Most recently, most movements were inaccessible to the baby. But then he passed 3 months, and he began to try to reach for the toy. Now the baby does not lie in one position, and he wants to turn on his side, trying to roll over from his back to his stomach. For each child, these moments occur individually.
Normally, children begin to roll over to the side at 4 months, then this skill for 5 months smoothly passes into turning over from the back to the tummy. By the end of the fifth - the beginning of the sixth month, many babies can already roll over and back - from the abdomen to the back. We also read: how many months do children begin to roll over
If the pediatrician determined that the development of the child meets the standards of age indicators, then you can not worry that the baby will miss something or not learn. Gradually, the child will gain all the skills inherent in it.
If at six months the baby does not know how and does not try to roll over, then it is necessary to consult a specialist. The doctor will examine the child, exclude neurological disorders and advise a series of exercises, massage and other procedures that will help the baby catch up.
We teach and help the child roll over - preparation
Here are exercises to strengthen the muscles of the back, neck, abdomen and prepare them for new movements, for babies from three months:
- Bend and unbend the baby’s legs one by one according to the type of exercise “bicycle”.
- Give the baby the thumbs of your hands to grab. Move the arms to the sides, and then bring them together, collecting them on the baby’s chest.
- Also give the baby your fingers to grip and pull it gradually by the handles toward you. Over time, the baby will reach for his own hands.
- Lay the crumbs on the tummy. This can be done already in 1 month of life, starting from the 1st minute and gradually increasing the time to 10 minutes. Exercise strengthens the neck muscles that hold the head.
It is better to start gymnastics after a preliminary massage (massage baby) The duration of the exercises is 15 minutes.
When the baby starts confidently hold your head, rely on pens, become more active and curious, you can begin to teach him to turn over.
How to help your child turn around
In order to make learning easier and more interesting, provide your child with the conditions for this:
- the child should be placed on a solid, not bending surface;
- create a goal for the baby in the form of a bright toy that he wants to reach for;
- the child should be positive;
- It is better to do gymnastics naked, while tempering the child.
Corrective gymnastics for babies will help the baby learn how to flip from back to stomach:
Exercises for turning from the back to the stomach:
- Lay the child on the back. Interest him with a toy, moving it up and down above the child at a distance of 30 cm. When you see that the baby is trying to get it, put the toy in some direction from the child, but so that he can not grab it. Now, when the baby is trying to roll over on its side, in the direction of the toy, you can slightly push it. Perhaps this will be enough for the child to roll over.
- You lay the child on his back, bend one leg in the knee joint and take it to the side of the coup so that the knee touches the surface on which the baby lies. The inertia child will begin to pull the handle in this direction. Help him, give your finger to grab, but do not pull. Let the baby pull himself in the right direction.
- The baby is lying again, give him your hand to grab, and support the second by the heels so that the child’s legs rest against it. If there is support in the legs, it will be more convenient for the baby to roll over from the back to the tummy.
- Put the baby on the barrel, and sit yourself behind him, and create support for the baby so that he does not roll back onto his back. Place a toy in front of the child. This exercise also strengthens the ability to lie on one side.
- The kid is again on his side, you hold him by the shoulder and at the same time lead the pelvis with the other hand towards the coup. Then do the opposite: fix the pelvis, and pull the shoulder and handle towards the coup. The purpose of the exercise is to stimulate the desire to roll over.
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Exercises for turning from the abdomen to the back:
- The baby lies on his stomach, you are behind. Hold the toy in front of the child. Pull the baby's right hand forward so that he can reach for the toy, and then slowly move it over the baby and to the left. The child will roll over for a toy.
- When the child is lying on the tummy, bend the left leg and move it behind the right. The kid will try to stand on his hands and roll over from the tummy to the back. If it doesn’t work, help by pulling your hand slightly. Make sure that the baby does not hit the head during a sharp coup.
- Lift the baby lying on the tummy for a while so that it is pushed off by handles from the surface. This can be done already from the 1st month.
Do not forget to do exercises on both sides and the same number of times, for uniform development of the muscular system on the right and left. Take up to 3 minutes for each exercise, a couple of times a day.
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The child will quickly begin to roll over and learn other skills if, in addition to gymnastics, the following procedures are carried out:
- massage (strengthens muscles, removes physiological tone, tones up the nervous system);
- finger massage (positive effect on the whole organism, especially on thinking and speech skills);
- swimming (strengthening of joints and muscles, forms for posture, development of the vestibular apparatus, beneficial effect on the emotional background, stimulation of immunity);
- hardening (strengthens the immune system, can be carried out in parallel with gymnastics or massage. About hardening);
- fitball - A great simulator for the entire muscle system. Such gymnastics is based on the baby's reflex movements. You can start practicing from 2 weeks. There is a whole system of exercises on fitball, which includes exercises to develop the skill of turning over. Fitball Exercises
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My baby began to turn over in 3.5 months. For this, we were engaged in swimming, but swimming, I held it in the water in my hands, and he floundered)))
Good article, I liked it. I’ll tell you how my wife taught my daughter to roll over. We tie something bright to the left of the child (if he is right-handed), you can favorite a toy, and so that he could not get it with his left hand. Trying to reach with his right hand, the child gradually learns to roll over. My daughter rolled over on her stomach at about 4.5 months. The main thing is patience.
My daughter still can’t turn from her back to her tummy: when she tries and has already turned to the side, she puts forward the handle, which prevents her. I move the handle down or up - it flips over, but so far it does not. We are now 5.5 months old. And from the stomach and back, she easily learned herself at about 3 months old: she raised her head, shook it when she looked around, the head outweighed and the child fell on its side, and then on its back. Over time, this began to turn out not arbitrarily, but already at the request of the child.