What should I do if my baby still can't walk after he is over one year old? What is the reason for the baby's late walking?

The development of babies is the most concerned issue for parents. Some babies walk very early, while others walk later. Today I will tell you why babies cannot walk when they are over one year old, and what should I do when this happens?

Why is the baby walking late?

Family Education

Parents are partly responsible for babies' late walking. If parents do not create a good environment for their babies to learn to walk, over-indulge them, and do not allow them to exercise or practice walking, or are afraid that their children will get tired or fall, and dare not let their children stand or walk, their babies will eventually have delayed motor development and walk later than children of the same age.

Personality reasons

Personality is the biggest factor that affects how early or late a baby starts to walk. Babies who are cautious, timid, and afraid of falling often learn to walk later than babies who are lively, bold, and fearless. This is because when the baby has a certain self-awareness of the risk of falling when walking, he will be reluctant to take his first steps, so he will start to walk later.

Genetic factors

According to survey data, about 40% of babies learn to walk at roughly the same age as their parents. Some babies even have the same crawling and walking postures as their parents when they were children. This is determined by genes, which means that congenital genetic factors will also have a certain impact on the baby's late walking.

Sense of balance

Babies also need to coordinate their sense of balance when learning to walk. Generally speaking, small and light babies start walking earlier than big and heavy babies. This is because big and heavy babies will bear more pressure on their legs. Although they can support their bodies, their sense of balance when walking will be poor, which will also affect their learning to walk.

Unconscious exercise

Whether a baby walks early or late is closely related to the strength of the leg muscles, which in turn is related to whether the parents consciously train the baby. If the baby's leg muscles are strong and have the ability to support independent walking, the baby will walk early, otherwise it will be late. If the parents do not consciously train the baby's leg muscles, the baby can only rely on his own strength to learn to walk, which may cause the baby to walk late.

It may be due to delayed motor development

Motor development retardation refers to the fact that some children suffer from certain neurological and muscular diseases, or poor parenting and care behaviors, which cause their physical motor development to lag behind normal children of the same age after birth. Although the causes are different, the main feature of children's motor development retardation is obvious damage in movement, manifested as obvious motor delay, such as lag in walking, crawling, and sitting alone. The use of standardized motor skill tests to assess their skills is found to be more than 2 standard deviations below the expected value for their age.

There are five reasons for motor retardation in children: perinatal brain damage, such as premature birth, low birth weight, neonatal asphyxia, hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy, etc. Peripheral nerve damage or muscle system lesions. Congenital defects, including limb deformity, mutilation or paralysis. Inherited metabolic defects. Chromosomal diseases: such as fragile X syndrome. The key to treating children with motor retardation is early correct diagnosis and early treatment. If parents lack understanding of the child's development process, they will not be able to detect it early, and miss the critical treatment time, which may delay the treatment of the disease, and the treatment effect after the age of 3 is very poor.

Nursing precautions

The baby's condition is likely to be caused by calcium deficiency or other reasons. It is recommended to take calcium supplements. It is recommended to take calcium gluconate oral solution for regulation and treatment. During this period, pay attention to drinking more water and keep the bowel movements smooth.

Some children walk early, while others walk late. You can give your child some calcium and cod liver oil supplements. Let your child eat more fruits and vegetables and other foods high in vitamins, more dairy products, soy products, eggs, lean meat, etc. Eat less snacks and other foods high in lead. Let your child strengthen his or her walking exercise.