Generally speaking, babies begin to learn to crawl around 6 months, and babies who develop late may be around 1 year.

It takes about 6-8 months to walk from school. Yes, these 6 ~ 8 months are precious crawling periods for the baby.

I can often hear a group of grandmothers with babies chatting like this-my grandson is so powerful that he doesn't need to climb at all, just stick to the wall and walk well. Hearing one of them say this, the other grandmothers began to worry. In the concept of the older generation, it is very powerful to skip the crawling stage and walk directly. Children are simply geniuses.

However, this is not the case. Current research shows that learning to walk by skipping crawling directly does not mean that the child is a genius, nor does it mean that the child is abnormal.

Children who skip crawling and walk directly are more likely to have a poor sense of balance and fall when they walk askew.

There is such a classic experiment in children's psychology: cliff experiment. It can judge whether a child has the ability of "depth" perception.

The researchers of BBC documentary about children, The Fantasy World of North Nose, conducted this experiment again. They built a visual "cliff", similar to the glass landscape platform and glass plank road of tourist attractions.

We adults must know that it is safe to stand on the glass, but a few months old baby may not realize this. Facing the "dangerous" cliff, will they continue to climb?

The experiment began. The first one is a baby who just learned to crawl. Facing the call of his mother in front, he climbed over without hesitation, unaware that such a "cliff" might bring "danger" to himself.

The baby in the later experiment was similar, and climbed over without hesitation under the call of her mother. Some of these babies who just learned to crawl "ignored" the existence of cliffs. They have not yet established this "advanced" cognitive ability related to attention and memory.

The next experiment is about babies who have been crawling for more than 2 weeks. What will they do?

These babies with crawling experience clearly realize that this "pit" in front of them can't be stepped on! Even though there was a familiar mother calling in front, they didn't climb this "cliff".

Crawling is an important milestone to help our thinking and judgment develop. He can let the baby know the world from a new angle and learn to avoid potential dangers.

Besides, crawling has many advantages.

In the process of crawling, the baby's head and neck are raised, his chest and abdomen are off the ground, and his limbs are supported and exercised alternately, which can drive the whole body to exercise great muscle strength and exercise the coordination and flexibility of limb activities. This is a comprehensive fitness exercise.

The baby's crawling process needs the close cooperation between cerebellum and cerebellum. More crawling can enrich the neural connection between cerebellum and promote the development and growth of brain. Secondly, the stimulation of crawling bilateral limbs can also promote the formation of central sulcus in cerebral cortex, thus promoting the differentiation of bilateral functional areas of the brain.

The baby's crawling exploration process is helpful to the development of audio-visual sense, spatial position sense and balance sense. Adequate crawling is helpful to exercise children's muscle tension and bone support, and promote the coordination between limbs and body. Research shows that children who climb well have a stronger sense of balance, and they are less likely to fall or trip when walking. Children who can crawl have a stronger sense of self-protection than children who can't crawl.

This shows that "advanced development" is not necessarily a good thing! Parents should create a safe world conducive to crawling for their children and encourage and develop their baby's crawling activities.

Some parents said that it is important to know how to climb.

I have met many children who don't like climbing mountains. The main reason is that parents think the ground is too dirty/the children are too tired, so they have been holding …

So I, your suggestion is:

Don't hold it all the time!

Don't hold it all the time!

Don't hold it all the time!

If they can't crawl, then parents should create conditions for their children to learn to crawl.

For example, buy a climbing mat and put it on the ground. After the baby is born, you can lie on it first and then climb up when you climb. Do not practice standing and walking in advance. Train your baby to stand and walk in a hurry. Once a baby can stand up, it won't crawl.

When dealing with baby crawling, what parents should do most is to lay a good foundation, provide opportunities and guide in time. Adults don't have to teach them deliberately, but they can help them in a targeted way.

For example, let the baby feel his chest and abdomen off the ground.

Or stand against the baby's feet to promote him to crawl forward.

Or drag the upper body forward with a tray to let the baby experience the feeling of crawling.

Set bait, put colored balls and toys in front of the baby, or shake bells and rattles to lure him to crawl.

These exercises don't have to be done. You can decide for yourself according to your baby's situation.

In addition to the different crawling time, we will find that the baby's crawling posture is also varied.

Normal crawling posture: you should support the ground with your hands and knees, and then cross forward.

In addition, some babies crawl, some crawl, and some crawl backwards ... Because different crawling postures use different muscle groups, even crawling brings different effects and experiences to children. But this doesn't mean that there is something wrong with the baby, it just needs more practice.

The baby's initial crawling posture is crawling. At this point, the baby's abdomen is always attached to the ground, which may just be spinning in the same place, or it may creep forward slowly like a bug.

Posture analysis:

This is because the baby's arm strength is not enough to support the upper body. Mother can use some small methods to strengthen her baby's arm strength exercise, so as to help her baby crawl and move forward.

Guide:

For example, you can let your baby lie down several times a day and then help him hold up with his arms. If the baby's abdomen is still inseparable from the ground after practicing crawling for a period of time, adults can put their hands or towels on the baby's abdomen, then help the baby lift his abdomen and let him practice crawling with his hands and knees.

The baby will push on the floor with his arms, which makes the baby's body move backwards instead of forward. This result often makes the baby feel depressed, because it is not his own will.

Posture analysis:

When the baby crawls backwards, it may be that he has not mastered his hands and feet, especially the strength and direction of his feet. Parents can learn to crawl forward through teasing and training.

Guide:

For example, when the baby climbs backwards, adults can put their hands on the soles of his feet, which will make him have something to pedal and easy to climb forward, so as to practice the strength and exertion of the baby's legs.

When the baby is more skilled, you can put attractive toys or balls that move or make sounds in front of the baby to practice, because the baby likes to chase these toys, so that the baby can practice crawling more.

When the baby climbs, he always climbs, pushing hard with one hand and one foot, and his stomach is close to the ground, just like "the People's Liberation Army climbed over the grass".

Posture analysis:

If the baby always leans to one side when crawling, it may be that the coordination of hands and feet is not well mastered, or it may be that the strength of arms and legs is asymmetrical. At this time, parents need to give certain crawling posture training to strengthen the coordination of hands and feet.

Guide:

Mother can stick her hands on the baby's soles, push her right foot forward with her left hand, and push her left foot when her right hand moves, so that her limbs can be passively coordinated by conditioned reflex.

After seeing so many wonderful postures, I believe you can rest assured of your baby's crawling posture!