anyone else have a non-crawler?

[nukuspot]

nak

dd is 8 months this week and doesn't even try to crawl. she can't even get up on hands and knees. she's never liked tummy time, and now if i put her on her tummy she just lays flat and cries, and flips to her back eventually. i know she wants to be mobile but just can't get it.

all the other babes in her playgroup (6-9 mo) either crawl, or get on hands and knees and rock...just on the verge. many are even pulling up and trying to walk. dd is one of the oldest, yet she just sits there and sometimes leans so far forward she falls on her tummy, but then does the laying flat/fussy/flip to back thing. i've tried putting toys out of her reach but she either gives up after awhile or falls forward and does a faceplant trying to get it.

i know she would be so happy to be mobile. so it is hard to watch because i can't help her and can't figure out why she isn't getting crawling like the other babes, and why she isn't at least getting up on hands and knees (table pose)?

[Peppermint Poppies]

DD is 7 months and isn't looking like crawling any time soon.

DS started commando crawling at 9 months, but only got up on hands and knees at 11.5 months and walked a few weeks later.

[Summersquash]

My DD wasn't anywhere near crawling at that age. She would lay on her belly and push up and look at things and sometimes move around in a circle, but we had no forward motion until about 10.5 months. She could pull to stand before she crawled. Then all of a sudden she took off crawling and pretty much has never looked back. She has gotten really good at it though now she'd rather walk holding onto my fingers than crawl.

Babies do things at different rates. Maybe yours is working on some other milestones at the moment - maybe fine motor, brain development, or what not. She'll get there. They all figure out how to move eventually.

[DangerMom]

My little guy just started commando crawling at 10 months. For about a week beforehand, he was leaning forward and rocking, then one day he just did it. There weren't a lot of "signs" before that that he was thinking about it.


But your daughter being 8 months old and not crawling -- definitely don't sweat it. She'll crawl when she's good and ready. I know all the stuff says not to compare because babies really do things at different times, but I also understand it's hard not to when everyone else's babies have been zooming around. Still, your daughter sounds like she's doing just fine. I know plenty of babies who weren't crawling by that age.

[newmothermary]

Miles is 9mos and not crawling. Well, he'd only crawl in bed for some reason but won't do it on the floor. He'd fuss and I can SEE that he wants to but the coordination is not quite there yet, on the floor. So strange. He can cruise like lightning fast can can pull to stand but only wants to when I put out my hands.

So, yeah. Not crawling yet either.

[Abraisme]

My DS didn't crawl (or really even attempt) until 10 months, then walked right at 12mo. Nothing seemed odd about it to me, some kids just move later than others. It sounds like your LO is withing a perfectly normal range.

[Auraji]

My niece started crawling two weeks before turning 10 months.

My dd is 7months and I dont think she'll be crawling anytime soon.

[eclipse]

DD started crawling on her 1st bday. She was always a tad slow on her physical milestones, but she's grown into a normal 6 year old!

[lucifugous]

I did at 8 months, too. For a while she would try, and she just ended up moving a few centimeters backward :P
Then at 9 months she got it all of a sudden. She walked around eleven months.

An acquaintance with a degree in child development told me that kids who skip crawling altogether miss out on a certain kind of stimulation, giving them a disadvantage in short-term memory. She and I see differently on a bunch of things, including at least a couple that I would have expected her to know better, so I took it with a grain of salt. I would like to find studies either supporting or refuting this, because everything I have ever read says that crawling is not actually a developmental milestone, as significant as it is for those of us watching!
Now several months down the line, if she isn't even trying to walk, then you'd need to worry. But chances are good she will be zipping about by then

[Sk8ermaiden]

http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p_ml...676_index.html

A quick Google turned up that abstract. My mother (a school counselor) has heard about this theory as well.

[Perdita_in_Ontario]

It stands to reason that babies who move around earlier learn "no" earlier! LOL!

My DD was always at the lower end of the gross motor milestones. She had a pincer grasp early, but reaching, and rolling and crawling were at the later end of normal. I think she started crawling at about 10.5 months, and pulled herself to a stand the same day. She walked independently very shortly after her first birthday.

As it turns out she's a cautious soul. At 4.5, she is the same - fine motor is great, but she's never going to be an "athlete". We're all different, and frankly, looking back, I'm glad I could leave her in one place for that long

[Llyra]

DD1 crawled, but she didn't start until about 8 1/2 to 9 months.

