What should I do if my baby still can't crawl after eight months?

When there are babies at home, the daily topic revolves around the children, and the focus is also on the children's growth. At this time, they will often compare them with other babies. If their own baby can't do something, they will worry whether it is normal. In fact, this is a normal reaction. Babies will encounter many problems when growing up. The development of each child is also different. This is closely related to many factors. So what should I do if my baby still can't crawl at eight months old?

Due to factors such as environmental pollution and high cesarean section rates, there are more and more children suffering from sensory integration disorder. Relevant surveys have found that 90% of children with sensory integration disorder cannot crawl or can only crawl for a short time. However, crawling is currently internationally recognized as the best way to prevent sensory integration disorder.

For this reason, in order for children to grow up healthily, they must be trained to crawl as early as possible during infancy.

Among children aged 3 to 13, 10% to 30% of them have different degrees of inattention, poor balance, easy to fall, timidity, introversion, clumsy hands and feet, crying and other symptoms. This is not a general educational problem, but a result of some functional incoordination in the process of children's brain development, which is medically known as "sensory integration disorder".

Crawling is the first comprehensive and coordinated use of various body organs such as hands and feet in a person's life.

When crawling, children must use their limbs to support the weight of their bodies, which will exercise the muscles of their hands, feet, chest, abdomen, back, and limbs and gradually develop them, laying the foundation for standing and walking. Three months after the baby is born, if the head can hold upright, you can let the child play on his/her stomach often for 3 to 5 minutes each time. You can gradually increase the amount of time as the baby grows older. If the child does not like to crawl, parents should seize the time when the child is in a good mood and have him practice crawling through games. It is best for the child to crawl together. 7 to 9 months is the period for the formation of imitation ability. When training a child to crawl, parents should demonstrate first, such as chasing a rolling ball, catching it and placing it in front of the child, allowing the child to imitate crawling.

Children's abilities vary greatly, which is why parents should help their babies exercise more. Prepare for the crawl:

1. You should place your baby on a clean and soft mat for short periods of time and do prone exercises.

2. Place your baby in front of a mirror so that he or she can observe his or her own behavior. You can also give him some toys to make the whole tummy time more interesting and enjoyable.

3. Frequent short-term prone posture helps babies exercise the muscles and bones of their neck, shoulders, arms and even the entire body, making it easier for them to learn to crawl. Crawling training for your baby: Babies aged 8-9 months enter the crawling stage. When the baby crawls using his hands and feet, the neck needs to be raised and turned left and right, which exercises the neck; the wrists are used to support the body weight while crawling to exercise the flexibility of the wrists, which will help the baby to hold a spoon to eat or a pen; crawling will also coordinate the knees and arms and increase the flexibility of the limbs joints. When training the baby to crawl, the mother should place some toys that the baby usually likes in front of him, and then the mother can gently push the baby's buttocks from behind, or the mother can also gently push the baby's little feet. Use force alternately with your hands, so that you can teach your baby to crawl only by using force alternately with your feet. However, mothers should pay attention to the strength so as not to cause dependence on the baby. The baby's ability lies in daily exercise, so mothers must not rush things.

What should I do if my baby still can't crawl at eight months old? Judging from the normal development of babies, they can crawl normally at eight months old. If they develop too fast, they can stand or sit, and even walk around while standing. Parents do not need to worry too much about their baby not being able to crawl. The baby's development is related to physical growth, physique, etc. If parents want their baby to crawl faster or better, they should conduct crawling training. Just practice many times so that the baby can perform crawling movements normally.