When is a child’s motor development, when is it considered late and when is it appropriate? According to experts, there is a concept of motor development delay involved. Delayed motor development can be simply understood as: the baby should have mastered the movement at this time, but he did not master.
What is the process of normal motor development of babies?
Babies first learn to lift their heads, usually at the age of 3 months, they can lift their heads steadily at 90 degrees, perpendicular to the bed surface, and their chests can leave the bed surface;
At 4 months of age, babies start to turn over, from supine to prone position;
At 7 months of age, they can sit alone;
At 8 months, the baby starts to learn to crawl;
At 10 months, the baby can stand on something;
At 1 year old, they can walk independently.
If the baby does not master a certain motor skill when it is time to do so, he or she has a motor delay. Delayed motor development will first of all definitely affect the baby’s next step of development. For example, when the baby learns to sit, the baby’s waist strength increases and his balance improves, then he has the ability to learn to crawl. If your baby can’t sit alone at 7 months, how will he have enough strength to learn to crawl? This is bound to affect the baby’s ability to learn to walk. Secondly, as the baby has motor development delay, while other children of the same age continue to develop non-stop, then the gap between the baby and the children of the same age is getting bigger and bigger.
Which babies are prone to motor retardation? Premature babies, babies with hypoxia, pathological jaundice, malnutrition, and intracranial hemorrhage are more likely to have motor developmental delays than other children who are normal at full term.
Parents should pay attention when their babies appear as follows.
A. At two months of age, the baby will not look at the mother and the baby will not smile;
At two months of age, the baby does not vocalize and cannot raise his head steadily to 45 degrees;
Three months old, parents have difficulty dressing their babies, parents feel that the baby’s arms and legs are very strong, it is difficult to move the baby’s arms and legs;
When the baby is four months old, the baby’s hands are clenched in a fist;
Five, five months old, the baby can not roll over, can not use their hands to stuff things into the mouth;
Six, eight months old, can not sit independently straight back;
Seven, nine months old can not crawl;
Eight, 15 months old can not walk alone.
If your baby has any of the above conditions, then parents should take your baby to the hospital for consultation. Early diagnosis and early treatment, through motor learning to promote the baby’s gross motor development, there is a good chance that the baby can catch up with normal children of the same age.