Here are some ideas to stimulate your baby to walk on 4 Legs:
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put it, as soon as possible on the belly. You can do it around a month, a month and a half. This will already allow him to strengthen his muscle tone. If he doesn’t like it, don’t insist, but do it gradually by putting it first a few minutes, then increasing the frequency slowly, day by day or week by week.
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from 3 OR 4 months, you can install some games around him, in order to stimulate his curiosity and desire to move. Talk to your baby by encouraging him to take the toy to help him move forward.
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put in position 4 legs next to him and show him how to do it. Remember that thanks to mirror neurons, children are encouraged to reproduce the same thing as their parents.
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place your baby on the belly, your chest pressed on a small rolled towel, shoulders clear and hands on the ground. Put in front of him a toy he likes. Stimulate it by lifting and pressing the ends of his feet in the palms of your hand. To catch his toy, then he will have to push and move his knees one after the other.
You will get it, this 4-legged phase is really an important stage of your baby’s motor development.
I often hear parents say they are proud of their children, having jumped the 4-legged period because they are “ahead” on their development and became more quickly autonomous. It’s a way to see things, of course.
Jumping The 4 legs can have consequences for future development. These difficulties were not reported in all the children who had sautéed the 4 legs but in the majority of them. Here are the difficulties they can encounter:
- lack of balance and coordination;
- a difficulty for the two-way and cross-border activities;
- visual asymmetry;
- difficult eye pursuit;
- difficulties in writing, writing and reading;
- Difficulties Crossing the middle line;
- Dyslexia.
I encourage you to put a maximum on the belly, on the back. Invite Him to explore his environment, to move, to become curious to understand how his body organizes his movements. Avoid as much as possible to put the child in devices that could prevent or hinder their movements: Baby Benches, cosy maxi, sunbeds and even the walkers. The equation is so simple: the more the baby will be free from his movements, the better he will develop.
N. B keep in mind that every child is unique and evolves according to his own rhythm. Even if sometimes, it’s a parent’s reflex, avoid comparing it with your friend’s son or daughter, who is already doing or not doing yet. If he’s not ready to do his 4 legs, for example, that means his body is simply not.
We strongly invite you not to put a baby in a position if he has not experienced it himself.
Pediatric Sanon Mercedes