Motional activity of the baby

The development of the motor activity of the baby passes in several stages. Parents need only a little help, encourage the crumb to move from one stage to another.

The first stage of the development of movements is crawling, that is, the baby has to learn how to crawl. To make this happen as quickly as possible, it is advisable to choose a position on his stomach for sleep and wakefulness. The more time a child will spend on the tummy, trying to raise the head higher, to consider everything around better, the stronger the muscles of his back and neck will become. Try to lay out the crumbs on your back only in those cases when you want to talk with him, play, dress, feed. After four months, special attention should be paid to games to develop a grasping reflex. It is useful from time to time to raise the baby not under the armpits, but by the handles: the adult offers him his thumbs and, when the child grabs them, you can boldly raise, controlling the force of compression with your palm. This exercise perfectly strengthens the muscles of the baby's arms. To the usual daily gymnastics, you can already add a few exercises for the development of balance. For example, swing around with a crumb in the room or let him fly in the air in a circle. Also useful for the development of the vestibular apparatus will be rocking on an inflatable ball: put the baby on his tummy on a large inflatable ball and shake in different directions. The next stage in the development of motor activity is crawling on all fours. Parents need to worry in advance about how to provide the baby for this period is large enough and safe, to the maximum free from obstacles, space. If he already firmly, confidently relies on straightened handles, you need to offer the child to reach out to some object that is particularly interested in him. At this stage, a new exercise is introduced for the development of equilibrium: to carry crumbs along an even line of the edge of the carpet, diaper or the like. In general, exercises in walking should be daily, they will help develop and strengthen the feet of the baby, faster learn to walk without the help of adults. During gymnastics, special attention should now be given to exercises for the development of the muscles of the legs and back. Parents need to have patience, do not accelerate training, do not chase after achievements and always pay attention to the reaction of crumbs: do they like these activities.

The main goal of the third stage of development of motor activity is to learn how to walk. Without the help of parents, this will happen much later than we would like. And it consists, in the first place, in such arrangement of a children's room, that in it there were as much as possible subjects on which the child can lean. In addition, it is worthwhile to place the details of the situation at such a distance from each other so that the child can take the first steps himself, moving from one support to the other. It is enough for a few minutes a day, but every day to encourage the crumb to walk: holding the handles, walk with him around the apartment. This joint activity will help the child to feel confident, to believe in their strength. Children a little older to develop muscles will help roll and walk on their hands. It is necessary to help the child to roll very carefully, slowly. To walk on your hands, keep your baby horizontally: with one hand at the legs, and the other with the abdomen.

After the child has mastered walking, you can proceed to jogging and jumping. To make him love the new kind of movement, you need to interest him. For example, during a walk, mark the goal to which you must first pass, and then run together. Jumping can be learned with the help of steps. Usually children are delighted with such an exercise, only it must be done under the supervision of adults. Do not forbid the child to climb the stairs on the playground, since such an exercise is also useful for the development of leg muscles and walking skills in general. After all, by encouraging the child's desire for movement, one can grow him healthy and dexterous.