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            Various studies recommend that about 50% of children start crawling by eight months. However, some babies might begin at six months while not crawl until they are after 11 months. This study intends to determine if there is an association between babies' crawling age and the body temperature, mainly during the month they first attempt to crawl, which happens at around six months after they are born(Ferguson et al.,2017). The study will determine if children take longer to crawl, especially in winter, when babies are regularly bundled in clothing that confine their movement.

The period of a child's birth has a significant impact on motor development throughout the first year of life. The variance in crawling beginning of four weeks institutes 14 percent of a seven-month-old's life and is substantial. High temperatures have detrimental coexistent effects on human health due to a surplus on the body's ability to self-regulate (Ferguson et al., 2017).Infants are susceptible to hot temperatures as their sympathetic and thermoregulatory nervous systems are not fully developed, with previous studies indicating that high temperature during prenatal and after birth negatively affect birth weight, consequently affecting the crawling age.

Alternative Hypothesis (Ha): There is no relationship between the age at which a child starts to crawl and the body temperature.

 Babies' crawling is influenced by motor skills that have a neurological or developmental problem but not the body temperature. Hence body temperature does not have any influence on baby crawling age. Infants who start crawling earlier are likely to develop more solid motor and sensory skills as children.  

Reference

Ferguson, A., Penney, R., & Solo-Gabriele, H. (2017). A review of the field on children’s exposure to environmental contaminants: a risk assessment approach. International journal of environmental research and public health, 14(3), 265.