How to teach a child to roll over?
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Movement for the baby from the very first days - a depositcorrect physical development. As a rule, if parents encourage the child to be active from birth, then his muscles and bones develop according to age, and this contributes to the good mental and intellectual development of the baby.
Until about three to four months the childindependently is able to lie on his back or if he is turned on his stomach. The first signals that the child is ready to learn how to turn over are the following skills:
- the kid pulls his knees to his stomach;
- lying on his stomach, the baby leans on the forearm;
- the kid confidently holds his head.
Besides this, for sure, many mothers noticedhis child's desire to throw a leg in the opposite side of the bed, as well as weak attempts to turn on his side. How can you teach a child to roll over quickly and without much effort?
How to teach a child to turn over from back to belly
Place the baby on a hard surface. The kid should naturally lie on his back. Take the left leg of the child and toss it over the other so that the child's center of gravity begins to shift. The child will become uncomfortable lying in this position and he will try to complete the exercise by a full turn on the stomach. Be sure to help the baby move the right hand correctly, otherwise it can get stuck under his belly.
In order to teach the child to roll overon the abdomen from different sides, begin to do this exercise with both the right leg of the child and the left. It is possible, at first the kid will not like such manipulations, but gradually he will get used to and will turn himself on the tummy. Some children, having mastered this coup, even prefer to sleep in this position.
How to teach a child to turn from a stomach to the back
Teach a child to roll from belly to backYou need to start after he learned to roll over on his stomach. Put the baby on your tummy, while the surface should be stiff and even. Take the left leg of the baby, bend it and turn it behind the right one. The child should shift the center of gravity in the direction in which his pelvis is turned. If the kid does not understand the movement, you can first direct his right hand so that he can complete the coup.
Like the first exercise, this type of coupyou can start with both the left foot and the right. The more often and more systematically you will induce a child to turn over, the sooner he will learn to own his body. Full ability to turn in both directions should come to the kid not later than 6 months.
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