What is the reason why babies walk late? Parents beware!

Normally, babies can walk when they are two years old, but some children walk late, which makes many parents very worried. So here we remind those who are about to become parents or have already become parents that the following reasons may cause children to walk late.

1. Individual differences in babies and lack of exercise: Every baby is different in the development process. Some can walk earlier, while others can walk later. However, as long as the baby is no older than 18 months, it is considered normal. At the same time, whether a child walks early or late is also affected by genetic factors. If parents walked late when they were young, their children will mostly walk late as well.

Parents should strengthen their baby's exercise according to the characteristics of the baby at each development stage. At 5 months, support the baby under the arms and let him try to stand for a short time; at 6 months, start training him to do some jumping movements; at 7 months, train the baby to do the standing-squatting-standing sequence to increase leg muscle strength; at 8-9 months, let the baby practice standing with the support of furniture; after 10 months, the baby can basically stand firmly and can take his first step. Parents should encourage their baby more to increase his interest and confidence in learning to walk.

2. Lack of interest: When a baby is learning to walk, if there is no suitable furniture in the house for the baby to hold on to, the baby will lack interest in learning to walk. If the baby falls, gets injured or gets frightened while learning to walk, he will also be afraid of and reject learning to walk.

3. Pathological factors: Muscle and joint diseases, such as infantile muscle relaxation syndrome, congenital unilateral hip dislocation, progressive spinal muscular atrophy, etc., can cause the baby to walk unsteadily or delay learning to walk. In addition to late learning to walk, if a child also lags behind children of the same age in terms of language, fine motor skills, and social interaction skills, then muscle and joint diseases and nervous system diseases should be considered. However, if a child always has unsteady walking or has not learned to walk after 18 months, he should be taken to a doctor for diagnosis in time.