Can I start with a newborn? What's the youngest age?

Yes. You can start from day one, and you don't need to wait for your baby to be "ready." Baby Acrobatics is built for the whole first stretch of life, so the newborn weeks have a gentle starting point of their own.

There's no minimum age and no milestone you have to reach first. A newborn's work is small and slow, and that's exactly how it should be: a little tummy time on your chest, soft limb movements, being carried in different positions, time on the floor out of a seat or swing. That's the foundation everything else builds on.

Where to start with a newborn

1. Open the app and add your baby with their real birthdate (in Settings, under Children). The program uses that date to keep the activities matched to their stage.
2. Begin with the Newborn Gentle Start routine. It's short, calm, and made for these early weeks.
3. Keep sessions tiny. A newborn tires fast, so a couple of minutes at a time, a few times a day, works better than one long session. Stop whenever they've had enough.
4. Do tummy time chest-to-chest at first. Lying on your chest while you're propped up counts, and it's gentler on a newborn than the floor.

A few things that matter early

• Follow your baby, not the clock. Fussing that settles is fine. Hard crying or pulling away is your cue to stop and come back later.
• Support the head and neck. Newborns have no head control yet, so in every position you'll be supporting it for them.
• You won't fall behind by going slow. The goal isn't to push milestones early. It's to give your baby room and gentle input so movement develops the way it's meant to, in its own time.

If your baby was premature

Use corrected age, not calendar age, so the activities match where your baby actually is. The app handles the math once you mark them premature. See my baby was premature: which age does the routine use?.

What you don't need

No equipment, no special space, no prior experience. A clear patch of floor, a blanket, and a few minutes are all it takes. When you're ready to see how the week-to-week plan grows from here, see how the weekly routine works.