risk of falling<\/a>, so they devise techniques to prevent them from losing their balance and falling. They develop preventive measures to keep them safe from falling. <\/p>\n\n\n\n3. Sharpens Their Thinking<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
To remain on their feet while walking in reverse, toddlers put their minds to work. This comes hand in hand with ensuring their safety. It helps toddlers focus better and facilitates the development of the neurons in their brains. Reverse walking helps toddlers put their proprioceptive sense to use without having to see where they are moving to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
4. Muscles Development<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Taking steps in reverse helps develop the muscles that are not normally put to use when walking forward. These muscles are exercised in the process and improve the overall mobility of the toddler. Due to this, other developmental milestones, such as dancing, jumping, kicking, and climbing, are quickly activated. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Helping Your Toddler To Walk In Reverse<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Your child might not be confident enough to walk backward without your help. And this process may be a little bit less tricky than helping them to stand on their feet and then eventually walk. The following are useful tips that you can use;<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For the first few attempts, stand close to your toddler to support them and prevent them from falling. Make sure to hold your child’s hands every step of the way till they show signs of improvement. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Get a stroller or a cart for your child. Allow them to lean on it while you carefully push them forward, then slowly push the stroller backward so they can recover their steps by moving back. Only walk with them holding their favorite toy; you can start walking backward while they move forward before switching positions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Use a pull-string toy to encourage them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Final Thoughts<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
It is very common for toddlers to start attempting to walk backward between the ages of 16 – 18 months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In several ways walking backward can help improve your developmental milestone by improving your balance, strengthening toddlers’ leg muscles, and sharpening your reasoning, among others. However, toddlers still need support in their first few trials of walking in reverse, they also need to be encouraged to boost their confidence while attempting to walk backward. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Walking is a typical developmental milestone that every parent loves to see. However, walking backward is on a…\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":678,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.mummy-time.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/When-Can-Toddlers-Walk-Backwards.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mummy-time.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/661"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mummy-time.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mummy-time.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mummy-time.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mummy-time.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=661"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.mummy-time.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/661\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":888,"href":"https:\/\/www.mummy-time.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/661\/revisions\/888"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mummy-time.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mummy-time.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mummy-time.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mummy-time.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}