Crawling becomes a long-awaited developmental stage for parents, along with independent baby turning on the stomach or holding the head. However, there is no clear and uniform age at which absolutely all children begin to crawl. Moreover, some babies will completely bypass this stage of physical formation …
When children start to crawl
The earliest and most active children already from 5 months demonstrate this to the world forever. But the overwhelming majority of babies begin to crawl at 6-7 months, and some babies are "delayed" even up to 9 months of age.
According to research by scientists, there are some differences in the rate of development of girls and boys. So, babies begin to crawl on average 2, 5-4 weeks earlier than babies.
Not everyone is born to crawl …
Some babies in their development pass the crawling phase and immediately after sitting start walking. Parents should not worry about this, because pediatricians fully "recognize the right" of babies to such behavior. In other words, it is considered a variant of the norm.
How to help your child crawl faster
Experts advise parents to remember that all children develop at an individual pace, and therefore do not chase after the "neighbor's son Petechka", who began to crawl at 5 months, and regret that their baby has just crawled by 8 months. However, if at the end of the 9th month the child still does not crawl, there is a reason to consult with the pediatrician about the development of the baby's musculoskeletal system.
There is an opinion that parents can help the child to slightly bring the moment when he can crawl on his own. The simplest exercise for this is carried out as follows. The baby is laid out on the bed with his stomach down and his favorite rattle is placed at a distance of 20 cm in front of him. In an attempt to get the toy, the baby will begin to actively touch its legs and arms, and after a while he will probably be able to crawl to his goal.
However, these exercises have a downside. If the child is not yet ready to crawl and cannot reach his favorite toy, this will only upset him. In this case, you should not provoke him, because the baby himself is interested in studying the world and objects around him. As soon as the baby is ripe for mastering a new skill of movement, he will not need such stimuli or any others at all.
It should be remembered that a child is the same person with character traits, but still dependent, mentally and physically undeveloped. Many modern authors of books on caring for babies express the factual opinion that respect for children is an indispensable attribute of successful upbringing and full development of babies.
