Many mothers ask me: "Is it bad that they don't crawl?", When they see that their son is already taking his first steps without having done so. And it is not that it is good, nor that it is bad, as if it were an option, it is that crawling is simply recommended, because it is what usually happens when there is a normal and logical development in the baby.
If the baby himself does not crawl because he does not want to, or because he directly likes to stand and skips the crawling phase well look, there is nothing we can do. But nevertheless, many times this happens because of us, for putting them to walk before crawling and get so the child prefers. For this reason, I am launching my own citizen awareness campaign: "Do not put it to walk!".
Why is it bad for the legs?
No, it's not that. It is not bad for the legs nor will they arch if they walk a lot, or if you put it in the walker. It is a matter of logical development. The baby first does what he is prepared for, which is crawling on the floor. Then crawl. Then crawling realizes that with the arms and hands you can grab the sites, climb and get a vertical position that leaves your hands freer at a higher height than when you sit. Then he starts walking on the furniture (I call him "they make the Spiderman") and finally he walks loose.
In Babies and more Baby crawling: a great step for your autonomyIf in all this logical and normal process we meddle and give them a walker, so that they go vertically before crawling, or if we shake their hands, hunched over, to walk, the child, who is not stupid, realizes how well he moves that way, how well he sees everything from above and so, when he wants to go somewhere, he knows that You just have to reach out and ask for an adult's, which will accompany you anywhere.
Crawling is recommended
It is good that they crawl because it is a normal stage in the development of babies that serves to prepare for later stages. Crawling, a baby must coordinate both cerebral hemispheres, the one that takes care of the right side and the one that takes care of the left.
Crawling is able to develop a better vision: there are studies that say that 98% of children with strabismus did not crawl enough (although I have not managed to get hold of them and perhaps crawled less because they saw worse).
Crawling is able to strengthen the axis of the hips and the axis of the shoulders, toning the muscles that will then help you stay upright and walk.
Crawling the child uses his sense of touch continuously, touching the floor, carpets and everything he finds while doing it.
Crawling learns to understand the three-dimensional world around him, knowing the distances, being aware of the force of gravity and improving the coordination of the hand-mouth gesture.
Crawling children see the different world
There are other issues that make crawling children somewhat different. One study compared what they see, or what they look at, the children who crawl and what the children who walk and see that it was not the same. Children who crawl see fewer walls and more floor and those who walk look more at adults and caregivers, while those who crawl look more at the ground and what happens there or is there.
Another study that compared them served to see that crawling children tend to pay more attention to toys that are still, static, while those who walk pay more attention to those who move. In addition, children who walk get more answers and interaction from their parents than children who crawl, who respond less to, for example, the offer of a baby delivering a toy to their mother (something like if we were taking it while standing, knowing that he gives it to us and while crawling we would understand that he only teaches it to us).
In Babies and more Catting is very important for the development of the baby: What happens if you walk without crawling?This does not mean that crawling is better than walking, nor that walking is better than crawling. Actually, the logical thing is to walk, because it is what all children end up doing, however, it shows that a child who does not crawl loses everything commented. You lose more attention to static toys, you lose a different interaction with parents, you lose sight of the world from another prism and you lose control of the soil.
When I talk about crawling I always remember the case of a girl who, with more than a year and a half, when she fell, only cried to be raised. If nobody came, he didn't get up. This is a somewhat extreme case, of course, children who don't crawl end up finding a way to get up. However, by logic, those who have crawled have much more ability to "four legs", when they fall, because they dominate that terrain perfectly.
There are even children who have not crawled that have less quickly when putting your hands on the floor when they fall, for the same reason. When falling, it should be the hands and knees that stop the blow of the rest of the body, and children who do not crawl have worse development of this automatic gesture and many end up doing more damage than usual for this reason.
Do not put it to walk!
So I insist on my citizen awareness campaign: don't put the children to walk, because in the same way that it is not necessary to teach them to sleep, teach them to breastfeed, teach them to chew and teach them to sit, because they learn all this alone, they also learn to walk alone, without the help of walkers and without the help of adults crouched in bad posture to enable walking.
In Babies and more, does your child cat in a safe environment?May they walk when they want and let them see the world on their feet, upright, when they are ready for it. Accelerating the process can make they neglect the crawling and the phase of dominating the ground, with the possible consequences that we have commented.
