Not all women can find time for fitness with a baby in their arms. The problem with young mothers is that no one else is able to occupy and understand the baby. A salvation in such cases are joint exercises for mother and child.
Don’t be in a hurry to start doing exercises after giving birth with a baby in your arms. A woman needs time to recover in any case. As a rule, after a natural birth all systems return to normal after 5-8 weeks. If you had a caesarean section, the recovery will take 8-12 weeks, and you can start exercising only with the doctor’s permission.
It is not necessary to start exercising at this time: if a woman feels ready for fitness later, there is nothing wrong with it.
In addition, there are a few additional rules for exercising with children after childbirth:
Any workout should begin with a warm-up, which includes active movements to warm up the muscles. This part of the exercise is best done alone, and the baby should be left in a crib, stroller, or other comfortable place for the time being.
Exercises for a mother with a baby in her arms can be chosen from both regular gymnastics and yoga. A sample list of exercises looks as follows:
If the woman has already fully recovered after childbirth, she can include push-ups, squats and twists with the baby in the program. The trainer of the online course Ksenia Vlasova will help you to choose the right exercise program.
It is important to remember that most exercises are suitable for classes with children from 3 months of age who are already confidently holding their heads. Before that, it is only acceptable to press the baby to the breast during training, or keep him in a sling.
Exercising with the baby for moms is a way to spend time with benefit without leaving the baby to any of the relatives. In addition, it will help to improve the spiritual connection with your baby, to awaken in him more interest in the world around him, to entertain him.
An important advantage is the fact that the child, watching his mother’s workouts from diapers, will grow into a person with a solid concept of sports, perhaps he will take an example.
The child’s vestibular apparatus and sense of balance develop while exercising.
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