My son is 5months (should be 3 months as he was prem) and I want to start teaching him to hang as an introduction to brachiation. The problem is he won’t support any of his weight and just lets go each time. Is there any way I can encourage him?
Hi,
My daughter has only just started hanging on the monkey bars and she is 18months. So don’t worry about it too much.
encourage hanging by doing other things like, playing and singing row row row your boat and having your little man face you and grab on to your fingers and row back and forth.
Get a hula hoop and when he is on his back see if he will grab on to it and pull him up. This will encourage him to support his own weight. Only pull him up if he is supporting his own weight. This also goes for the singing and playing row row row your boat.
Don’t be too concerned if this takes a loong time. He will eventually do it.