One of the most important stages in development of the kid – crawling. However many children pass the period of crawling and at once try to sit or go though exactly the skill is very important to creep for mental and physical development of the child.
Children begin to try to creep when it becomes interesting to them when they are physically already ready to crawling. At first the child moves on a floor on a stomach, then gets up on all fours and tries in various ways to rearrange hands and legs.
To creep in own way
Each child has the way of crawling. Some children move directly forward, others – only back, some – sideways. At first kids will move slowly and uncertainly, and later it will become for them very fascinating and interesting pastime, and soon children will creep dexterously on all house.
Usually the child begins to creep on 6-9 month of the first year of life. But all children different, and their abilities are individual too.
To creep, developing
The ability to creep very much helps the child with development, he begins to be guided in space, develops nervous system and also ability to operate legs and hands, improves near sight, improves appetite, provides a good dream, increases intelligence.
Of course, parents have to stimulate attempts of the child to move independently. It is not necessary to limit him only to stay in an arena or walkers. It will give the chance to strengthen the child's muscles, to develop coordination of movements. It is possible to do to kids massage, to do with them gymnastics, swimming to strengthen muscles. In 6 months it is possible to spread the child on a tummy few times in day and to lift for handles. It is necessary to help the child and to encourage his crawling on all fours, it is very important skill.
When the child creeps, it is necessary to secure space for the kid, to remove dangerous objects, plants, to watch purity of a floor.
For development of muscles and a skeleton
To rise on all fours and to creep – the necessary period before ability to sit, stand and go. The main thing to learn to do everything it is correct as if he incorrectly sits, then the shape of a thorax will be broken and if incorrectly goes, there can be a deformation of legs. It will not occur if the kid enough creeps. At the same time muscles of a back, a stomach become stronger, joints and a backbone develop. If the kid does not creep in 9 months, it is necessary to address for consultation the pediatrician. The less occurs movements at the child, the worse he perceives the world surrounding it, he will not feel sure. Such children can grow up closed, with the underestimated self-assessment, lacking initiative. The ability allows to creep a basis for all movements, it is useful for weak bones, a backbone. Confidence gives the chance to pass naturally to the movement on legs to move on all fours.