Why did the child stop walking at 4 months?

As soon as the baby starts to make the first sounds, most of the parents come to an indescribable delight. The first stage on the way to articulate speech is a walk. It prepares the articulatory apparatus for the reproduction of syllables and then for whole words. But sometimes it happens that the child stopped walking at 4 months. Usually it worries very caring moms and dads, who immediately start to fear that there is something wrong with their baby. However, do not immediately sound an alarm and rush to the doctor in horror. Therefore, we will consider in detail why the child suddenly stopped walking at 4 months.

What caused the absence of walking at this age?

If the baby suddenly stopped abruptly and you are worried about it, show it to the pediatrician and neurologist. But in most cases this is absolutely normal. It is possible that the four-month-old child stopped walking for the following reasons:

1. He moves to a new stage of speech development. So, by 5-6 months the crumb already begins to babble, pronounce clearly distinguishable syllables and even make up whole chains of them: for example, "ta-to-tu", "ba-ba-ba", "pa-po-pu" or "ma-mo-mo". So it is likely that the child stopped walking, as he now displays an active interest in gesticulation and articulation of adults, trying to reproduce it. Therefore, your child simply decided to focus on carefully watching the movements of your lips and hands, as well as facial expressions, to soon please you with new skills.
2. In the worst case, this may be a symptom of the problems associated with the immaturity of the speech apparatus. If the kid has been silent for a long time and does not even try to babble, show it to a specialist. He will accurately determine why the child stopped walking, and whether this is due to a certain delay in development. In any case, it is necessary to talk with the child as much as possible, sing songs to him, read children's verses and fairy tales - and then your child will start to speak, even in his own language, with the world around him.