Walk your baby daily, it's also good for you

All doctors recommend it. Walking the baby daily is the best exercise for both the newborn and the mother. The benefits that this walk can bring to a baby are multiple, since It helps you relax and sleep well, stimulates your senses and develops intelligence.

Walks from day one

Since your baby is born, you try to protect him from possible external viruses. Forcing family members and friends who want to touch it to wash their hands before doing so and trying to prevent children from approaching them are some of the typical tips that are always given to first-time parents. However, the best thing you can do for your baby is help you mature your immune system.

How? Well, making sure that sleep the necessary hours (between 15 and 18 hours until 6 months), walking it daily (and thus helping it absorb vitamin D, which is provided by sunlight, essential for bone growth), encouraging him to move (if it is capable of crawling or walking already) so that the blood circulates faster and making him laugh to release endorphins.

Unless the weather does not accompany, that the pediatrician does not advise it for any particular reason or that you are going to be in a closed and noisy place, your baby can enjoy short walks that will lengthen as the days go by from the moment you are in the mood to go outside.

The normal thing, at the beginning, is to do short walks of about 15 minutes in places near your home. The rocking of the car will help the baby sleep more deeply and, therefore, will have a better quality rest. In addition, you will perceive new smells and sounds that you will incorporate into your memory as usual and will improve the ability of imagination and creativity.

Whether you take short or long walks (more than half an hour), the baby's stroller must have all the appropriate properties to ensure the comfort and protection necessary for the baby. The Lite Way 2 Denim Edition chair by Chicco It is light and its front wheels are pivoting, so its handling will be as simple as possible to overcome any type of obstacles or unevenness.

Further, It is approved for use from the first day of your baby's life, among other things, because one of the five positions of its rigid and padded backrest is completely horizontal. Whether it's cold or hot, it has extra accessories that help fight it, such as a hood with an extendable front that becomes a practical summer sunshade and rain plastic.

Daily walks ideal for the mother

So far we have listed the many advantages of the daily walk for the baby but it is also important to mention that this daily exercise is very beneficial, too, for the mother. Walking is the best mental and physical therapy for mothers who have just given birth.

The light movement helps to recover the pre-pregnancy figure more quickly and the postpartum discomfort is milder. Going for a walk on the baby is the perfect excuse to escape the routine and the four walls of your house. Breathing another air and walking through noisy places will help you reduce stress, relax and clear your mind. In addition, if the step is light, walking is one of the most complete exercises because it activates the circulation and improves your bone structure thanks to the movement made by all the joints.

¿You need more excuses? Put on comfortable clothes and shoes, prepare your baby's bag, sit it in your stroller and take a walk for at least half an hour a day. Do it for yourself and your baby.

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