Babygym George with Joanie

JOIN BABYGYM TODAY!

Support your baby’s natural brain and body development with BabyGym.

Learn the fundamentals in class and integrate them as a lifestyle at home.

Our 5-week, brain-boosting movement programme is fun for babies and enlightening for parents.

You’ll learn how to:
• Massage your baby from top to toe
• Awaken their senses
• Strengthen their muscles
• Help them reach movement milestones step by step

And at the end, you’ll celebrate with the cutest BabyGym graduation imaginable!

Babies 6 weeks and older are welcome.

Our classes are available nationwide across South Africa, in Namibia, and online!

Find your nearest BabyGym Instructor below 👇🏻

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

Garden Route moms and Babies join nou for our spring classes and receive a free massage ointment.
Next available classes start 14 August at 09:00

Skin-to-skin care isn’t just for babies, it supports mom too.

A new 2026 systematic review and meta-analysis found that kangaroo mother care (prolonged skin-to-skin contact, often paired with breastfeeding) was associated with a significant reduction in postpartum depressive symptoms.

While skin-to-skin isn’t a replacement for mental health care when it’s needed, it’s a simple, low-cost, evidence-based practice that may benefit both parent and baby.

The greatest effects were seen among parents of preterm infants, but the overall findings reinforce what we’ve long known: nurturing the parent-infant connection matters.

Skin-to-skin contact isn’t only for releasing the placenta or the first couple days. This contact is beneficial long term.

📖 Read the study: Impact of kangaroo mother care on maternal postpartum depression: A systematic review and meta-analysis of controlled trials (Pediatric Research, 2026).

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41390-026-05157-3?fbclid=IwdGRleATec0JwZG9mBWZkaWQWUL1jbNp2o9mgjchSZ68gSfkqV6Oq52V4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkCjY2Mjg1NjgzNzkAAR5VGMEYZdsUJQ0WWabH36bCwNaZCCBPRFVZGyhkM7R7B8axqN3cQWi-L803YA_aem_0HVZArAbckML08v9j4LNlQ&utm_id=97758_v0_s00_e0_tv1_a1demo0jt7repd