Crawling Tips for Baby
Throughout my research on baby crawling, I've come across many crawling tips. I would like to share with you a proven technique so powerful, it will make your baby more tolerable to stomach lying.
And guess what?
You can safely use it on babies as young as 3 months old!!
Lets get started...
Get your baby crawling in no time with these valuable crawling tips:
Crawling may not happen naturally if your child does not endure lying on his stomach. Use this technique below to help with baby crawling and make your baby more tolerable to lie on his stomach.
• Tip 1 - Place your baby on his/her stomach on a carpet on the floor.
• Tip 2 - Gently hold your baby by the elbows and draw both elbows towards your baby's body as if he/she wants to lie down on his/her elbows. Continue to provide support.
• Tip 3 - Try to get some measure of the distance between the floor and your baby's upper body in the supported position.
• Tip 4 - Get a roller/ball with approximately the same diameter as you've just measured. Rollers are soft cylindrical shaped toys - preferably solid. You can use an inflatable infant crawling roller, but solid ones normally last longer and can also be used later to help your baby to sit and walk. Place the roller between your baby's upper body and the floor for support. The roller shouldn't be too big. Your baby's elbows must still reach the floor when lying on the roller/ball.
• Tip 5 - Put the roller/ball underneath your baby's upper body... arms hanging over the front of the roller/ball. This supported position will also allow your baby to lift his/her head and exercise the neck muscles.
• Tip 6 - Get down on the floor directly in front of your baby, facing him/her. Now, let your baby look at your face while you talk in a high voice tone. Make funny faces to amuse your baby and let this exercise encourage your baby. Crawl on the floor with your baby and urge him to look up to your face.
Remember: Your baby should focus on you or a toy in front of him/her. A focus point will encourage him/her to exercise those muscles to reach for a object.
The roller/ball helps your baby to lift his/her upper body and stimulate visual perception. The more you exercise those muscles the sooner they will be able to endure longer sessions. But make sure they enjoy this activity. I was thinking to make a baby crawling knee pad for my baby, but realized to stimulate crawling knees tips...
http://www.raise-smart-kid.com/crawling-tips.html
You only need to spend 3-5 minutes daily to get results.
...But, you will see results more quickly if you can fit in more than one session per day.
Repeating the crawling tips above will get your baby supporting his/her body on both knees and straight arms. Now only the moving forward motion should be added for the all important midline crossing. Also think about buying a crawling baby doll to do this exercise alongside your baby.
Now, don't rush off to the nearest baby store to buy an infant crawling roller or rollers to help baby crawl as shown on the right - a soft inflatable ball will also do the trick. I used a smaller version of those big gym exercise balls and it worked perfect!! You can always use the ball afterwards to exercise hand-eye coordination or exercise your own stomach muscles.
The bottom line ...
...to get your baby crawling is easy, critically important... yet, often neglected. But with these easy crawling tips and affordable method it's a breeze.
MUY BUENO:
http://www.educational-toy-guide.com/babycrawl.html
Baby Crawl...
How You Can Make It Happen
Following our baby crawl article, we've had many requests on how to make a roller or where to buy one.
Then I remembered...
Many years ago I helped a 13 month old baby with this "roller". I had to make do with what I had available at that time.
I do remember that the boy started crawling very soon after I've used this "roller".
So, here are 2 ways to make a roller.
The first one I call the "crawl towel".
Baby Crawl Towel
1. Take any normal large bathroom or swimming towel.
2. Spread it out flat on the ground.
3. Reduce the width of the towel by folding it in half. You'll now have a long narrow towel.
4. Form a roll by rolling the towel over the length of the towel. Start at one of the short ends and finish at the other short end. You should now have a short fat towel roll.
5. Use this "roller" exactly as described in the baby crawl article.
6. If the roller is too small (low), then use 2 towels rather than just one.
The second one I've used is the "crawl coffee tins".
