Should he be crawling
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Topic: Should he be crawling
Posted By: Luckymama23
Subject: Should he be crawling
Date Posted: 01 April 2009 at 11:35am
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My boy is 7months old, and shows no signs of being interested in crawling, when he is on his tummy he pushes himself backwards then gets frustrated.
What age did other babies crawl??!! My fiances mum says its because we pick him up too much, and his cousin (2 weeks older) has been crawling for ages! Anyone have any advice please??!! :) |
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Posted By: weegee
Date Posted: 01 April 2009 at 11:49am
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Hi and welcome!
Don't stress! It must be hard having a cousin so close in age that your boy will be being constantly compared to, but DON'T LISTEN to your future MIL. Pushing himself backwards on his tummy is one of the first signs, he will do it in his own time - which might not be for a few months yet. I'm sure it would be useful, if you haven't already, to join in on your 'born in' monthly thread - that way you'll be able to see the range of activity with babies of a similar age. Some bubbas just prefer to sit back and take the world in for a while before they're in a hurry to get anywhere - trust me, you should cherish that, cos there's no stopping them once they're off! I often wish my boy was like that! He was crawling at around 6 months, but as far as I can tell that's on the early side, in our July group there are a few babies not crawling yet, and they're 8-9 months old. So don't panic! And when your future MIL makes a comment about it, just smile and say you're happy for him to be staying where you leave him for a little while longer, and you feel sorry for his cousin's mum having to chase around after her baby already!  ------------- 
Mum to JJ, 4 July 2008 & Addie, 28 July 2010 |
Posted By: Henna79
Date Posted: 01 April 2009 at 11:56am
Hi Kazza I agree with Weegee don't listen! Alex doesn't crawl yet and he is a week off being 8 months. He moves around on the floor and gets frustrated too but hey he is a happy healthy little man and so I don't care what others think  I know that we are pretty quick to pick him up but he is doing what I think is pretty normal for a first born. I have a sister who is like your MIL she is always comparing Alex to her own 3 year old but forgets to realise that Alex lives in a house of 3 not a house of 15 and being constantly stimulated by older children (sorry for that rant she totally frustrates me).
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Posted By: blondy
Date Posted: 01 April 2009 at 11:59am
Yes, I have one of those July 08 non-moving 8 month old lumps! 
Don't stress - he will do it in his own time, and in the meantime cherish not having to be on the constant lookout for a baby into everything.
Don't forget also - crawling is not a developmental milestone as sitting and walking are, and some babies never crawl and go straight to walking (not that your boy necessarily will! )-------------  
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Posted By: Southlandmummy
Date Posted: 01 April 2009 at 12:21pm
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Yip with the others, dont stress, my girl is not quite 7mths and she cant roll over yet, she gets on her side and thats it so far.... It will happen when it happens..
------------- Cindy - Princess and Princes Samia Isobel Joy born 9th September 2008 Spencer Graeme John born 29th May 2006 Kaylin Gavin Robert born 19 December 2004 |
Posted By: MissAngel
Date Posted: 01 April 2009 at 12:49pm
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As above - dont stress! My son is 10 months old and he's only just started crawling. He did it all of a sudden without showing any signs of wanting to. All babies develop differently - I personally didnt crawl at all when I was a baby, I just sat and stood! ------------- Alex, Thomas and Lily http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: cuppatea
Date Posted: 01 April 2009 at 12:57pm
Stupid people telling you you pick him up too much Apparently Spencer didn't walk because I carried him too much
Anyway, 7 months would actually be quite early. Spencer started commando crawling at about 8 months but didn't properly crawl until 13 months. He was quite late, most of the babies at coffee group were crawling by 9 months. All babies are different though, there are huge time ranges for them to do things and they all do things in different orders, try to just ignore stupid comments or comparisons. ------------- 
 
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Posted By: lisa85
Date Posted: 01 April 2009 at 1:01pm
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One of my nephews didn't start crawling until just over 12 months old. My girls started at 8 months and I felt that was really early. I wouldn't panic all kids are different. -------------  
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 01 April 2009 at 1:05pm
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Oh who cares what others say LOL. Two of my girls crawled at 10mos and one of them still couldn't be bothered two weeks after that. -------------  |
Posted By: NovemberMum
Date Posted: 01 April 2009 at 1:15pm
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my girl didnt start crawling till she was about 10 months old.
as everyone else has said babies do things in their own time.; not like your son is 18 months and not moving :) ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Luckymama23
Date Posted: 01 April 2009 at 1:44pm
| Awesome! Thankyou so much to everyone for the comments!! I think I was just getting paranoid (blame MIL!! hehe) |
Posted By: kabe
Date Posted: 01 April 2009 at 1:44pm
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Mine didn't crawl to 10 months and walked at 13 months. This was pretty typical for all the babies in my coffee grp. Definitely nothing to stress about!! ------------- http://alterna-tickers.com"> 
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Posted By: caitlynsmygirl
Date Posted: 01 April 2009 at 5:26pm
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Definetly don't stress, if there is a book telling when a baby HAS to crawl /walk/ talk/ by, I don't think any baby has read it , they all seem to have their own agenda.
