Walk the baby
The child begins to walk after many experiments and attempts ranging from failure to success in walking, after being able to rely on the wall or on his games trying to step. Some parents may be worried if their children are late to walk, especially if their peers are able to do so. They are guessed that a problem prevented their child from walking.
The overall rate of the child’s walk is from 10 months to one and a half years. This period of time is ideal for a child to walk. His readiness for this stage appears to be evident by a few steps, unsteady steps to the wall, He looks at him and insists on getting it without help. These are all clear signs of a child’s willingness to walk, and there are cases where the child can start walking when he reaches the eighth month but only a few.
Teaching the child to walk
- Make a home for the child so he can walk freely without fear of stumbling while walking.
- Exit the child into open areas where he can move freely and motivate him to the enemy with great strides such as parks and clubs.
- Buying games that the child can drag and walk with; this increases the effectiveness and stimulate the child to walk.
- Not to insist on the child walking; because this subject is linked to the will of the child and the strength of his muscles, before this stage the child can not walk.
- Nutrition is very important for strengthening the bones and muscles of the child; therefore, it is necessary to increase the sources of vitamin D, calcium, phosphoric foods such as milk intake
Meat, vegetables and fruits.
- Raise the child’s favorite objects to a slightly higher level to try to pull them up by pulling his body to the top and leaning on his feet to reach them; this trick helps to strengthen the leg muscles in the child.
- Sports kicking: It helps to strengthen the muscles of the feet in the child, and carry the child to the top and let him waving his feet in the air, kicking and dancing with successive movements and strong, and these movements increase the readiness of the child to walk.
- Leave the child barefoot so that he can install himself on the ground without obstacles to be afraid of skiing or stumbling during walking, such as wearing thick leather shoes.
- Leaving the child to attend his own purposes without the help of the mother, such as: bringing distant things, and not bow to the desire of the child when crying by bringing things to him.
Causes of delayed child walking
- Increase child weight.
- Child hyperactivity and distraction are delayed in walking.
- The presence of a satisfactory condition such as: curvature of the feet, removal of birth, and vitamin D deficiency responsible for building bones and muscles in the body, in this case must be medical treatment and follow-up.