Neither of my twins crawled. They're almost 3 now, and fine. DD2 is even what I'd call gifted, if you really pinned me down. I don't see anything different in them for lack of crawling. They both scooted around on their bottoms. DD2 started it at about 8 months, but DS didn't start until closer to 11 months.

The only thing that would start me worrying at eight months would be a baby that wasn't sitting or rolling yet.

I wouldn't worry about a lack of mobility until a year old. A child should have achieved some form of mobility by a year old.

These come from the early intervention materials from my county.

I've heard that theory about crawling before. I'm not convinced, and it's not just because of my twins not crawling. I didn't buy it before.

I think it might be true that some kids who already have underlying problems won't crawl, and in the case of those kids, the not-crawling is a symptom of that underlying problem. But I think there's an underlying problem, cognitively or physically, that's the real cause. The lack of crawling is not the cause; it's the symptom.

OP I wouldn't worry about it a bit. She'll figure it out. DD1 never liked tummy time, either. She never started from her belly when crawling. She eventually learned how to lunge forward from sitting and catch herself on hands and knees. Then she crawled backward for a few days, and forward crawling came awhile later.

[Auraji]

Originally Posted by Perdita_in_Ontario

My DD was always at the lower end of the gross motor milestones. She had a pincer grasp early, but reaching, and rolling and crawling were at the later end of normal.

Interesting!

I never thought much about it, bud DD is really the same way. She's been picking up tiny things for weeks now and she's been saying mama, dada, baba and other blabbers for weeks now, but her gross motor milestones have always been slow. The more I think about it, the more sense it makes to me. DP and I are both very passive, let's sit down and read, draw, write, listen to music. We dont do any sports and we're far from athletic. I've actually always thought of myself as a very clumsy person.

[GreenGranolaMama]

DS 7mo is starting to look like he wants to crawl... he can now come forward from a seated position to his hands without bumping his head off of the floor, and I think this makes BOTH of us much happier! This morning he did a little wiggle scoot dance on his butt across the kitchen while I was making breakfast and THEN tried to pull himself up with his car seat! Needless to say, I was amazed...and a little freaked out as we haven't done much to babyproof yet...

[DaughterOfKali]

My son was a late crawler. I had to move his arms and legs for him to show him how to do it (as was recommended by the physical therapist.)

[SaraC]

My youngest is 8 months and has NO interest in crawling. She just started rolling from back to tummy a week or so ago which is really late. If she wasn't my fourth I would have been worried but she was sitting up on her own and normal in every other way. All of mine have been late crawlers so I am not really worried about it. My oldest didn't crawl until about 9 months or so but was walking by her first birthday. My others crawled late and walked walked later but all seem to be "normal".

[Peony]

DS is 7.5 months and just started sitting up, he is certainly not going to be mobile anytime soon! In my circle there are two other babies, one is two days older then him, the other one day older, they have been crawling for a month now. Honestly, I'm really enjoying my non-mobile baby.

[maybebabysoon]

my little guy is 7.5 months old and i dont think he will be crawling anytime soon. he can move himself around alittle, when he is laying on his back he moves his legs and he is able to move.its not the safest way to go, but he does not do it very often. he is usually on his tummy. i dont think he is to intrested in crawling. he can sit really well.
im glad to hear that there are other babies his age that aren't crawling yet.
there is a little boy in our mommy and me who is a few days younger then my little guy who has been crawling for a while.

[Carhootel]

milestone calendars are stupid! that's my mantra lately. My ds started crawling around 8 months and now at 10 months he's crawling but he still can't turn over! if he gets on his back then he's just stuck. I try to remind myself that everyone learns at different paces but it's hard to remember sometimes

[major_mama11]

nak

My dd didn't crawl till 9 mos, and even then, never crawled much unless she forgot herself. She also didn't roll until about 5 mos. She was much more into verbal and fine motor stuff. nephew didn't crawl till AFTER he walked, though he did both before a year. another cousin crawled at 12 mos, walked at 16 mos. it all evens out as they get older- now that they're all preschoolers, you can't really point out who hit milestones earliest, you know?

My dd turned out to just have a cautious personality, which really came in handy when she was a toddler- we never had much of a problem with her climbing stuff or running into the street!