Oh, God, this picture makes me want my hair back. My pre-pregnancy, pre-post partum falling-out-like-I-was-a-cancer-patient hair. Hair that I had time to blow dry. I want that hair back. Ah, memories.
This is a picture of Ava Grace Lake, one of the girls I was a nanny to, when she was about 4 months old. Speaking of memories, it feels like just yesterday that she was a baby! Now she is a 5 year old, with beautiful brown eyes and the most gorgeous brown curly hair. I still can not wrap my head around the fact that babies actually grow up and turn into little kids. So weird. I am very curious about what Penelope will be like when she is 5 or 25 for that matter.
But I digress, on to Tiny Tugs!
Lay babies on their back. They can be on the floor or on your lap facing you. If they are on the floor, you can have your legs like mine in the picture and do a little stretch for yourself as you lean forward to put them into the pose. If they are on your lap, sit with your back against a wall for support and bend your knees up so they can see your face good.
You gently hold one leg and the opposite arm. Then you extend their arm and leg out. Try and get their arm to touch the floor and pull their leg out straight to give their shoulder and hip a good stretch. Then let their arm and leg relax by bringing the arm down and putting a little bend in their knee.
While you are extending their arm and leg you sing/say "Tiny Tugs!" Give them lots of eye contact, smiles and encouragement!
Just FYI, most of the baby yoga poses I post, I learned at my Itsy Bitsy Yoga training. The founder and creator, Helen Garabedian, has a great book and dvds that you can purchase to help your home practice. Or you can go to her website and try and find a class near you!
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