As a parent, I know how exciting it is when your baby first starts to walk. Think about it. It is likely that your child will walk for over 80 years. Yet, she has only twelve months in which to get her body, her strength, balance and coordination prepared for the upright posture. So why do we hurry our children to walk? Today, in stark contrast, our children have the time to learn essential developmental skills in the safety of protected environments.
Really, it does look very cute as she works to put one foot in front of the other aided by the enthusiastic grip of a loved one, however, there are some major advantages in resisting this instinct and allowing your baby get walking without your help:. Learning new skills by themselves is the key to healthy brain development. The brain does not learn as quickly or as well when it does not learn by practice, and it needs lots of opportunities and experiences to walk with excellent coordination and good posture.
How do you go back from this without making him feel we are not there when he needs us to be or without making him feel he is not enough? Can I ask what professional degree you hold that gives you expertise in the area of child motor development and intervention? Emmi Pikler and child specialist Magda Gerber, among many others.
Thanks for sharing with parents. I was hoping for a PT to chime in. I too would like cited peer- research on the effectiveness of this approach as well as peer-reviewed research on the claims made in this article. We have a However, she is very happy to crawl and enjoys sitting and playing with her toys and books and often engages herself for awhile doing those things. Have you seen or heard of this pattern in other babies?
I digress…. Just hoping you might help to shed some light on why this could be occurring. Their walking began anywhere from 8 months, to 14 months.
It just makes sense. Dear Janet, it is so greatful for me to find out this article. My parents in law enjoy a lot walking my 9 month baby and I have mentioned several times that I would prefer that they leave him alone so that he can move by himself the way he wants, but they think that as parents we have to stimulate the movement for the baby, otherwise the baby is not happy. I will try to discuss with them again and maybe explain to them your point of view, hope they will understand what I want the best for the baby.
Thanks again. Janet do you have any articles or thoughts on teaching your children how to safely go down stairs, a slide or get off of a chair? She easily climbs up stairs or onto her little chair, but she likes to throw herself face first of her little chair and is inclined to go face first down stairs.
She climbs up on her own just fine. How do you recommend safely letting kids learn how to go down things? We, as parents,have an innate instinct and do not need generic advice to guide us. Do not use age as a guidance for achievement, just go with the flow. The danger here is that the advice is telling you that you are not a good parent. Yes, kids fall, yes, kids roll over, yes, kids love to hold you for support, yes some bum-shuffle, yes, some walk without ever crawling, yes, some roll one way and not the other — they are all individual and therefore, this advice is meaningless and derogatory.
Go with the flow,enjoy your little munchkin and learn with them…. How about everyone quits ridiculing and undermining others parenting ways and get a life. Sorry not every parent reads and abides by every baby book on the planet. Mommas you do what you feel is right plain and simple get over yourselves. So, I agree with all the above having taught childcare development a number of years.
Do you feel there is any truth in this, particularly the in-toeing issue please? Thank you. What would you suggest? Hi Ivana! Thank you Janet for sharing that information and offering different perspective to what is often regarded as the norm without it even being questioned or challenged.
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This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed. Snail Wooden Pull Toy. Learning All The Time. Originally published by Janet Lansbury on March 09, You Also Might Like. Sitting Babies Up — The Downside. Typing too fast :! Do you have some kind of citation for statements like this?
Bernadette: good for you…? You sound so proud of yourself! Is this for real? Thanks for all of your wonderful articles! Hi Janet, We have a I digress… Just hoping you might help to shed some light on why this could be occurring. Thanks in advance, Krysten. So critical. I walked each of my babies once or twice. Not easy on the back. I totally agree with this article and confused as to why so many people get offended by it. Leave a Reply Cancel reply Your email address will not be published.
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