Crawling is a crucial stage of development for babies and essential for developing and stimulating the neural pathways in both the left- and right-hand side of the brain. Indeed, it is essential for hand-to-eye co-ordination, which is all linked to reading, writing and balance later on in the child's development. It can sometimes happen that babies who don't crawl can have a tendency to be clumsy and not as well co-ordinated physically.
The longer they crawl, the more stimulation and growth takes place in their neural system, and this sets them up for life. These days we spend so much time rushing children on to the next 'stage' that we often forget that the human body needs to do certain age-old natural actions for a very good reason.
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