How to teach a child how to turn over

Despite the fact that there are certain standards for the development of the child at a particular age, they are rather conditional: different children have different rates of individual development, which depend on the physiological characteristics (height, weight) and temperament of the child. So, in active children, development is faster than in calm children.

How to determine that it's time to teach the child to turn from back to belly and back? The following signs speak about the fact that the right moment has come:

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  the child holds his head confidently, lying on his back;
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  the child knows how to pull his knees to his stomach;
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  the child can lie on his stomach, leaning on the forearm.

So, how to teach a child to roll over? To begin with, you need to create the appropriate conditions for this. It is best to teach your baby to turn over on an even hard surface, so that nothing hinders him. Then you can proceed with the actual learning process. In this difficult matter you will benefit from several exercises.

For execution the first exercise You need to put your baby on your back with your feet toitself. Taking the leg of the child by the shin, bend it in the knee and hip joints and lead in the opposite direction, slightly turning in the same direction the pelvis of the child. Hold the child in this position at this time: he must react by raising his head and turning the upper part of the body to the same place as the pelvis. If the child does not have the strength to do this, let him grasp the finger of your hand so that he can help himself turn over. In this case, you can not pull a child. This exercise should be repeated daily 4-5 times in each direction.

There are also second exercise. Put the child on his back, give him a fingerleft hand for grasping, and with your right hand take the heels of both his legs, one of the fingers between the ankles. Straighten the baby's legs and slightly rotate them together with the pelvis. Simultaneously, it is easy to pull the child's handle forward so that it turns its head and shoulders. Repeat this exercise in each direction a couple of times a day.

This is a kind of preparatory exercises, but The third will help the child to master an independent revolution. To do this, put the child on his back, throwOne of its legs on the other in such a way that the knee touches the surface on which the baby lies. This position will be uncomfortable for him, so he will consciously strain his muscles and make attempts to roll over. At first, you can help him a little with a coup, and later it will be enough to hold the child's foot, and he will turn over himself.

At first, the child's second hand afterthe coup will remain under it. Let him lie down for a while in this position, and then gently help him get his hand. After a while, the child himself will understand that you need to get your hand. It is very important to do the exercise in both directionsso that the child learns to turn over in each of them.

So, your baby has mastered a coup on his stomach. There is another question: how to teach a child to roll back on his back? You can try to use for this purpose hisfavorite toy. Put the toy on the side of the child, and further away, so that he had to stretch to it. After several unsuccessful attempts of the baby to get the toy you need to move it a little closer. In an attempt to get the toy a child and master the coup on the back. Massage can also help.

Please note that All the exercises must be done very, very carefully, so as not to injure the child. And it is even better not to force events: If the child does not have serious delays in development, eventually he will learn to turn over on his own. You do not have to put pressure on the child in trying to fit it into general standards.