When is the best time for a newborn baby to start learning to walk? How to ensure that the baby's legs are straight?

A friend asked: When is the best time for a baby to start learning to walk, and how to ensure that the baby’s legs are straight?

Babies must follow their own rules when learning to walk, and there is an approximate month. There is no absolute standard for the age range. Don’t think that other people’s babies have already passed away, but yours can only crawl, and you think that your baby is lagging behind in development and looking sad.

My eldest baby can walk at 11 months, and my second baby can walk holding hands at 11 months. My neighbor's baby can walk at 10 months old. Now he is 1 year and 2 months old and looks like a little adult. He looks like he is 2 years old. There is a baby who is 1 and a half years old and can't walk yet. I saw a baby in the park who is 1 year and 2 months old and still can't walk safely. The difference is not even a slight difference. If you look at the situation of a few more children, you won't be so entangled.

Cute baby picture collage

According to the order of development of baby's gross movements, it should comply with the following rules:

1. Holding hands can take steps: 85% The baby can master it at 10.7 months, the earliest starts at 6 months, and the latest starts at 12 months.

2. The handrail can be walked around: 85% of babies can master it at 10.9 months, with the earliest starting at 7 months and the latest at 14 months.

3. Can walk with one hand: 85% of babies can master it at 11.8 months, with the earliest starting at 9 months and the latest at 14 months.

4. Start walking 1-2 steps: 85% of babies can master it at 13.3 months, with the earliest starting at 10 months and the latest at 14 months.

5. Walking a few steps alone is relatively stable: 85% of babies can master it at 14.8 months, with the earliest starting at 11 months and the latest at 16 months.

6. Walking alone: ​​85% of babies can master it by 15 months, with the earliest starting at 12 months and the latest at 16 months.

The above is the development sequence of baby walking. You can compare it yourself. My second baby has just reached the age of one month and can walk with one hand, and he will be 12 months soon.

Young mother plays with her child

Helps the baby practice walking

Observe the baby's behavior. When he wants to stand, he can hold it with both hands Hold your baby's elbows and let him practice kneeling and then standing up.

Provide your baby with a safe guardrail and place suitable soft cushions around it so that he can stand up on his own without fear even if he falls. Through continuous practice, the baby will slowly be able to take a few steps while holding on to the guardrail.

When the baby wants to go, put your hands under his arms and help him walk. Slowly it became walking holding two hands, then walking holding one hand, and finally using a walking training device to prevent falling.

These exercises are natural and not deliberate. The baby can take a few steps when he is happy. There is no need to emphasize how long to practice or how many steps to take every day. Do not treat it as a task to complete, and learn to walk happily.

How to ensure that the baby's legs are straight

Don't worry about this at all. When the baby is young, the legs are like frog legs, and they will naturally grow straight as they grow up.

1. Be careful not to use spiral walkers, which can easily cause "O-shaped legs". You can use a stroller to practice walking.

Babies in baby walkers

2. After the child can walk, reducing the use time of diapers can also prevent the baby from deliberately spreading its legs when walking, causing the legs to bend.

3. Teach the baby the correct walking posture, and do not deliberately trick the baby into learning some bad walking habits, such as external and internal splay, etc.

4. Pay attention to the baby's sitting posture, and do not learn to cross the legs. You can also ensure that the baby's legs are straight.

5. The most important thing is to strengthen nutrition and get more sun exposure to promote bone development.