The Importance of Crawling

Every day you hear more about the importance of crawling in the child's psychomotor development. While in previous generations was promoted gatearan babies was not considered relevant to this step in development. Many times babies crawl before walking.

Why now given much importance to crawl?

For many reasons. First, crawling gives the child the opportunity to walk unassisted to the mother so the baby can begin to understand and explore the world on their own and gain autonomy and independence. Crawling then, marks an important turning point in the life of the baby.

Crawling is important in the brain. For the crawling is required to work both hemispheres due to the crossover movement is done with the opposite hand and foot. This baby develops greater plasticity and stimulates a series of neural connections that promote their growth.

To crawl, your baby develops gross and fine motor coordination, sense of proprioception, orientation and spatial awareness and balance. It also promotes other activities such as walking, running, jumping and later to read and write.

Normally babies crawl between 8 and 10 months. Often babies begin to move backwards, and once they are placed at four points will swing to achieve coordinated movement. Before starting to crawl, your baby should gain enough strength in the arms and legs to hold your body as well as control of the torso and hand-eye coordination.

You can promote crawling encouraging your little one to travel to reach objects that appeal to you. Early learning programs, including activities aimed at encouraging drivers to your baby crawling.