Babies have begun to walk independently, and their independence and initiative have improved. Exercising babies in stair climbing can strengthen their legs and lay the foundation for their running and jumping abilities in the future. If your baby has practiced walking up and down steps after they are just able to walk with support, it will be easier for them to climb stairs now because they will have the awareness of this, as long as the adults give some strength to help.
Family members can hold the baby's armpits with both hands and use a greater amount of assistance to help the baby walk up the stairs alternately with both feet. Then you can gradually reduce the assistance, exercise the baby to use their own strength to climb the stairs. If the baby refuses to climb, you can put the baby's favorite toys on the steps of the stairs, triggering the baby to get the idea of toys, or stand on the stairs, clap your hands to the baby, shouting the baby's name, another adult to help the baby slowly climb up the stairs. After training for a period of time, can encourage the baby to hold the railing, slowly step on the stairs, but at first pay attention to the protection of the first 2-3 steps of the stairs to start practicing, and then gradually extend the distance, enhance the strength. After the baby can climb the stairs stably then try higher stairs.
1. Benefits and disadvantages of climbing stairs for babies.
① Make the baby's brain more dexterous
In the whole process of stairs, eyes, hands, feet and at the same time effect, the human brain automatic control system often suffered posture command stimulation is also more and more especially dexterous, coordination improves, and then slowly reflect the dexterity of the subject activities easily, easily.
② Forge the baby's self-control ability
The baby at first climbing stairs will appear fear, they will gain courage in the adult incentive, and get rid of the fall produced by the psychological state of fear and physical pain, and can valiantly step away, climb, explore ...... Day after day, the baby will gradually become more and more bold, valiant, tenacious, and not afraid of difficulties.
③Climb stairs has a positive effect on baby's motor development.
When going up and down the stairs one must first move the knee joints and at the same time must regulate the balance of the body. Therefore, for the urgent need to develop their own motor skills of the baby, up and down the stairs is not only a joint activity, but also a good balance of activities. After regular exercise, the baby's knee joints become very flexible, muscle strength and toughness, and the brain control system is often stimulated by the action instructions have also become particularly sensitive, eyes, hands, feet coordination ability to enhance the gradual development of responsive, comfortable, easy, can naturally flap arms running up and down the stairs.
The higher the staircase climbs, the stronger the will is practiced. From a certain point of view, the two have a kind of natural tacit understanding. At the beginning of learning to go up and down the stairs, the baby will have some difficulty, but if he can get courage from the encouragement and support of mom and dad, to overcome the psychological fear of falling and physical pain, he will be able to bravely take the first step and ascend the first level. As the number of levels increases, he will fully feel the joy brought by controlling his body and experience the happiness of success. The latest research has found that constantly inspire the baby to overcome difficulties to continue to climb, explore, day after day, will make the baby gradually developed bold, brave, strong, not afraid of difficulties of good quality. However, life, some mothers and fathers like to hold, carry the baby on the back of the stairs, which does protect the baby will not fall, but also saves the time up and down the stairs, but mothers and fathers do not realize that the baby lost a good opportunity to exercise. Therefore, when the baby learns to walk, mothers and fathers will be brave to let go of their hands, let the baby up and down the stairs on their own, more stairs, more exercise, more gain.
④ Promote baby's sleep quality
Climbing stairs can make the baby's hip joints to increase the range of motion, but also can make the baby's leg muscles to get exercise, can achieve the role of the body strong muscles and bones, climbing stairs can also make the baby's cardiorespiratory fitness, but also can promote the flow of blood. The benefits of climbing stairs, will also consume the baby's daily physical strength, can make the baby accelerate hunger, so that the appetite will become very good, but also can make the baby's sleep more favorable.
⑤ Disadvantages of climbing stairs for babies
The disadvantage is that children are easy to climb stairs in the process of pressure and wear on the knee joints, especially the baby usually may also carry heavy objects to walk stairs, so that the wear and tear on the joints is more serious, which is not conducive to the development of bones, because children at this age the body is out of the growth and development period, if a little inattention will affect the physical health.
Climbing stairs is also dangerous, if the stairs are slippery, the baby accidentally fell when climbing stairs, this situation is very dangerous. Therefore, if you have stairs at home, you must educate your baby, and you need to pay special attention when climbing stairs.
parents can teach their babies to climb stairs?
