Baby Builders® is a program of infant exercises to stimulate your baby’s development. Activities begin with tummy time, progress through crawling and conclude with baby walking.
Baby Builders infant-development program guides parents through four developmental stages:
Stage 1: Strength
Program benefits designed to include:
- Ability to hold head up
- Increased strength in neck, shoulder and stomach
- Improved hand-eye coordination
- Increased neck strength
- Improved vocalizations
- Ability to swallow without choking.
Stage 2: Balance
Program benefits designed to include:
- Ability to roll from back to tummy and back again
- Improved balance to allow independent sitting
- Building strength for baby crawling
- Improved balance on tummy, allowing child to shift weight and reach for a toy.
Stage 3: Movement
Program benefits designed to include:
- Foundational skills for crawling on hands and knees (pushing up to hands and knees; weight shifting)
- Improved fine motor skills to begin self-feeding
- Ability to pull up to a standing position and adjust from lying to sitting
- Improved hand-eye coordination.
Stage 4: Coordination
Program benefits designed to include:
- Improved strength, balance and coordination
- Independent standing and walking
- Improved fine motor skills for advanced self-feeding
- Improved cognitive skills and ability to learn as environment expands through walking.
It is important that you consult with your Pediatrician or Physical Therapist before beginning any infant exercise program with your child.
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