What factors will affect a baby's walking? When is the peak period of a baby's intellectual development?

Some babies walk a little earlier, while others walk a little later. So, what factors will affect a baby's walking?

Factors that affect baby's walking

Body muscle firmness and strength. From the moment a baby is born, the baby's muscle firmness will gradually develop with massage, passive exercises, prone, crawling and other exercises. Good muscle firmness can make the baby's neck and back strength, upper and lower limb strength and shoulder strength more sufficient, making full preparations for the baby's body to stand upright. Otherwise, insufficient muscle firmness can easily cause the baby to have poor posture, such as hunched back, easy fatigue, lack of endurance and other problems.

Balance. Babies develop their balance through early rolling, prone and crawling, so that they can adjust their center of gravity to maintain a stable state when they are static or dynamic. After the baby learns to walk, he can adjust the stability of his body during walking. Otherwise, he is prone to walk unsteadily and fall.

Visual development. Before babies learn to crawl, they will go through a period of rocking their bodies back and forth on their hands and knees. During this period, babies slowly begin to practice adjusting the focus of their eyes through this rocking movement, so that their eyes can better adapt to the changes in the surrounding scenery during movement. Crawling allows the eyes and body movements to work closely together, making the eyes more skilled in adjusting the focus during movement. Some babies who walk directly without crawling may easily fall because their eyes cannot adapt to the adjustment of the focus during movement.

The peak period of baby's intellectual development

The first time is around the 5th week, when the body's organs mature rapidly and all senses begin to work. For example, he begins to shed tears when crying, or smiles to show happiness, and he also observes and listens to everything happening around him from time to time, and responds obviously to smells and movements.

The second time is around the 8th week, when the baby discovers that the surrounding environment is not uniform and fixed, but is composed of moving and concrete things. This dazzling change makes him feel scared. However, if he can often lie in his mother's arms and maintain close contact with his mother, the fear can be eliminated to a considerable extent.

The third time, around the 12th week, the baby discovered movements and learned the process of certain activities. As a result, his previously rigid movements became flexible, and he learned that he could control his own behavior. This also confirmed his "ability". He screamed, giggled, learned to speak excitedly, and constantly tried to "talk" to his mother or others.

The fourth time is at 19 weeks, when the baby knows how to grab things, turn or flip things that can be reached, and watch the movement of objects. At this time, he will study everything - touch it with his hands, or simply put it in his mouth.

The fifth time is at the 26th week. The baby gradually understands the cause and effect relationship between things, such as pressing a button to hear beautiful music. At the same time, he has learned that something can be placed inside another thing or outside a third thing; things can be near or far away. Therefore, the game he is most interested in is taking things out and moving them in, making a mess of everything.

The sixth time is at the 37th week, when the baby knows how to abstractly classify various things. For example, he knows that dogs always bark, big dogs, small dogs, black dogs, white dogs are no exception. This shows that he has begun to use logical thinking like an adult.

Seventh time, at 46 weeks, the baby realizes that there is a sequence to doing anything, so his favorite game is "do it yourself", that is, to complete a task in sequence. It is through this game that he learns to "do things" and deepens his impression of the sequence. However, he thinks that this sequence is fixed.

The eighth time, at 55 weeks, the baby finally discovered that the order could be changed at will by himself. At this time, he was able to "make plans" according to his own wishes and clearly express what he wanted.

How old can a baby learn to walk?

Children aged 9 to 10 months gradually learn to stand and can walk with support; they can walk independently at the age of 1. The development of motor function in some children may be slightly earlier or later than the above rules. For the healthy growth of infants, do not learn to walk too early. Parents must properly control the walking time of infants according to the growth and development rules and development of infants, and do not rush.

The benefits of baby learning to walk

1. Coordinate body balance

Humans are one of the few animals that walk on two legs, and two legs require a higher level of balance. Learning to walk can better promote the development of human balance.

2. Stimulate brain development

After learning to walk, the upright posture can expand the baby's field of vision. A wider field of vision will provide richer sensory stimulation. The development of vision and hearing is of great significance to the further development of the brain.

3. Promote appetite

Learning to walk will increase your baby's metabolic rate, promote digestion and thus increase appetite. Walking is a physically demanding exercise for babies, and the more physical energy they consume, the more they will eat and sleep.