BabyGym with Christi Ermelo

23/09/2025

"This morning, I woke up to my child’s little face. No fancy plans. No grand achievements. Just sleepy eyes, messy hair, and that tiny smile. And in that moment, I realized – I am the richest I’ve ever been. Not in money, but in love, in presence, in purpose." ~ littlegraceph

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15/09/2025

What an amazing weekend!!!

12/09/2025

BabyGym Conference 2025!!!!
I love to be a part of this A M A Z I N G team of instructors!!!!!

08/09/2025

Looking forward to this year's conference!!!

01/09/2025

"Nothing ever seems impossible in spring, you know." ~ L.M. Montgomery

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27/08/2025

MASTERING MILESTONES
See the comments section below for where this developmental journey started

SMILING
Your baby’s first smiles will be in the womb. In the womb, the smiles are mostly reflexive and not deliberate. It is mostly from 6 to 8 weeks of age that the first intentional smile appears. You may be wondering how you will tell the difference. Rest assured that you will recognise a real smile when it happens!

A baby’s smile indicates that several building blocks are already in place. Building blocks such as:

• Keeping the head stable, to support the eyes to work together and focus.
• Understanding visual cues.
• Connecting and communicating.
• Expressing appropriate feelings, such as pleasure, excitement and contentment.

Take into consideration: If a baby was tube or cup fed, and the facial muscles haven’t had the necessary opportunity to develop optimally, the baby may seem sad simply because the baby still needs to continue to develop the facial muscles further. If the baby is overstimulated or understimulated, it will also affect expression.

The good news is that the baby's facial muscles can develop! And when expression develops, so does interaction and bonding.

Would you like to support your baby's natural brain and body development?

Follow the link below to find a BabyGym Instructor near you:

https://babygym.co.za/instructor_list/

27/08/2025

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25/08/2025

PLAY YOUR BABY TO BRILLIANCE

21/08/2025

"The first three years aren’t a warm-up. They are the main event." ~ Zero to Three

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18/08/2025

18/08/2025

MASTERING MILESTONES
See the comments section below for where this developmental journey started

Some babies need to LEARN to relax, especially if they had a rough start to life.

In the developing embryo, the skin and the nervous system both have the same origin; we can therefore think of the skin as the external portion of our nervous system. Because the skin and the nervous system have such a close connection, we can wake up or calm down the entire nervous system with deep pressure touch.

Objectives of the BabyGym Massage
- To bond with baby
- To relax and calm baby
- To stimulate development
- To build mom, dad or caregiver’s confidence in handling baby.

Benefits of the BabyGym Massage
- Gives baby a sense of safety and security
- Removes toxins
- Reduces pain
- Enhances circulation and metabolism
- Boosts the immune system to help baby fight infection
- Strengthens muscles
- Increases joint flexibility
- Activates growth hormones
- Creates a map of baby’s body in the brain.

Did you know? A newborn baby is not yet aware of the body, what it looks like and what it can do. By massaging the baby, we create a body map in the brain and increase awareness of the body. The brain can only use what the brain is aware of.

Massage is therefore a wonderful introduction to mastering milestones!

Would like to support your baby's natural brain and body development? Follow the link below to find a BabyGym Instructor near you:

https://babygym.co.za/instructor_list/

12/08/2025

Sara Wiles,
“I just heard someone describe another person on a podcast and say:

I love being around them because they are what an adult looks like when their parents loved them so well.

That. That’s my goal as a mother.”

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