TEACHING A CHILD TO WALK.

Exercise is essentially important to the health of the child. His first year , of course , will be in the nurse 's arms . After a month or two , when it begins to sleep less during the day, it will delight to roll and pull the sofa : so it will use its free members , and performing outdoors, is the amount of exercise is needed on this occasion. Gradually, however, the child will make its first attempts to walk. Now , it is important that none of the many plans that have been developed to teach a child to walk, should be adopted the go-cart , borders, etc, their tendency is mischievous and flatness of the chest , lungs limits the spine deformed and deformed legs , are all evils that often come from such practices . This is explained by the fact that the bones in childhood is relatively soft and pliable , and if prematurely subjected by these contrivances to carry the weight of the body, giving as an elastic rod bent under a weight , and as a natural consequence for curved deform .
It is very necessary that the young and experienced mother should remember this fact during the first efforts of small to walk are naturally viewed by her with so much pleasure , she will be able to encourage and prolong its attempts , without thinking they can cause damage , so many parents had to mourn the strain he has created .
It may be as well to note here that if such distortion is timely noticed , is able to correct even after evident curvature has taken place. It should be repaired using the means which would promote the framework and promote the child's general health ( a daily drop in the cold bath , or sponge with cold salted water, found markedly effective ) and avoid the root cause of the distortion never let the child get on their feet. The only way to achieve this ultimate goal is to put both legs on a floor, will be an effective response to this order , while at the same time, this does not prevent the free and full exercise of the leg muscles . After a few months of implementing this plan , members are the most deformed bones have acquired firmness and strength of the muscles , and the child may be allowed to stand without risk of perpetuating or renewing the evil.
The best way to teach a child to walk, should be taught and what will be done quite easily . It will first crawl : exercising all the muscles of the body, does not fatigue the child, throws no weight upon the bones , but it gives vigor and strength, and is very useful . After a while , it has the power , he will want to do more : we will try to get up on their feet with a chair, and if it fails again and again in its attempts , it will endure to achieve it. In this, he learns , first, to raise the floor , and secondly , to stand, but not without keeping hold of the object on which he seized . Then be balanced with independence, and proudly and laughingly show that it can stand alone . However, fearing even move their limbs without support, it will seize a chair or anything else on your side when it dares to move forward regarding its support limits allow. This little adventure is repeated day after day with increased joy when , after numerous trials , will feel confident of his power to keep his balance , he will be alone . Now is the time required for this gradual self- teaching , during which the muscles and bones are strengthened, and when I finally called to support the weight of the body, are perfectly capable of doing.
Exercise during childhood.-------------------------
When the child has acquired sufficient strength for the current year , it can hardly be too outdoors more than he is used to it , more able to endure the vicissitudes of the weather. Children should also always allow to play at will , so you usually have this type and level of exercise that is most likely to promote the growth and development of the body. In the unrestrained indulgence of their youthful sports, every muscle in the body reaches its share of active exercise, and free growth, vigor and health are the result.
However, if a child it is delicate and strumous , and too weak to get enough exercise walking , and a constitution like breathing pure air and exercise are essential for the improvement of health, and without it, all other efforts will fail , riding on a donkey or pony forms the best substitute . This type of exercise will always be infinite service to delicate children , sports mind, and exercises the muscles throughout the body, and yet so sweet to induce little fatigue .
Horse exercises , however , are particularly useful when there is a tendency to the formation of pulmonary consumption , either hereditary or accidental causes. It is advantageous here , as well as its influence on the general state of health, as more directly on the lungs themselves. There is no doubt that the lungs , like the muscles of the body, acquire power and health of function by exercise. However, during a trip this is achieved without much fatigue the body. Free and equal lung expansion by full inspiration , necessarily takes place , thus maintaining its healthy structure , keeping all opened the airway open and prevents congestion in the pulmonary circulation , while providing more complete chemical action necessary for blood changing , every act of respiration, a sufficient proportion of all the air in the lungs , all objects of great importance, and all capable of being promoted varying , through questions.