European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 17, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Daily Magazine gymnastics ers a photos by Phil san Dlin track Bau Aaan can negotiate the balance beam As gracefully As a gymnast now that Shes been visiting the Myca gym two mornings a whats special about Tracy is that Shes and her Good Days the tiny athlete is the Star of the diaper a new concept in exercising diaper equipped with balance beams and has been open at the Boca Raton Myca in Florida Only three but the program has been spreading toys around the country since the first diaper gym opened in Detroit in Detroit Enrols babies at 3 months Chicago takes them at 9 Boca Raton took a 1month old and instructors in go right into Homes to Start teaching swimming to newborns As Young As 24 hours the baby age is says child expert Bonnie who started exercising babies 17 years who operates the Bonnie Prudden Institute for physical fitness in said she stumbled across the idea that children would Benefit from exercise in the Early 1940s when her Newborn baby fell into a Pool and came up by 1 to she said the Myca in Detroit agreed to add a child exercise they got a got a got a pretty instructor and called the Detroit everybody knows dogs and babies will steal any and that How it got said who trains instructors to teach her exercise programs at is around the the object of exercising according to instructor Roger Hawkins at the Boca Raton is to improve coordination and develop ment of the Childs nervous he said he saw the need for exercising babies when he noticed Lack of coordination among his 4and 5 it took them too Long to pick up on said who has not attended one of Prudden babies Are accompanied by their mothers during their mothers guide their children through hanging tire up across balance beams and Over stacked Lorraine its a struggle to get to the but Ryan 8 months Tri diaper gym instructor Roger Hawkins teaches a Topsy Turvey toddler How to keys placed in front of inner tubes keep the curious riddles going on the obstacle july the stars and stripes Poge 9