This article includes the following items: ?Nine to Twelve Months: Big Moves, Loco motor Development, What About Safety Gates?, Bypassing the Crawling Stage, From Crawling to Scaling to Climbing Cheap Vontaze Burfict Jersey , Standing Supported, Cruising Along, From Cruising to Freestanding to First Steps, Standing free., first steps Cheap Carlos Dunlap Jersey , Helping the beginning walker, From Crawl to Squat to Stand, Early Walkers --Late Walkers. There will be two more parts to this article so be sure to keep an eye out for them.
During the first six months parents and trusted subs are the center of baby's universe. While this remains true during all states of development, from six to twelve months baby develops the skills to extend his world of interest. He becomes less an arms and lap baby and more an exploring floor baby. During his stage, growth accelerates. Baby's weight increases by a third Cheap Tyler Eifert Jersey , first words appear, and true thumb-and-forefinger pickups emerge, as well as first crawls and steps. These skills also bring about parents' development as safety patrol officers. Baby's motor development allows him to get more and more of his body off the ground. By six months he's on his own two feet, and the baby chase begins
Nine To Twelve Months: Big Moves
Progressing up the developmental ladder from crawling to scaling to cruising and finally walking is one of the most exciting motor sequences in infant development. Get your video camera ready. This budding choreographer will show you a parade of interesting moves as he climbs the ladder of developmental success.
Locomotors Development
By nine months most babies have mastered the style of crawling that is most efficient, comfortable Cheap Geno Atkins Jersey , and speedy. For most babies this mean cross-crawling, which allows better balance by keeping one limb on each side of the body on the floor at all times. Cross-crawling teaches baby to coordinate the use of one side of his body with the other and prepares baby or other physical skills.
Once baby masters a developmental skill such as crawling, she wants to experiment with variations on that skill. Baby may get a bit cocky in her crawling style, wiggling her bottom, wobbling her head Cheap A.J. Green Jersey , and getting her whole body into the crawling act.
Crawling opens up a new social avenue for baby. Now she can come to you and doesn't have to wait for you to come to her. Like a puppy eager to greet her owner, baby crawls right up your pant leg, pulling herself to a standing position and giving you "Let's play" overtures.
Bypassing the Crawling Stage
Some infant development specialists feel that a baby who misses the crawling stage is at risk for coordination problems later on because crawling is a prelude to learning balance. While this may be true for some babies, there are many perfectly normal, well-coordinated children who quickly bypass the crawling state to move to other forms of locomotion. One baby "walked" on her knees instead of crawling. Another scooted on his bottom with one leg straight out and the other leg bent under. Some babies scoot crawling. And perhaps the enjoyment of these cute styles of locomotion by baby's cheerleaders reinforces them.
From Crawling to Scaling to Climbing
Watch baby crawl over to the bed or sofa. He grabs the bedspread or upholstery and pulls himself up as far as he can go Cheap Andy Dalton Jersey , a skill called scaling. Climbing and scaling are simply crawling upward rather than forward, an example of how baby expands one skill into another. Because neurologically baby develops from head to toe, his arms are stronger and more coordinated than his legs and feet. Baby first pulls up with both hands while his weaker legs bow and his feet curl inward. Finally, baby learns to push up with his legs while pulling with his hands. After baby scales the side of the sofa or high chair, he looks around in amazement that he got there all by himself and enjoys his new view. Then Cheap Mark Walton Jersey , for a moment, he appears stuck in the standing position. Eventually his legs give out and he crumples quickly to the floor.
Now the fun begins. After baby has mastered crawling and scaling, here comes the climber. Baby will enjoy climbing over a pile of cushions and especially the climbing-over-pop game while dad lies on the floor. Then baby discovers the ultimate climbing activity. You'll catch him looking up at his staircase to the "sky." Your baby may be able to climb a whole flight of stairs by the end of the first year, especially when encouraged by a cheering squad of proud parents and siblings. But notice your baby's confused body language when he is stuck at the top of the stairs. Babies don't know intuitively that the safest way to get down stairs is backward. They are likely to turn around and propel themselves recklessly forward. While babies do not need any help climbing up, they are likely to need help getting down. Teach your baby to back down steps by turning his body around. Show him how to dangle one foot over the edge of the step to touch the step below Cheap Malik Jefferson Jersey , Baby will then use his feet as feelers to test the distance for climbing down steps (or off the sofa). You know that you baby can comfortably handle stairs when he swings his body around at the top of the staircase and approaches the second step feet first.
What About Safety Gates?
Putting a gate at the top of stairs is like waving a red flag in front of a baby bull. The impulsive explorer scales right up the gate and rattles it back and forth until sometimes baby and gate come sliding down the stairs. Whether to rely on a gate or teach your baby how to crawl safely down stairs is a matter of baby's temperament and crawling abilities. Watch your baby crawl toward the top step. Around ten to eleven months most babies develop some caution about heigh