Since a week back, Darius had finally started to learn how to move forward in his walker.
Previously, he could only move sideways or more commonly, backwards. Also, we were glad that when he walks forward in it, he does so in the ‘lift foot up and move forward’ method, in a manner similar to how a person walks normally.
We have read that having a child in a walker might cause him to tip-toe when he learns to walk, so that’s why we were relieved to see it has not been the case for Darius. This is probably because we have been providing him with ample practice on walking.
Of course, we will keep in mind to strike a balance by limiting the amount of time he spends in the walker, so that he will not cultivate any undesirable habits from it. However, we can’t deny it has been a good baby-sitting tool, especially during times when we have to perform other tasks like house chores.
Furthermore, he has always been very happy while in it, especially after he has learnt to move forward in it, as he no longer has to depend on us to move himself around our house. We just have to make sure no dangerous object comes within his reach.
Here are some activities he did with me while he was on the walker, which helped motivated him to move around more:
With a simple but brightly lighted remote control car bought at only around S$10, I maneuvered the car to catch Darius’ attention and entice him to chase after it:
We have also bought this toy train which moving around continuously, changing directions automatically once it hits an obstacle. Darius has shown much interest in it and enjoys following its path:
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Good idea to motivate him to walk using the toy car and train! Seems like a useful distraction tool, too. I remember when my younger siblings were using walkers, we didn’t have such toys for them to chase around, so they ended up taking advantage of their mobility to grab things off tables / shelves and run away with them. Haha.
Haha we do feel a bit guilty to leave him alone with the toy train while we were busying ourselves with other stuff.
Fortunately he appeared to be entertained and did not complaint of boredom out of this yet. Sometimes, kids just like to do certain repetitive things without getting bored easily. ^^|
I think it’s good for a kid to learn to play independently, for those times when parents or caretakers simply have their hands full. I have 3 siblings, so we were all “well-trained” at entertaining ourselves or playing with each other while our parents were busy with the other siblings. ^^
Think he should be able to walk by himself soon.
Has he started to crawl and teeth?
We hope he will soon be able to walk by himself too, and we have been letting Darius practice standing by himself or holding on to our sofa.
Like when he was young, he dislikes being in the tummy down position so he have only learnt to crawl backwards now. No tooth yet though we could see his white spots emerging already.