Wouldn’t it be nice to know that your wife and your baby are doing yoga? It’s a fact that yoga provides many benefits to our body and mind. For babies, it also gives more practical benefits like Colic Relief. Aside from making your baby bond with you and your wife while doing yoga, it also makes your baby release unwanted gas. You wouldn’t want your baby to experience colic and gas.
A condition which makes our babies scream or cry on a frequent basis and extended period of time with out any known reasons is what we call colic. Colic in infants is pretty much normal but it needs to disappear naturally after a couple of weeks after birth. Colic is commonly experienced by babies up to four months old but can extend to a year. Either breast-fed or bottle fed, colic is inevitable for all babies alike. The best way to deal with it is deal with it immediately so as to make your baby more comfortable.
Researchers conclude that colic in babies are caused by certain exposures to cigarette smoke, insufficient melatonin, circadian rhythms and stress experienced by the mother in the last trimester of pregnancy. You would notice that your babies have colic when they frequently cry more than usual. What may be the reason is, it needs to be treated right away and your baby will experience less colic by doing yoga.
Take about 5 minutes a day of your time and spend it in yoga with your baby. Start the exercise by positioning your baby properly lying on the yoga mat. In a circular motion, gently massage the tummy of your baby. While doing the routines, talk to your baby. The parent and child bonding moments will be improved. Then start with the bicycle exercise. Make sure that you don’t force your baby to do a particular movement. Next position is the half lotus for a couple of times. Then pull the legs gently to stretch him a little bit. Then bring the knees towards the chest left then right. Then another good position to do is to bring the soles of the feet together then move the feet towards the chest.
Of course, you would hear unwanted gases going out from your baby. This means that you’re performing the routine properly. Perform yoga on a regular basic and allow your baby enjoy yoga with you.
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