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Developing stability and walking ability

פיתוח יכולת היציבות וההליכה

The baby is born without voluntary control over his body, but from the moment of birth he begins to develop his motor skills. At first, the body movements are gross, and gradually, better control over fine muscles begins, and the movements become coordinated and precise. The baby - and later the child - needs exposure and experience in order to develop. The initial gross motor milestones include rolling over, crawling, sitting, standing, walking, and running. Of course, the quality of execution is also important, when we want to see that the ability develops and improves, because the ability to move in early childhood is the basis for other abilities, for example: exploring the environment in babies will be expressed in the ability to move... One of the most exciting things for us as parents is to see the physical and motor development of our baby, to see him crawl, stand, and walk.


resistance

Around the age of 10 months in the development of the baby, he begins to stand when he is supported by furniture. At first, he will walk sideways while holding onto the furniture with both hands. Later, when he feels more confident, he will walk forward, holding onto only one hand, and will also move from piece of furniture to piece of furniture. Finally, he will walk without holding onto anything at all. Standing occurs when the baby's balance strengthens, his legs strengthen and push the surface up. Even before that, the baby exercises and strengthens his muscles on his own and with the support of his parents who provide him with the space and tools that can strengthen and develop his movement. Even before that, at the age of six or seven months, babies begin to practice moving from sitting to standing. With the help of support, they bend their knees and jump up to standing and down on their buttocks. At first, babies stand on their knees and later they manage to reach an upright position. So you can see babies with their eyes wondering "What Now?" They do not know how to return to a sitting position and the first few times they will usually fall to the ground when they get tired. After much training, they learn to sit down safely. Thanks to standing, a new and fascinating world is revealed to the baby. He tries to reach everything and climb, but only at the age of ten months will he try to stand independently on his feet. However, during the tenth month of development, the baby discovers the ability to rise to a standing position after the stage in which he shakes his body up and down with his heels on the floor and pulls himself up to a standing position while being supported, and is also able to climb stairs.

cruising

Some babies who have learned to stand will continue to crawl from place to place, while others will adopt the cruising technique. Cruising involves moving sideways along pieces of furniture and walls. The baby relies almost equally on his hands and feet in this form of progress, so this stage is similar to vertical crawling. Intellectually, the baby is putting a lot of thought into how he will continue and progress when the furniture is “finished.” Many times the baby will choose to crawl, but there are cases in which he will find creative solutions. The next stage is progress while dragging furniture. At this stage, the baby is moving forward, but he is still limited in his ability to use his hands for other purposes. This is probably why at some point he musters up the courage and begins to walk.

walk

Walking without support is a complex activity. The range for starting to walk ranges from ten to sixteen months of age. Walking is complex because the baby has to do two different things with each leg, namely, stabilize the body on one leg and simultaneously move the other leg forward. At the same time, he must balance the amount of force he invests in order not to lose his balance because during walking, for a slight moment, an imbalance is created and he must immediately regain his balance. In order to maintain balance, babies adopt different methods. Some spread their arms to the sides, high above their heads, others walk with their legs spread apart in order to stabilize themselves, some turn their feet outward and swing from foot to foot. In any case, toddlers who have discovered the ability to walk will do this again and again, they will only use crawling in rare cases, they will practice until walking is done in a stable and safe way. Between two and six months from the beginning of walking, the baby tries to walk quickly, a running-like gait, however, while in running there is a flying phase in which the feet separate from the ground, in this case he is not yet able to do this and is therefore likely to fall. Often. Changes in body proportions and the ability to send rapid messages from the brain to the muscles probably create the power and motor control necessary for running. Shortly after starting to walk quickly, the baby learns to combine hopping and running. From here on out, it is difficult to stop him, within about six months he is galloping, jumping, kicking and dancing. Any such skill that the baby acquires indicates the development of his motor ability. Games make a significant contribution to the physical and motor development of the baby, the toy encourages him to train and practice physical skills, and allows him to develop better motor control of the body's organs, and it is also possible to improve eye-hand coordination in games with fine motor demands and eye-foot coordination in social ball games that require gross motor control. Due to the significant contribution of toys to the development of a baby's motor and physical abilities, we have collected for you at the My Baby store a wide variety of toys and also tools that may develop the baby's motor ability.