How to teach your baby to crawl

It is essential for babies to learn to crawl during their growth. Crawling helps the baby's bone development, so mothers should encourage their babies to crawl. So how do you let your baby learn to crawl? What should you pay attention to when your baby crawls? The following editor will show you in detail.

How many months does the baby crawl?

Most babies learn to crawl between 6 and 10 months. However, during this period, your baby may also adopt other activities, such as: moving on the bottom (one hand behind the body, one foot in front of the body, and the bottom rubbing around), crawling on the belly, or rolling over. Some babies will skip the stage of learning to crawl completely and directly learn to stand up, stand and walk with the help of something. When the baby is seven or eight months old, he will crawl. When he really crawls, the baby crawls on his hands and knees, with his head and neck raised, and his chest and abdomen off the bed. Crawling is a very beneficial movement for babies. It can not only exercise the strength and coordination of the baby's muscles throughout the body, but also enhance the sense of balance of the cerebellum. It has a good effect on the baby's future learning of language and reading. Therefore, parents must help the baby complete the crawling movement.

How to train your baby to crawl

Directional crawling

This method is to have the baby lie on his stomach, and then put the toy in front of the baby, and then guide the child to get the thing. When the baby is about to get it, put the toy farther away. If the child stops moving forward at this time, mom and dad can push the soles of the baby's feet with both hands to help the child move forward.

Free crawling

Parents should clear out a relatively clean place, try to put away risky things, put some toys in the empty space, and let the children crawl in it, but pay attention to the safety of the children.

Turn to crawl

First give the baby an interesting toy to attract the child's attention. After the baby is addicted, hide the toy behind his back and then guide the child to crawl in a different direction.

Among children aged 3 to 13, 10% to 30% of them have varying degrees of inattention, poor balance, easy falling, timidity, introversion, clumsy hands and feet, crying and other symptoms. This is not a general educational problem, but is caused by certain functional incoordination in the development of the child's brain. It is medically known as "sensory integration disorder."

Baby crawling precautions

Crawling Clothing

Babies wear a lot of clothes, but separate clothes are not suitable for crawling. To teach babies to crawl, it is best to put them in one-piece clothes. The top and pants of this kind of clothes form a whole, which will not expose the baby's waist and belly when crawling. At the same time, the clothes are fitted, without too much cumbersome things, which will not affect the baby's interest in crawling.

Crawling equipment

Babies who are a few months old are very light and may not rub their skin when crawling. However, older babies, due to their weight gain, crawl with their elbows and knees, which can easily rub their skin. Therefore, it is best to wear elbow and knee pads when crawling. The clothes should be loose, comfortable, soft, and not hinder movement.

Crawling Location

The bed and floor at home are the best places for babies to crawl. When crawling on the floor, you should consider the floor material. If it is too cold or too hard, it will be uncomfortable. The effective remedy is to lay a carpet on the floor, or you can use a cleverly assembled plastic mat to create a small space. Smooth floor leather can reduce the resistance of the baby's crawling.

How to choose a crawling mat

When choosing a crawling mat, you need to pay attention to two factors: one is whether the material is safe and environmentally friendly; the other is whether the size and pattern of the product are suitable. The following will explain them separately.

Safety and Environmental Protection

1. No odor: Since the baby will crawl back and forth on the crawling mat repeatedly, safety and non-toxicity are the primary considerations. To choose a product without odor, it is best to let it air dry for a while before giving it to the baby.

2. Elasticity: Qualified products have good elasticity and recover quickly after being pressed. Those fake and inferior products recover very slowly or almost never.

3. No fading: Take a piece of white tissue and wipe it back and forth on the crawling mat to check if the color fades. If it does, the fallen paint may be ingested by the baby.

4. Completeness: Try not to use puzzle crawling mats. It is recommended to use complete products. Because once the baby urinates on the crawling mat, the urine may penetrate the gaps of the puzzle mat and contaminate the floor, and it is not easy to clean. The integrated product is much better.

Size and pattern

1. Thickness: If you install floor heating indoors, it is advisable to choose a product with a thickness of 0.5 cm; if there is no floor heating, the thickness of the electronic can be around 1.2 cm. In addition, there is also the factor of season: use slightly thicker ones in winter and thinner ones in summer.

2. Size: The commonly used sizes are 1.5×2 meters or 2×2 meters. You can choose freely according to the size of the indoor area.

3. Patterns: There can be letters, animals, plants, numbers, etc., or other beautiful and vivid pictures. You can choose according to your baby's preferences, which helps your baby understand the world and is also a way of learning.