How to position the baby

Newborn babies are very fragile, often we are afraid of the way we take the baby to not hurt him. Babies, during the first months, will begin to gain strength in the muscles and bones, so the positions in which we place them during this time will be very important. First of all we must differentiate between sleeping and playing, since it has been shown that sleeping posture drastically influences sudden death . In this way, we should always put him to sleep face-up, while when the baby is awake and must play, we have different positions that we will have to vary so that the child exercises all the parts of his body. In this article we explain more about how to position the baby.

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On the floor. It is very important that babies have their time of being on the ground, moving freely. Although they still do not move, it will allow them to exercise the muscles of the extremities. We can place them, face up or face down. The important thing is that they are in both forms. Since face down, they exercise a lot of the neck and movements of the back. In addition to enhance and speed up the exercise of crawling. While on the back, the baby exercises muscles like those of the thorax, the tummy and has a more global vision of its surroundings.

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Seated. This position we will begin to use when the baby begins to hold his neck. The child will notice a change in his vision in front of the ground, but he will still maintain his freedom of movement. We have different types of chairs to choose from. The best thing is that they have some dolls in front of the child so that they can entertain and motivate them to move.

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In arms. Babies need to constantly feel protected and being in the arms, is one of the places where the baby feels more secure, in addition to the affection that we transmit to him. In the first months of life, one of the things that most attracts attention to the child are his parents; In fact, they will consider us as their best toy. With what while in arms, there is no reason for us to play and exercise at the same time.