Baby can’t sit still for seven months and can’t crawl for eight months, is it developmental delay?

As the saying goes, “two lift four flip six will sit, seven roll eight crawl week will walk”, others children seven months to sit properly, eight months began to crawl. But our own children, seems to be a chronic, not only to seven months to sit unstable, eight months still can not crawl, simply to give you anxious to die. The baby’s heart is also anxious and anxious, “Is my baby developmentally delayed?” “Is it because my baby is stupid?” “Should I take my baby to the doctor or not?” A table to see whether the child’s gross motor development is normal Here, first of all, parents are advised not to be too hasty. Although there is some truth in the phrase “two lifts, four rolls, six sits, seven rolls, eight crawls, week walks”, it is for reference only and is not a uniform standard. Each baby’s development and development level is different, there are fast and slow development of large movements, “seven months sitting unstable, eight months can not crawl” does not mean that your child’s intelligence and physical “inferior”. If you are still worried and don’t know if your child is developmentally delayed, you can take a look at the World Health Organization’s growth and development curve which has a timeline of the six gross motor developmental ranges. We can see that there are some individual differences in the development of the baby’s gross motor, and if the baby grows in line with the growth curve, mothers do not need to worry too much. How to make your baby sit, crawl, stand and walk better? Perhaps some mothers still can’t let go of their worries and wonder how to make their babies learn these big movements faster. In fact, if your baby is a little slower than other babies, parents should not intervene artificially to force the baby’s body to make certain movements, which is harmful to the baby’s development. It is recommended that mothers can use the way to tease the baby to spontaneously carry out certain actions, which is the right way to open up to promote the development of baby’s big movements. Help the baby to sit firmly 1, the mother can play with the baby to pull the lead game: first let the baby lie flat, with hands pulling the baby slowly sit up, a few seconds later and then resume the baby’s lying position, which can strongly enhance the baby’s waist strength; 2, let the baby lie on the folded quilt or sofa backrest, the baby will be free to move their legs. This will help the child’s overall coordination; 3, you can let the baby lean on the cushion to sit firmly, slowly practice the baby will be able to sit smoothly. Help your baby to crawl 1. Provide more opportunities to crawl. If your baby is slow to crawl, you should first consider whether you rarely provide him with the opportunity to crawl. For example, when your baby is three or four months old, if you keep putting your baby in the stroller, it is difficult for your baby to have the opportunity to crawl on his or her own initiative. Mothers should not be afraid to get dirty, but should create more opportunities for their babies to crawl and put them on the crawling mat at the right time; 2. Let him see how others crawl. Babies can’t crawl, but it may also be because he doesn’t know how to crawl. Mom and dad can crawl and play with him, or find a small baby who can crawl to play with him. Baby’s imitation ability is strong, when the baby sees another little one crawling, he will also imitate, and soon learn to crawl; 3, appropriate assistance. Sometimes, you will see the baby in the crawling is often concerned about the hands but can not care about the feet. At this time you can stand behind the baby, two palms on the bottom of the baby’s feet, push the baby one foot, when he crawls forward a little, and then push the other foot, so to assist, so that he slowly learn to crawl, if the baby in crawling, one side of the body weak, need to drag the other leg to move forward, and other large movement development is delayed, it is necessary to pay more attention to the best to take the baby to the hospital for a checkup to rule out neurological Developmental disorders and some brain injury conditions. Help your baby to stand 1, practice crawling is the first step. Crawling is the best whole body exercise, in crawling lift the head and neck, can exercise the muscles of the neck. At the same time, the chest and abdomen off the ground, limbs to support the weight of the body, but also exercise the chest, waist, abdomen, back and limbs of the muscles, not only can promote bone growth and ligament flexibility, more standing, walking to lay the foundation; 2, must be trained to crawl early in infancy. Crawl, walk, fall, and then stand up, this is a process of movement, but also a developmental process, the baby is in this independent movement to learn to master balance, enhance the conditioned reflexes, learn to think; 3, do not use a walker. If the infant is fixed too early with a walker, will make the infant lose the opportunity to move large muscle groups, and in the crawling period can not crawl exercise, and in the stage of learning to stand and learn to walk, and failed to stand alone, walking may not advance. Because toddler is the need for strength, and sitting in the walker when the child needs to move, with the help of the wheels can effortlessly glide, the lack of real independent exercise. Therefore, let your baby crawl when it’s time to crawl; 4, allow your baby to explore freely. The desire to explore this stage of the baby’s standing and walking, mainly from the desire to explore the drive, he is not standing for the sake of standing, walking for walking, but want to stand up, go out, to explore the world around him, when he can stand and walk, he found his world has become immense, their desire to explore fully satisfied, he found himself omnipotent, no longer dependent on adults.