Baby Crawl Coffee Tins
1. Get 3 empty coffee tins with sealable plastic lids. These often have diameters of about 5" (12 cm).
2. Fill the tins with dry sand and replace the plastic lids.
3. Stack the tins one on top of each other. Lay the tin tower on its side on the ground.
4. Cover the tower with 1" foam rubber or 1" soft cloth.
5. Wrap the padded tower in denim, artificial leather or any other durable material. I like to make a tight-fitting "pillow case" in which I put the tins.
6. That's it... as simple as that!
Finally, just closely follow the steps outlined in our baby crawling article. That will get you the results.
For more baby development tips and ideas, click here
STEPS to crawl : http://www.educational-toy-guide.com/babycrawling.html
6 Proven Steps To Get Your Baby Crawling In No Time
... And, Discover Why Baby Crawling Encourages Development
Very few parents realize just how many hidden, yet powerful benefits can be unlocked if their baby crawls at an earlier age.
You may not be aware that encouraging your baby to crawl holds an important key for better future performance. But whether you're aware of it or not, you should seriously consider encouraging your baby to start crawling... as soon as possible.
Crawling Must Be Done... To Get Every Bit Of Stimulation Needed For Optimum Development
Crawling helps your baby to become stronger, learning the surroundings faster, improves visual skills and boosts physical abilities.
Your baby may... given enough time... spontaneously learn to crawl. But crawling may not happen naturally if your child doesn't endure lying on his/her stomach.
What this means is that even at this early age Baby may then be developing at a slower rate.
Now, there is an easy yet powerful and proven technique I've used many times to get babies crawling. It's so powerful it will surely help your baby crawl sooner. In essence this technique makes Baby more tolerable to stomach lying.
In fact, babies with poor head control often don't like lying on their stomachs. In fact, here's an interesting discussion to argue this aspect of
Best of all...
It Works On Babies As Young As 3 Months Old
Here's the exact technique to get your baby crawling in six easy steps.
Step one... place your baby on his/her stomach on a carpet on the floor.
Step two... gently hold Baby by the elbows and encourage supporting him/herself on elbows. Continue to provide support.
Step three... measure, or try to get some measure of the distance between the floor and Baby's armpit in the supported position.
Step four... get a roller with approximately the same diameter as you've just measured. Rollers are soft cylindrical shaped toys... preferably firm. You do get inflatable ones, but firm, dense ones normally last much longer and can also be a valuable aid to get Baby to sit and walk.
The roller will be placed underneath Baby's upper body for support. It's important that you don't buy the roller too big. Baby's elbows must still reach the floor when lying over the roller.
Click here to see how easy it is to make a baby crawling roller .
Step five... put the roller underneath Baby's upper body... elbows touching the ground in front of the roller. This supported position also allow Baby to lift his/her head and discover the surroundings.
Step six... get down on the floor directly in front of Baby, face towards Baby. Now, let Baby look at your face while you talk to, amuse and encourage Baby to lift his head and take part in the conversation.
Step six is the most important step of this activity. And... Baby will surely endure longer sessions and crawl sooner if it's enjoyable.
Remember, Baby should focus on you and naturally develop a sense of using both legs for support. In no time you'll see Baby supporting the upper body on straight arms and bearing weight on both knees... ready to crawl.
The power of a roller lies in helping to raise Baby's upper body and to look at the surrounding... all while lying down.
And guess what?
Only Spend 3-5 Minutes Daily To Get Results
But better still... results will come even faster if you can do more than one session per day.
Trouble is, many parents are reluctant to buy any toys or aids such as rollers. Too expensive - is often the criticism. But, the trick is really to find out how many other uses can you find for a roller. In this case you can definitely use a roller also to speed up sitting and walking.
The bottom line is... getting Baby crawling is easy, critically important... yet, often neglected. But with this easy, affordable method... it's a breeze! For more information on getting your baby to crawl and other baby development ideas... click here
Here are 2 more very easy, yet little known things anyone can do to get their babies crawling.
http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=wwen3HTvtOU
http://www.padresok.com/paginas/ver_nota.cfm?TipoVisor=detalle&ObjectId=3F60A1BA-B437-44EA-B9A026A5A09E905F
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