[amberg007]

When did your LO start crawling? My almost 7mo DD is not interested in being on her tummy or back at all. She only wants to sit upright and play with her toys. She doesn't really move around much and when she falls on her belly she cries to be "fixed." Is this normal? I just can't imagine how she will ever progress to crawling considering all of this. She skipped rolling and went straight to sitting up so perhaps she"ll just skip crawling and go straight to walking??

 

[tracymom1]

My son started crawling around 10 months. He did not walk (or even show and interest in it) until 14 months and everyone thought this was soooo late! Every child progresses at their own rate and as long as she is healthy there is no reason to be concerned.

 

[just_lily]

Between seven and eight months she started doing the army crawl, basically pulling herself along with her arms. This progressed to more of an inch-worm movement (bum up, bum down, bum up, bum down). It has only been the last two weeks where she is consistantly staying up on her knees. She is nine months.

I wouldn't worry, especially if your babe is sitting on his own. Mine hated being on her belly until she was strong enough to start getting around. Even now she really only crawls until she gets somewhere that she can pull herself up to standing.

Enjoy the last few weeks of non-mobility!

 

[LianneM]

My son (now 4) crawled at 7mo, but DD is 9mo and just started pushing herself backwards

I wouldn't be surprised if she went straight to pulling up/cruising either. She hated being on her tummy also, until just recently.

 

[CartersMommy]

my newest nephew started crawling at 9 months..now he gets around good! his mommy says he's into everything =) our 7 month old is pushing backwards and frontward, but not crawling. he doesn't like to be on his tummy for very long either, he wants to sit or stand and pull himself up on something. they're all so different. he'll crawl...or walk eventually.

 

[Siera]

Like a PP mentioned, my DD hated being on her tummy until she was able to crawl. She sat for about 2 months before she began to crawl, so she was about 8 months when she began crawling. I wouldn't worry, especially since your little one is already sitting. I bet they crawl in no time!!

 

[CartersMommy]

ps. i justed remembered...our baby only wanted to be sitting too for quit awhile and I had the same ? as u. I noticed him starting to get around more on his tummy/arms/knees/feet when he wanted a toy that was out of his reach. he would (as we call it) "nose dive" for the toy. it was pretty cute to watch. anyway, after the nose dive he would reach and eventually figured out how to push himself around...that left to rolling back and forth. it'll happen eventually. don't worry.

 

[isabchi]

DD and DS started to crawl around 6 1/2 mo. DD is almost 4 yo, and DS o8 mo.Although, DS didn't roll over until couple weeks early to crawl. He liked to sat for long periods but I never put pillow around him. Another thing you can do is babywearing a lot, that's count as tummy time. Don't worry much, offer some toys to play with and live it not close to her , a ball, etc.

 

[eshallow]

just wanted to say that i was a nanny and the boy i watched didn't crawl until after 9 months, and didn't walk until 14 months. Now he is by far the most coordinated 3 year old out there. He skis like a champ, plays soccer, skateboards etc. all babies hit milestones different paces. enjoy the time where they are sitting and playing with toys. soon you will be wishing they would go back to it. i am afraid my 4mo will skip that stage all together. she is already trying to crawl. she rolls all over and has learned to push with her legs in a scoot. she doesn't pick her head up though and just pushes her head along the floor. (looks painful)

 

[nj's_mom]

DD is 8 months and started crawling a week or so ago.

 

[~Charlie's~Angel~]

OP, your LO sounds JUST like my DS1. He HATED being on his stomach, never really rolled over, was BARELY sitting on his own at 7 months. He started to crawl FINALLY at 10 months. Now hes 19 months, and I have to chase him EVERYWHERE. He started walking around 13 months and its been a chase ever since. For the record, I have lost ALL my baby weight from DS2 plus 5 pounds, all thanks to my toddler whome I thought would take forever to hit his milestones.

Now if only chasing gave you a six pack.......darn it!

 

[sapphire_chan]

Lina was exactly the same way. I was a bit worried about it and then read in the Sears Baby Books that babies go from sitting, to lunging for things, to hands and knees, to crawling.

Sure enough, she's now, at 8 months, crawling a tiny bit. Last week she learned to go from her tummy to sitting up. At the same time she learned to stand for a couple seconds without holding onto anything.

So all that sitting is strengthening your dd's back and giving her practice stabilizing her core.

Lina also skipped rolling, okay, she went both ways like twice, but with great effort. She now flips from back to front and vice versa quick as anything and makes getting her dressed an exercise in trying to keep the tags lined up with her back.

Now, when I say crawl a tiny bit, I mean crawl forward like 2 inches and then lunge forward with an outstretched arm to try to reach things--and then squawk about being on her tummy. Or try to get her feet under her and stand up. It remains to be seen if she'll use crawling as a means of travel, so far it's just for getting to things to explore or things to pull up on.

 

[gagin37]

ds started crawling 2 or 3 weeks ago, around 7.5 months. He spent hours and hours on him tummy though, he slept that way too. He started pulling up about a month ago as well. Now he's in to absolutely everything

Enjoy the immobility while it lasts! Every baby does stuff in their own time. And some skip crawling altogether. It's not necessarily a milestone.

 

[spirit4ever]

ds1 walked at 10 months - never crawled
ds2 crawled at 9 months on the day
dd crawled at 7.5 months and now at 9 months is all over the place!

 

[simcon]

My daughter, now 6, never crawled--just scooted around on her bottom with one leg straight out in front of her and the other bent with the knee up. She also *loved* just sitting up with her toys, and started sitting at 5 months. She didn't walk until 18 months, but was and is completely developmentally on track or advanced. There's a big range of normal!

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Originally Posted by amberg007 When did your LO start crawling? My almost 7mo DD is not interested in being on her tummy or back at all. She only wants to sit upright and play with her toys. She doesn't really move around much and when she falls on her belly she cries to be "fixed." Is this normal? I just can't imagine how she will ever progress to crawling considering all of this. She skipped rolling and went straight to sitting up so perhaps she"ll just skip crawling and go straight to walking??

 

[nudhistbudhist]

My ds crawled at 5 months and started pulling himself up on the furniture a week later. I think all babies are on their own schedules, so as long as baby isnt strapped in to a bouncy seat all day with no opportunities for physical exploration, I really wouldn't worry.

 

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Originally Posted by sapphire_chan read in the Sears Baby Books that babies go from sitting, to lunging for things, to hands and knees, to crawling.

And then some babies are just not textbook babies! I've got one of those, she started out pulling herself up on furniture, then cruising around furniture, at 5 1/2 months. Then at 8 1/2 months she suddenly got down and started crawling, and sat down for the first time soon after. At almost 11 months she started to get up to standing in the middle of the floor (crawl over to toy, pick it up, stand up, play, then sit down and crawl off). She started walking at 13 1/2 months.

 

[Ruthie's momma]

I wouldn't worry about it. Your LO appears to be developing well. DD never really even crawled, at all. She would "crawl" w/ her belly on the floor. She started cruising at 9 or 10 mo. At 11 mo, she bent her legs and used her knees to crawl. And, she was walking by 12 mo. HTH!!!

 

[funfunkyfantastic]

My babe does a backwards army crawl right now, lol. She pushes herself up on her arms and then pushes herself backward. Then She rotates around to see whats around her... and get into trouble!

She's 7.5 months old.

 

[Breeder]

DS1 did not crawl until he was 9 months old. Until then he rolled everywhere he wanted to go! He walked at 12 months.

DS2 rolled across the room at 3 months and crawled at 5 months but still has not taken a step on his own at nearly 11 months.