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How to choose a play mat? answer from a paediatric physiotherapist
Free movement and choice of playmats
Free motor skills are often understood as ‘letting the baby learn on his own’.
This is partly true, but not completely.
Starting with rolling over and crawling, it's true, but before that, the baby will need :
- A favourable ENVIRONMENT
- Emotional stimulation and the ability to feel the gesture before carrying it out.
So, from birth, you need to show baby how to roll over, during nappy changing, or during motor skills sessions, on a daily basis.
A good environment is a good support: the TOP of the motricity mats is clearly TAMOLI, which has the perfect density, developed by a physiotherapist, and which will be used for motricity with an optimal thickness, then as a reading corner, and finally as an emergency mattress for sleepovers.
On top of this mat, there's a rack with a few hanging toys that will be used for 1 or 2 months maximum, until baby learns to grab the objects in front of him. After that, we won't use the carrier any more, and we'll place a few 1st age toys next to baby. Like the lightweight oxybul ball, Sophie the giraffe, a few stacking buckets and a few rattles or toys.
Baby will then have to fetch his toys from the side and will be able to initiate the reversal after several weeks of trying.
After several weeks of trying, your baby will have to pick up his toys from the side and will be able to initiate the rollover.
Baby will not necessarily learn to turn on his own, especially if the TV is on in the room (he will be less likely to try to diversify his play because of the TV and also the sound of the TV! BE CAREFUL!!!)
Baby will need to be made to feel the reversal during the first 3 months of life, before learning to do it on his own.
He will also need to spend several sessions a day on his stomach, in your arms and on the floor, to build up his neck and then his back sufficiently, so that he can roll over and sit up.
Once baby knows how to turn around, it's important to leave him bare-legged and barefoot on the play mat so that he can learn to move around on the floor without slipping because of the fabric. That's right! Even in winter. Don't worry, thigh fat is an excellent insulator against the cold.
Good habits at home :
- Bare legs and feet at home from 3 months, even in winter, yes yes!
- If you use a bouncer, don't use it for more than 10 minutes
- Put baby on the floor as often as possible
- If baby doesn't like being put on the floor, help him to like it, and consult a paediatric physiotherapist if necessary. The stomach is necessary for all his subsequent development!
- Put a small roll under baby's chest if he doesn't like lying flat on his stomach (Tamoli brand, the designer is a paediatric physiotherapist).
- When baby is tired (he cries on the play mat, gets annoyed more easily), have a cuddle time, then put him to bed straight away!
- Pace the awakening phases by trying to have fixed times.
- Blow baby's nose morning and night if he has a cold.
- Firm mattress
- Do not use a dummy when baby is not asleep from the age of 1 month (baby smiles, babbles, calls, he must have his mouth free).
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