Some parents ask me this, “Teacher my child is timid.” How is he timid? “”He is three years old, but he doesn’t dare to walk up and down the stairs, and he doesn’t dare to walk on the balance beam when he enters kindergarten.”” This kind of timid performance is very common, belongs to the vestibular sense of defense, also known as vestibular sensitivity. Why the vestibular sensitivity of the baby will be “timid”? The vestibular system is composed of three organs, the three semicircular canals, the ellipsoid sac, the balloon, each of these three organs have their own duties and have a certain degree of connection. No matter how complex and organized its work is, it has to deal with “gravity”, which is in fact the most dangerous factor for the body, and one never has to worry about safety issues such as falling in space, so one has to develop vestibular functions to detect the gravity field in order to combat it. One important manifestation of vestibular sensitivity is called gravity insecurity, and another is called aversion to movement. This is directly related to the role of the vestibular organ, the balloon, where the receptor cells are arranged vertically. The role of the balloon is to feel gravity, back and forth, up and down movement, there will be vestibular sensitivity “timid” performance, do not dare to go up high, do not dare to jump, do not dare to play play rides, so unreasonable fear of heights. Vestibular sensitivity of the baby have what performance? Normal children at the age of 2 or so can be relatively easy to go up and down the stairs, walk a small bridge (is relatively narrow path); for the gravity insecurity of the child may be 4, 5 years old to walk up will be very difficult to move awkwardly and stiffly, because he was afraid. As the child gets older, there will be richer social activities to interact with the children, for example, playing games together. If the child is weak in a certain area, it will be more difficult to integrate into a small group, which will easily affect self-confidence and socialization. Before the age of 2, children must accumulate a large number of sensory movements through dynamic activities to lay the foundation for higher-order cognition. A large number of rich forms of dynamic activities up to the age of 3 are important for the child’s future integrated development. How can I give my baby vestibular stimulation? Almost every baby gets vestibular stimulation when he is small. When he cries, he yoyos, when he is happy, he lifts up high, and when he grows up and can move around, he rolls around, climbs up and down, runs around, spins around, and slides down slides, all of these are vestibular stimulation that we can provide to the child or that the child can provide on his own initiative. In the family parents can provide the child with some horizontal, vertical, rotating passive vestibular stimulation, for example, small months old baby can be in the sheet left and right up and down swinging, and then a little bit older can lie on the adult arm like a small airplane, as well as up and down, left and right, or lifting, spinning and so on. Most babies will be very happy to enjoy, in the prevention of vestibular sensitivity to bring vestibular stimulation at the same time, but also increase parent-child interaction. Older children, after 7 or 8 months, slowly develop the ability to move and crawl, and need to be provided with a rich form of crawling. Are there benefits to crawling? The answer is yes, crawling is the main development of the child’s anti-gravity muscles, crawling process of the neck and back muscles need to stretch anti-gravity, the upper and lower limbs also need to move anti-gravity, these muscles are fully developed for the future need to be in the age of stable sitting and standing, for example, when listening to lectures in school is easier to get good posture, sitting with sitting phase standing with standing phase, not to be paralyzed on the table. In addition to crawling form to be rich, climb up, climb down, drill to drill to go, so that the climb is also more interesting, easier to guide the child more crawling, the most important thing is that it will let the child to experience different changes in gravity, but also on the body plan ability to practice initially. Various forms of baby crawling is very skillful and flexible, will establish a good balance response for the upright position, the upright position under the mobile walking, running, jumping is also easier to grasp the balance. Crawling is considered an early and active vestibular experience and desensitization. What are the risks of vestibular sensitivity in babies? If a child has developed vestibular sensitivity and gravitational insecurity, they may not even enjoy being lifted, swung or even going on rides as much, which can affect motor skills, such as walking solo, crossing obstacles, walking on a log bridge, steps, etc. later than their age. A high state of vestibular defense limits motor ability, reduces movement, and does not adequately build muscle strength, which in turn affects motor ability. In such an undesirable cycle, it is very difficult for a child to spontaneously catch up in motor ability in the first place. And athletic ability behind may just be the beginning, as the age of months need to have to enter the school, socialization, the children may be more through the form of play together, chasing running, playing play, physical tension, movement stiff, or even other people do what he can not do at all. This makes it difficult for children to integrate with their peers, they will lose playmates, a sense of loneliness, want to do but can not do a good job of powerlessness, this is what we often hear sensory disorders affecting self-confidence. What should I do if my baby has vestibular sensitivity? I often see a parent with a timid afraid of heights of the baby in the high place to walk, the baby is nervous, the mother on the sidelines, so short what is so scary, boldly walk, I protect you and so on a variety of language encouragement, language encouragement can be, but no use, for the nervous baby is a background sound ah! He is scared to death, nervous, he does not care what you say, he just want to come down or hurry to find a lifeline, this time you must understand him, give him a sense of security! How to give him a sense of security? The principle is, from static to dynamic, lower the center of gravity, give assistance to gradually independent. Whether you are afraid to play with vestibular stimulation of the project or unreasonable fear of heights, you can follow this principle to do. Take the swing as an example, if the child sees the swing to escape that he must not be the first time to do, must have been forced to play, so you need to gain his trust again, first let him see, and then gradually close to, and then to his ability to try to touch, and then the parents can hold the child tightly to play, and then slowly relax the embrace and then your hands a little bit away from him, so that he is independent to sit on the swing, and then you can Gradually give a little amplitude to the swing. In such a progressive process, gradually reduce the child’s anxiety, in each waiting process for the child to adjust the body to adapt to the environment, improve the ability to build self-confidence. If the instrument can be played, or do not dare to walk a small slope small steps how to do? It is also a decomposition of the action, from static to dynamic, from low to high. First let the child can dare to stand in a little slope, slope a little slower, they do not dare to walk first to give some assistance. I have seen too many adults do not understand the child, to their own point of view to require the child, you think the easy and simple also want to make the child feel simple, or simply can not find the way to find a clue and anxious, parents tired children are also tired. Told these small methods does not sound difficult, but for highly sensitive babies need parents to have enough care and patience. Warm tips: If it is touch and vestibular sense of high sensitivity to children, parents are not always able to operate well, if necessary, must need professional therapist intervention, need to master is to treat this kind of children’s concepts, principles and understanding of the child! Operation is not the most important thing, understanding the child is the most important thing, understanding is the prerequisite for operation! Understanding the child’s abilities, his needs, his worries, his caprices and irrationalities, this is the prerequisite for communication and education.