb is placed at a distance from the toe of the baby's sole. )

The left ankle joint flexes and stretches upward and resets downward. Pay attention to the action must be gentle.

Stretch and bend your legs in turn.

The baby lies on his back, and then our hands hold the baby's legs twice, alternately stretching the knee joints and doing actions similar to treadmills. The left leg bends to the abdomen and straightens, and the right leg is the same as the left leg.

Pay attention to the baby's knees, use force, and move gently when straightening.

7. Lift the lower limbs straight.

Ready posture (baby lying on his back, legs straight and flat, our palms down, holding baby's knees). Straighten your legs up 90 degrees and slowly restore them.

Pay attention to the fact that the hips can't leave the plane when the lower limbs are straight and lifted, and the movements should be gentle.

8. Handover

The preparation posture (the baby lies on his back, and we hold the baby's chest with one hand and the baby's back with the other) changes from supine position to lateral position or from supine position to prone position and then to supine position.

Pay attention to the baby's rotation around the baby's femoral joint, and our movements should be gentle.

Passive exercise is to help the baby to do physical exercise, and no active exercise is better for the baby's physical development.