How to Start Creeping?

I was longing for the moment Maria will begin creeping on her all four (before she was pretty fast in crawling) as it trains well the muscles of all body, improves coordination and symmetrically develops the body. This day has finally come and now she can slowly creep, gaining speed with every day!

Definitely Bobath gymnastics helped... Also at home we’ve tried to do some training: e.g. we held Maria’s legs, while she was leaning on her hands, holding the weight of her body. However, I believe the biggest contribution to the ability to creep was provided by the barriers we put on her way when she was trying to reach the desired thing. The barriers were created by the parents, by their bodies and legs =). Also she went over the blankets and pillows. Barriers were everywhere.

Of course, in the beginning it was quite hard, but she improved as days passed. She had a very good motivation in the form of dad’s mobile =). Afterwards, it was easy for her to put straight arms on a shelf (on the surface above the floor). Gradually, she moved to the horizontal surface, to the floor, and could easily stand on all four. Creeping came almost immediately afterwards!