Every time the baby grows, the mother wants to show off.
Looking at the circle of friends today, classmates are showing their daughters walking for the first time, and it reads:
The little paws of the feet have great power
The future you must have your light!
It reminded me of the way my son looked the first time he walked, shaking and stumbling, coming toward me with open arms, and I was both surprised and nervous.
I was worried that he would fall, stumble, and touch, and I was relieved that he was finally going to leave my arms and go to a new world of independence from today onwards.
Children are not born with hearing, they need to be acquired, and they need a process.
Here's when your baby walks, how to help you practice walking, and what to do when your baby learns to walk.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="91" > what can a baby walk? </h1>
My son walked late, and it took more than 14 months to tremble and walk three or four steps without the help of foreign objects.
The daughter of my eldest sister's family, in the same year as my son, helped her walk in more than 10 months, walked away from objects in 11 months, and basically learned to walk in 12 months.
There was no harm without comparison, and my son's relatively late walking did make me anxious.
So when is it normal for your baby to walk?
The author of the book "Shrimp Mi Mommy Parenting Canon" gave a reference answer:
10 months old: Your baby moves his body through his hands and knees.
11 months: Parents can hold their baby's hands and lead him forward, or tease him to move over.
12 to 13 months of age: Your baby will take his first steps alone.
13 to 15 months of age: Babies begin to walk independently.
18 months of age: The baby can run and walk backwards.
2 years old: The baby can jump in place and can stand on one foot for 1 to 2 seconds.
2 and a half years old: Your baby can jump on one foot.
3 years old: The baby can alternately go down the stairs with both feet and jump long.
In short, around the age of 1 is the peak of toddler.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="106" > 4 stages for babies to learn to walk</h1>
When the baby learns to walk, a gradual process requires the full participation and balance of the body, it can be said that the baby learns to walk from 4 months old to start accumulating strength, reserve the muscles and skills needed to walk.
However, the baby really starts to walk generally needs to go through the 4 stages of supporting the station, helping to walk, standing alone, and walking alone, and the new mother can provide different help to the baby at different stages.
1. Fu Station
Only after the baby can stand, can he officially enter the toddler period.
At the beginning, encourage the baby to stand, parents can hold the baby's hand, or provide the baby with support objects, such as chairs, sofas, etc., so that the baby can learn to stand.
The more accustomed your baby gets to standing, the more he desires to take the first step in his life with his legs open.
In addition to learning how to stand, babies also have to learn how to squat or sit down.
My son always fell or cried as he stood, and after my observation, I found that he didn't know what to do next.
At this time, his parents need to personally demonstrate to him how to bend his knees and let his body slowly sit on the floor or squat, instead of falling on the floor.
2. Help away
After the baby gradually learns to stand, he will tentatively take a few steps with his things on his back, and then slowly change into a state of walking everywhere. And enjoy it, the corners and corners of the home are the backs of his exploration.
At this stage, the support provided by parents to the baby is to hold the baby's small hand and walk, providing protection and security for the baby. Of course, this wave of operation will make adults tired and tired, it is best to use less.
You can give your baby a moving auxiliary toy.
Let the baby push and walk on his own, he will have a great sense of accomplishment, and is willing to try and practice many times.
3. Stand alone
After the foundation work ahead, we will find that the baby's legs are getting stronger and stronger, and gradually, the baby can stand for a few seconds without help.
The support that parents can provide to the baby at this stage is to create more opportunities for the baby to stand, such as directly letting the baby stand every time he holds the baby to put it down, instead of letting the baby sit.
After the baby stood alone, he gave the baby praise and applause: "Wow, baby, you are so powerful, the soles of your feet are getting stronger and stronger, and the time you stand is getting longer and longer..."
This will give the baby great confidence, and the baby will be more courageous to explore.
4.Self-drive
After months of exploration and practice, it has become a natural thing for babies to walk alone.
He finally stumbled to take the first step in his life, and his parents were excited and sweet.
At this time, the support that parents need to provide is not to worry too much about the child falling down, it will hurt and cry, as long as it is natural. Growth is done in fall and failure after fall.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="133" > the precautions when your baby is toddler</h1>
1. It is better to go barefoot than to wear shoes
For babies who are just beginning to learn to walk, barefoot is more suitable than wearing shoes.
Li Danyang wrote in the book "Rice Cake Mother Easy Parenting Encyclopedia":
Indoors, allowing the baby to walk barefoot can not only stimulate the nerves on the soles of his feet, promote blood circulation, strengthen the arch of the foot, strengthen the ankle, but also allow the baby's toes to grasp the ground more firmly and prevent slipping.
"Hundreds of diseases from the cold, cold from the soles of the feet", if the home is particularly cold, you can wear a pair of non-slip socks for the baby.
When going out, you can choose soft, breathable, suitable and non-slip design of the toddler shoes, so that the baby's toes can grasp the ground, which helps the plantar nerve development, can help him better stand and learn to walk.
2. It is not recommended to use a walker for your baby
In our traditional understanding, using a walker is really a lot of benefits.
When my son was learning to walk, I bought him a walker at a high price, on the one hand, I thought he could protect the baby from falling and getting injured.
On the other hand, the walker can free up my labor force, and without the baby's "fart", I can be distracted and rest for a while or do housework.
However, I was punched in the face by American pediatrics, which believes that using a walker for a baby does more harm than good.
It will make the baby become dependent, learn to walk later, and the walker is not as safe as we think, and there is a certain safety hazard.
Most importantly, if you leave your baby in the walker for more than 30 minutes at a time, it is easy for your baby to form flat feet.
Fixed bouncing chairs or push-pull toys with armrests with a certain weight are good helpers for learning to stand and walk.
3. Don't force your baby to learn to walk too early
Letting your baby learn to walk too early and blindly is unhelpful, can damage your baby's leg health, and may have a negative impact on your baby's bone and joint development.
Parents only need to follow the baby's "steps" to assist him.
4. Face your baby's fall correctly
Every baby is the heart of the parents, afraid that he will bump into it in the process of growing up.
When my son first started walking, he staggered into the corner of the table and bumped his head into a large bag.
Our whole family reacted so much that our aggressive attitude and pain made my son afraid to walk again for days.
Wrestling when the baby learns to walk is a very normal thing, at first the baby will not control the speed and balance, only through repeated falls can gradually master the skill of walking.
What parents have to do is not to worry about the baby falling while learning to walk, but to create a safe and soft environment for the baby.
In addition, when the baby falls, parents should not make a fuss, give the baby a comforting hug, and encourage him to continue.
Babies will learn from their mother's attitude that wrestling is not a big deal.
5. Supplement your baby with good nutrition
When the baby learns to walk, the body's calorie consumption is particularly large, in addition to milk, but also pay attention to other foods and nutrient supplements.
Only adequate and reasonable nutrition can inject vitality into the baby's body, the baby's muscles are well developed, and learning the road is naturally fast.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="163" > written at the end</h1>
Learning to walk is the most important big action for the baby, which is of milestone significance for the baby.
In this process, although the mother will have a lot of worries and confusion, she should also calm her mind and wait for the flowers to bloom.
As Dr. Shi Chunmei, author of Lilac Mother, said:
No matter what stage of your baby's motor development, mom and dad are best to follow two principles: not too much involvement and full encouragement.
For the vast majority of babies, learning to walk does not actually require deliberate training, and any deliberate training is harmful and unprofitable.