19 Jan 😬Is your child 10 months old and not yet crawling? 🥴Been told that crawling isn’t an important milestone because you didn’t crawl either as a baby?
Crawling is considered an important developmental milestone for babies.👶🏻 Crawling typically occurs around 6 to 10 months of age, and it plays a crucial role in a baby’s physical and cognitive development.
Here are some reasons why crawling is important:
1. Crawling helps strengthen the muscles in the arms, shoulders, and core. It also supports the development of coordination and balance. Babies who crawl tend to have stronger upper arm strength which leads to improved handwriting and fine motor skills at school age.
2. The act of crawling requires babies to use both sides of their body and coordinate their movements. This bilateral coordination is believed to contribute to the development of neural pathways in the brain, especially in the areas associated with motor skills and sensory integration. Babies who crawl tend to have better balance and coordination for jumping and hopping at school age.
3. Crawling helps babies become more aware of their surroundings and spatial relationships. It encourages them to explore their environment, enhancing their perceptual and spatial skills. Babies who crawl also tend to babble and speak earlier because they have more stimulation from their evolving environment as they crawl around exploring and discovering their surroundings.
4. Crawling involves crossing the midline of the body, which helps integrate information from both sides of the brain. This integration is important for the development of skills such as reading and writing later in life.
5.Crawling often involves looking at the hands and surroundings, promoting eye-hand coordination and visual-motor skills. Babies who crawl tend to have better coordination and agility which improves their social participation at school and in sports.
If your baby is over 10 months old and not yet crawling, ring My Favourite Physio on📱 (02)9790 4233 or DM us @myfavouritephysio to speak to one of our Expert Paediatric Physiotherapists today!🤓
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