Babies usually start to learn how to crawl gradually at around 7 to 8 months old, from initially wriggling forward to gradually learning to crawl with the coordination of their hands and feet. If some babies learn to crawl later, mothers don't need to worry too much. They should pay attention to exercising the baby's limbs and guide the baby to crawl. Crawling has many benefits for babies, including promoting brain development, improving limb flexibility, and enhancing the baby's physique.
When babies are around 7 to 8 months old, they gradually start to learn how to crawl. In the process of learning to crawl, babies initially crawl by wriggling forward and gradually learn to crawl with the coordination of their hands and feet. At this stage, the crawling speed is relatively slow. Parents should attract the baby's attention by using balls or making noise with toys. The crawling stage generally lasts from 8 to 10 months. If some babies learn to crawl later, mothers don't need to worry too much. They should pay attention to exercising the baby's limbs or take the baby to play with other crawling babies, which can help accelerate the baby's learning of crawling.
What are the benefits of baby crawling?
1. Baby crawling helps promote brain development. Crawling promotes smooth connections between the brain and various nerve fibers. As crawling requires close coordination between the cerebral cortex and cerebellum, frequent crawling can enrich the neural connections between the two and help the brain develop better.
2. Baby crawling helps improve limb flexibility. From learning to crawl to crawling smoothly, from crawling forward with the coordination of hands and feet to crawling with alternating hands and feet, this process can enhance the flexibility of the baby's limb muscles and help develop good balance and hand-eye coordination.
3. Baby crawling helps enhance the baby's physique. When babies crawl, not only their limbs are active, but their brains are also working at a high speed. Each short crawl can exercise the muscles of the chest, back, abdomen, and limbs. In addition, babies need to consume a lot of energy during the crawling process. After crawling, babies tend to eat more and sleep better, which is conducive to weight and height growth.
