"He is seven months old and already walking": When can a baby stand?

Out of ignorance or for completely wrong motives, such as competing with other babies, parents place their babies too early to rely entirely on their feet, which can be very dangerous

Find out when it's time for your baby to walk…

For years, pediatricians and physiotherapists have warned about the harm of putting the child on his feet too early, using a circle, many new tools such as rings or bands to walk, but also old practices such as holding the child by the arms.

Despite these warnings, impatient and uninformed parents are increasingly putting babies on their own feet by seven months – and this seems to be a growing trend, for very dangerous babies.

In addition to being unnecessary, it can also be very dangerous for the child's physical and motor development, Telegrafi reports.

The development of the baby's legs does not end at birth. Bones and cartilaginous tissues are still soft, muscles are still being formed, so external action can cause injuries and distortions (which happens when the child stands prematurely).

The consequences can be the irregular development of the legs and knees, under the weight of the body the knees can be distorted, which eventually leads to deformation of the spine.

Parents often hold the baby's arms above her head so she can support her feet on the floor. In such cases, children's sensitive joints, elbows and shoulders can be injured, because when they lose their balance, they will start to fall, and adults will probably suddenly pull the handles to prevent a fall. Such injuries also occur when children are led by someone holding their hands.

These mistakes are most often made by parents because they are not familiar with the normal development of motor skills in children, as well as its laws, which the baby must go through in order to develop properly.

Also, parents often mistakenly confuse the baby's desire to move and discover the world around him - with the desire to walk, just as they confuse reflex walking with real walking.

Motor development from the fourth to the fifteenth month:

4-5 months - starts rolling from back to stomach;
5-6 months - "swims" - reacts with the whole body while trying to reach a toy that it cannot reach;
6-7 months - gets up sideways, tries to sit down;
7-8 months - sits for a short time without support, rises to the knees, turns in a circle on the stomach;
8-9 months – swings back and forth in a four-legged position, turns from stomach to back;
9-10 months - sits "slanted", sits, sits on his knees;
10-11 months – crawls, stands up independently;
11-12 months - moves sideways along mobiles;
12-13 months – lies down and picks up a toy from the floor, with climbing;
13-14 months - stands for a short time, maintaining balance;
14-15 months – can sit and stand, walk independently.

The first independent steps most often occur between fourteen and sixteen months, that is, when the child passes all the important stages and is fully matured physically and mentally to walk. "Delay" is tolerated up to four months, so everything is fine even if the child is in the tenth month, but also if it happens in the twenty-seventh month of the baby's life.

Turning sideways

Every month, babies become more and more interested in the environment. Already at the end of the fourth month, if there is something in their field of vision that attracts their attention and is interesting to them, let's say a toy, the child can turn to the side.

Turning to one side is completely mastered by babies at six months, and at seven months they can turn to both sides with equal skill,

You can practice this activity, which is very challenging and fun for the baby, and stimulate its development by placing it on a flat surface and within sight, but out of reach, by placing a toy that it will want to reach. In this way you will stimulate her turning to the side.

procrastination

The experiences of experts dealing with child development have shown that crawling is a very important stage for the proper development of motor skills and later walking.

In the eighth month, the baby raises its back and rests on its knees, but it is not yet mature enough to walk forward and backward, in the ninth month it starts to move "like a soldier". At ten months, she takes the position on all fours and is ready to crawl.

You can also stimulate crawling with exercises to strengthen your baby's muscles. Encourage the child to move with toys to which he must move forward, but you must be careful that the surface is not slippery and that the child wears clothes that do not constrict him.

Reports

Maintaining balance means adjusting the tone in the muscles and starting the bony joint system so that the body can resist the force of the earth's gravity and maintain an upright or desired position.

Activities that are suitable for stimulating balance and can be carried out at an early age are: grasping, reaching and returning - up to the tenth month, and then walking, running, jumping, tapping, rolling, turning, tilting, bending , pulling, pushing, swinging, rocking, climbing, descending, jumping, kicking, stepping on different types of surfaces – in the later months of the baby's life. /Telegraph/