Parents: Has anyone ever tried Yoga with their toddler?
In my Parents magazine last month (or this month – can’t remember) they had an article about yoga with your toddler. I laughed at it thinking “Yeah right, not my kid”.
Well last night my 2 yr old wanted to go see Gramma who was working out in her gym. When we got there, she was doing a yoga video. I tried to get my son to do it with me and Gramma and he was shy. I told him he could stay and watch her as long as he behaved.
I didn’t hear from my mother or my 2 yr old so I figured either he was totally behaving (??) or he was getting Gramma to be a pushover. Well my mother came in the house about 20 mins later and said that my 2 yr old was doing yoga WITH her. He took off his shoes, his socks, he used her yoga mat! And he was watching the TV trying to do the motions/exercises with her.
I found it hilarious but I also think it’s awesome!!
I know there are “Mommy and Me” classes out there but I’ve never done yoga myself nor brought my toddler into it.
Has anyone tried yoga with their toddlers? If so, how did it go??
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My son’s way too young to even think about it yet, but my step mom’s done it with my some of my younger siblings.
The triplets (now 3) were the first she did it with. She tried it when they were about 21 months with Nate, Ty and Kate together. It was quite hilarious. At first they just kept falling over then Nathan and Tyler decided it would be hilarious to push Kate over everytime she got it. Needless to say, my step mom couldn’t put up with it for long.
With all us kids we have a little time with mom and dad separately at least every few days (how they find the time I don’t know, especially without how many there are of us!)
In this little time, she decided to try it one on one. It went so much better. Without the distrations of the other two, the triplets worked so well with mom. They can’t do it all, but they try their best. And it’s so calming and healthy so that’s a big bonus.
The youngest are Cameron and Ari, the twins, who are 19 months old at the moment. They’ve been doing it since they were about 14 months. Similarly, they didn’t do it well together but as soon as it was just one of them and mom, it went great.
Of course, it helps that yoga interests them. If you have a kid that hates it, it obviously won’t go well. And you’ve gotta be really patient. I advise you give it a try. If it doesn’t go well you can stop, but if it does, you’ve found a fantastic new bonding experience!
Good luck.
I do yoga with my 10 and 11 year old…… nothing harsh, just a dvd that I bought off ebay. Stretching mostly, but I felt the relief immediately. Got one aimed for moms and kids, because you know how it goes…Mom can’t get on the floor without the kids wondering what she’s doing, so now I make them join me. We have fun.