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

From the moment the baby is born, his every move affects the whole family. The normal development of a baby is that he or she will be able to sit up at three months old, and then start crawling around in the bed at seven or eight months old. However, some mothers have reported that their babies are eight months old and still cannot crawl, so they are worried about whether the baby's development is normal. What should I do in this case? Let us learn about it together, and hope it will be helpful to some mothers!

Crawling is not a necessary stage: Although most babies will go through the crawling stage, crawling is not a necessary stage in their growth and development. Crawling is a transitional movement for babies from being able to sit to being able to stand and walk. In other words, crawling is a preparatory movement for babies to stand and walk. Some babies do not go through the crawling stage and directly learn to stand and walk, so mothers do not need to worry about this.

1. Provide more opportunities: When the baby is three or four months old, if you always put the baby in the stroller, the baby will hardly have the opportunity to crawl on his own.

2. Imitate crawling: Some babies cannot crawl, probably because they don’t know how to do it. Babies have a strong ability to imitate, so you can find a child who can crawl to play with them. Put the two babies together and encourage them to crawl. When the baby sees other children crawling, he will imitate them and quickly learn to crawl.

3. Appropriate assistance: When some babies cannot crawl, parents need to help a little! The biggest challenge for babies when crawling is how to coordinate the movements of their limbs. They often can take care of their hands but not their feet. At this time, parents can stand behind the baby, put both palms on the soles of the baby's feet, push one of the baby's feet, and when he crawls forward a little, push the other foot. This way, help him through the crawling stage.

Through the above introduction, we know that crawling is not a necessary path for babies to learn to walk. However, crawling still has many benefits for children. It is recommended that parents whose babies cannot crawl even when they reach the age of adulthood can adopt the above methods to help their babies learn to crawl.