According to doctors, a healthy, properly developing baby should start walking in the period from…
By: Kate Bancer
Tags: The First Steps, Baby, Parenting

According to doctors, a healthy, properly developing baby should start walking in the period from 9 to 18 months, especially if you create favorable conditions for him.

Do I need to hurry

On the Internet, you can find claims that babies start trying to get up from 6 months. However, doctors say that at this age, the muscles in the crumbs have not yet become stronger, as well as the musculoskeletal system. Therefore, the consequences of early walking can be deplorable: from the wrong setting of the feet to the curvature of the Shin.

The situation is aggravated if the baby has certain health problems, which his doctors and parents do not know yet. However, this does not prevent parents from trying their best to help the child learn to walk faster.

At the same time, such fears should not overshadow the mood, if the baby is trying to get up or take the first step ahead of time. The child gets up if his body is already fully formed and ready.

How to understand that the baby is ready

Age, in which a toddler will make its first step, is individual. According to podiatrists, most children it happens in 1 year, but still all to adjust to the standards is not necessary. In the end, the indicator is influenced by genetics, temperament, climate, disease and stress.

It is a fact that children who grow up in a supportive environment without conflicts and quarrels on the part of parents take their first steps faster than those who live in the presence of quarrels and shouting. Stress can also trigger and move around a lot, a lot of other people in the house.

The disease is another unfavorable factor. Even a common cold can delay the first steps. To understand that he is able to make his first steps, you can just watch a child.

If the child can:

to rise, holding on to something;

to move along the legs;

moving from room to room on all fours;

walk by hand;

climb on low chairs.

So he’s ready to walk.

Just need to take into account the child does these actions with pleasure or not. If You most often push him to these actions, and he does not get joy from them, stop. Do not rush things, so as not to face unpleasant consequences. In the end, if time goes on, and the child does not wish to go, it makes sense to show it to the doctor. Problems with the musculoskeletal system and the Central nervous system can slow down the skill of independent walking. And most of them are amenable to correction. We need only timely diagnosis and treatment.

What to do to go faster

Want the child to go as soon as possible, then start preparing him for this. Massages and gymnastics are useful for newborns. Already in a month they need to be regularly put on the tummy so the muscles of the back, neck will get stronger.

In 3 to 4 months you can start learning to roll over. This involves the muscles of the back and then help to quickly make the first steps. By six months the baby begins to sit down. Sometimes, children come to this earlier, although doctors do not recommend it. With 6 months can and should crawl for a long time and with pleasure. It is possible to promote, if you are constantly “accidentally” leave favorite toys out of reach. Then the kids reach for them, and the skill is honed faster.

How to quickly learn to walk

There are a number of exercises that will take no more than a few minutes a day, and the result will be excellent.

Rack. Before you learn to take the first steps, the child must learn to stand. At 9 months you should put him on his heels back to him, and then, holding it under the handles, gently lift, forcing the legs to straighten. And so several times.

Exercises on the fitball. Sit on the ball with the child’s back to him from 6 months to develop coordination and learn to maintain balance. You can also put it on the crumbs, tummy or back, it does not matter. The main thing is to do it constantly and make sure that the action brought pleasure.

Rope. Her task — to make the toddler rearrange the legs, as if he makes the first step. Pull the rope in the middle of the room, you can several paths between different pieces of furniture. Then bring it to it, pushing to cross and so several times. When he understands the essence, it will be possible to move on and complicate tasks.

Exercises with a Hoop. This option is for those who can stand, but still can not walk. Hoop put on the baby so that he took him with both hands. Then move, forcing the child to take steps with him.

Walkers. Children are willing to run in them, it will help them move from room to room and explore the world on their own

There are other ways of learning to walk, without foreign devices. And they are advised to start with experts, answering the question of how to teach.

The first thing you need to teach to walk, adhering to the support. Maybe it’s only if the toddler is able to stand. He put on one side of the bed, and they themselves are on the other. Then the child called to him. Alternatively, it is possible to entice a toy. It is important not to overdo things, if you start to cry, and to move the lesson on a more auspicious time.

The next task is to teach how to let go of the support. Here it is important to keep a little of the researcher’s two hands, then one. Consistency is a guarantee of success. You can not let go early, otherwise the child does not learn to feel self-confidence, without which it will be more difficult for him then to walk.

The first steps can be done together with mom and dad. They sit down against each other at a short distance, and in a kind of corridor put a crumb. One turns it to face the other, holding it under the handles. The other is calling, putting his hands in a characteristic way. Then the child tries to make a move, when the first parent and the second it releases just a “safety net creates a” hand, but not hold.

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