The much awaited act of crawling has begun.
In my last post, I mentioned Fatima was on her way to crawling and now she crawls! No its not that simple. Allow me to narrate you her crawling story....
Three weeks back, when Fatima was scooting backwards in commando position hoping she would reach her toys which were lying exactly in front of her, she was only getting more away from them. As she moved away she yelled and shouted, getting frustrated. I dint knew what to do and was only left with encouraging her and telling her that she will soon know how to crawl and that she must keep practicing. This scooting backwards lasted for a good two and half weeks.
In the middle of all this we had to travel with a family who had a crawling infant. The two days spent in the journey made everything so obvious. Fatima saw this little girl crawling in front of her....what a good lesson! First time she saw this infant crawling in front of her she paused to see carefully as to what is going on.
When we returned back home she was no more moving backwards, she used to pause on all fours moving in neither direction. Two days latter she crawled for the first time to reach up to her little cousin's bracelet.
At first there were little baby crawling steps. She used to move slowly and carefully. Now she crawls everywhere and with so much confidence.
If you are looking for ways to encourage your baby to crawl, My recommendation is this: Its time to visit a family with a crawling infant. No other lesson would be more promising. Babies tend to learn as they see things happening around. Show your baby a real crawling infant (not a video of course) and that will be all.
I have to go catch her up....
In my last post, I mentioned Fatima was on her way to crawling and now she crawls! No its not that simple. Allow me to narrate you her crawling story....
Three weeks back, when Fatima was scooting backwards in commando position hoping she would reach her toys which were lying exactly in front of her, she was only getting more away from them. As she moved away she yelled and shouted, getting frustrated. I dint knew what to do and was only left with encouraging her and telling her that she will soon know how to crawl and that she must keep practicing. This scooting backwards lasted for a good two and half weeks.
In the middle of all this we had to travel with a family who had a crawling infant. The two days spent in the journey made everything so obvious. Fatima saw this little girl crawling in front of her....what a good lesson! First time she saw this infant crawling in front of her she paused to see carefully as to what is going on.
When we returned back home she was no more moving backwards, she used to pause on all fours moving in neither direction. Two days latter she crawled for the first time to reach up to her little cousin's bracelet.
At first there were little baby crawling steps. She used to move slowly and carefully. Now she crawls everywhere and with so much confidence.
If you are looking for ways to encourage your baby to crawl, My recommendation is this: Its time to visit a family with a crawling infant. No other lesson would be more promising. Babies tend to learn as they see things happening around. Show your baby a real crawling infant (not a video of course) and that will be all.
I have to go catch her up....
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