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Help with my baby starting to walk Posted: 02-14-08 20:57pm
Hi everyone. My son is 11mo. old
tomorrow. He does not crawl...he has
never crawled...he hated to be on his
tummy and like a goofy new first time
mom....I allowed him to dictate how he was
put down to play...so I never made him be
on his tummy for more than 5 minutes at a
time and did it rarely.
Now...I KNOW better. Although I have
heard that alot of babies don't crawl I
was wondering what kinds of things can I
do to help him to start to walk?
He has a jumperoo which he is in for no
more than 1 hour per day.
He also has a jolly jumper which he LOVES
and is in that about 2 or so hours a day
(not all at one time..lol..)
Can someone give me some suggestions on
how to help him to at least start the
'walking' process...as of now, he doesn't
even try and grab to pull himself up yet.
Is this abnormal?
Should I be worried?
Thanks to any and all who reply. I
appreciate all the feedback I can get
(whether it be postive or
negative..lol..).
Susie.
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mominashoe
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Posted: 02-18-08 15:24pm
It looks like your son is pretty mobile,
even if it is "stationary". I don't know
what a jolly jumper is, but I assume it
requires a lot of leg movement and if he's
happy in there and very active, he must
have the motor skills to do things outside
of it.
What you will have to do is put him on the
floor and make him try. Does he roll
over? Rolling is considered a form of
crawling. Some babies will see something
they want and instead of getting on all
fours, they will just roll to the toy.
Put him on the floor and give him a toy,
but put it just out of his
reach....something colorful or a toy that
he really loves so that he will really
want it. Show it to him and see what
happens. He will try to reach for it and
he will know that if he goes just a little
farther he can have it. He might get
upset because he doesn't like being on the
floor or his tummy or whatever, but that's
ok....it's not going to hurt him.
He just needs to learn how to try for
himself. Maybe you've been picking him up
or giving him the toy or taking him to the
place he needs to go instead of making him
work for it.
Remember that all babies develop at
different stages and that he will get
there eventually. Some of it isn't
because a baby can't, it's just because
they never had to.....
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