① The beginning of the selection of shorter steps, or with a difference of 5 to 10 centimeters high with three cardboard boxes filled with books or other 2. Howhard objects leaning against the wall for the baby to practice. At the beginning, parents should hold the baby's armpits to help him lift his body and feet upward, gradually changed to pull his elbow to help him make strength, slowly can pull a hand to help him maintain balance, but do not play a supporting role. The baby on every step, should give “you are great” encouragement, mom and dad to share the joy of success with the baby.
② In order to enhance the baby to climb the stairs of power, mom and baby can climb the stairs to a race. Mom should be behind the baby or next to the baby, with a hand to protect the back of the baby's body, in order to prevent the baby fell to. Down the stairs when the mother is difficult to effectively prevent the baby fell to, so downstairs when the mother is best not to play games with the baby competition.
③ The height of the stairs in the building is an insurmountable obstacle to the baby, in the baby in the process of climbing stairs, mother should not be anxious, and do not give the baby too much help, try to rely on the baby's own ability to complete the action of climbing stairs.
④ When going down the stairs training, due to the baby to grasp the balance of the body is not good, you can first pull the baby's hand, stand on it so that the baby to experience the feeling of high and low. After training for a period of time, when the baby is not afraid to encourage the baby to hold the railing down the stairs, mom and dad should pay attention to the side protection. If the baby is not afraid to hold the railing down, mom or dad can help the baby to practice, so that the baby can grasp the essentials, and then let go to let the baby practice on their own.
3. Common Questions about Baby Climbing Stairs
① Do not let the child climb the stairs alone
Children initially climb stairs in the case of hand and foot is not very harmonious, sometimes due to a foot step or hand without support and fall, so parents should stand in the area of the child can immediately support the maintenance of him.
② Remove roadblocks
No need to put the items that must be put on the roof to the steps, as far as possible to maintain a clear and unobstructed indoor staircase indoor space, in order to prevent the child fall risk.
③ Training time can not be too long
When training, mother and father two hands holding the baby's armpits, to assist the baby's two feet alternately climb the stairs. The energy to assist can be slowly reduced. This cell phone game can improve the baby's leg energy, for the future to walk alone to lay a good foundation. But the baby is still small, the human body bone is very loose, very sensitive, energy is also relatively weak, can not withstand the big heat consumption, so the training time must not be too long.
But many times, parents are so busy with work that they rarely have time to dedicate to training their babies to help them climb stairs. So what to do about this?
Nowadays, there are family version of small climbing stairs in the market, this kind of small staircase only has 2 to 3 floors and all of them are designed with non-slip (As the following photo). This not only exercises the child's body, but also allows the child to exercise his or her balance, improve motor nerves, and experience joy in movement.
This folding mini staircase allows your baby to do exercise at home. Children are very energetic, and once a child has a need for exercise, both older and younger children are always idle. However, for many small children, adults can't take their children outside to play all the time. At this time, it is necessary to help children prepare a sports equipment at home. A simple little climber will allow your child to play safely and enjoyably. Create a small area in your home for the climber and put soft mats around the climber to make sure your child doesn't get hurt even if he or she falls off. This way your child will be able to play happily at home.
A small stairs can work on your child's balance. Children have poor balance, especially those who have just learned to crawl and walk. Such children often can't walk for long before falling on the ground in a heap. A simple home version of the small climbing ladder can not only increase the child's exercise, but also let the child in the busy crawling to improve balance and master the body movement skills. Moreover, the placement of the small crawler is very fixed, the child is playing only in the space around the crawler, no need to worry about the child bumping into the furniture while crawling haphazardly in the living room or bedroom.
Get your child to love extracurricular activities and stay away from electronics. If you have a small yard at home, you can put up a larger climbing ladder. Usually, active children will choose to do games on the climbing ladder, just like the kindergarten recreational facilities. The reason why children love to look at their cell phones at home is because there are too few entertainment programs. If there are more sports equipment or entertainment facilities at home, children are actually more happy to climb up and down the ladder as a leather monkey instead of immersing themselves in the virtual network.