Being of course that they are all individuals and not carbon copies,...don't let MIL stress you out ------------- 
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Posted By: denny25
Date Posted: 01 April 2009 at 7:33pm
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YAY i like this thread! Ava is 7 months old on saturday and she isn't moving AT ALL on her tummy - forwards, backwards, sideways - NOTHING!!!! She prefers to sit or lie on her back and blabber away!
I know how you feel. A baby in my coffee group is crawling already and he is 2 weeks older than Ava - but his mum pushes him to do things like there is no tomorrow and treats him like an adult, which i personally wouldn't do. Plus Ava has just started rolling in the last 3 weeks or so and she will only roll one way and a couple of the other babies in the coffee group started rolling at 3 months! Oh, and my brother didnt crawl at all and didnt walk till he was almost 15 months old and he is completely normal (well, as normal as brothers can be!!) |
Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 01 April 2009 at 7:43pm
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Mine were all different, even the gremlins who have the same DNA, which is absolute proof that they all do things differently! They've all had the same environment to grow up in , in fact the gremlins probably had more floor time than the others coz I couldn't hold them both at the same time and yet they were my "slowest" babies.
Maya didn't roll till 7 1/2 mths, went from being completely immobile to crawling overnight at 8 mths and walked at 10. Sienna and Mercedes crept backwards for months, from around 4 mths, but even tho they both did this exactly the same, Mercedes crawled at 10 mths and Sienna skipped crawling completely in favour of bottom shuffling. They didn't walk till around 13-14 mths. And lil miss, well she's the demonic crawling baby and started at 6 mths but that's really early and I'm sure only coz she's been in a hurry to keep up with her sisters since the minute she flew into the world. ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: jack_&_charli
Date Posted: 01 April 2009 at 7:53pm
MIL's eh! 
jack didn't crawl until not long after his 1st birthday....he just rolled anywhere he wanted to go. then he didn't walk until 18mths. ------------- http://www.alternatickers.com"> 
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Posted By: caitlynsmygirl
Date Posted: 02 April 2009 at 9:59am
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C crawled at 6 .5 months , walked at 9, talked in 3 word sentences before her 1st birthday .
And you know what ? i long for the days when she would just lie there...all this anxiety for them to walk and talk , and then they do and you just wish they'd sit down and shutup -------------
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Posted By: caitlynsmygirl
Date Posted: 02 April 2009 at 9:59am
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C crawled at 6 .5 months , walked at 9months, talked in 3 word sentences before her 1st birthday .
And you know what ? i long for the days when she would just lie there...all this anxiety for them to walk and talk , and then they do and you just wish they'd sit down and shutup -------------
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Posted By: Lulu
Date Posted: 02 April 2009 at 1:01pm
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My girl is 20 months old and has never crawled. She started bum shuffling about a month ago and is thinking about pulling her self up to standing, but nothing much. They are all different, so don't worry. I don't! ------------- Lou http://www.babysfirstsite.com"> 
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Posted By: MissAngel
Date Posted: 02 April 2009 at 1:01pm
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Agreed.
now Thomas can crawl i'm constantly up and down stopping him from going places I dont want him to be. It wouldnt be so bad if he knew when I said 'no dont go there' or 'come back here.' lol. ------------- Alex, Thomas and Lily http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Shezamumof3
Date Posted: 02 April 2009 at 6:03pm
Yeah same with Caden, has been crawling since 6 months and is now about to walk I wouldnt havent minded him being a little less mobile for a while longer lol
Definietly dont worry and dont listen to your future MIL Its nothing you have done wrong, he will just crawl when he is ready Like all the others have said, babies develop at different paces etc.------------- |
caitlynsmygirl wrote:Posted By: raggy
Date Posted: 04 April 2009 at 8:21pm
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I know of babies that didn't crawl until over 12 months. They won't crawl until they are ready, but if you want to help strengthen them (it doesn't help crawl much earlier though) things like jumping beans helps, they also have their book for sale on this website and also a book called "moving to learn". ------------- http://lilypie.com">  
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Posted By: caitlynsmygirl
Date Posted: 05 April 2009 at 6:59pm
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yeah ... a few times I "accidentally" tripped Caitlyn up to put her off walking ...bad mummy alert !
Im really hoping Tyler is more cruisier than his sister -------------
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Posted By: freckle
Date Posted: 05 April 2009 at 9:18pm
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It's definitely not a concern not crawling at 7 months - that is early for crawling!! average is about 9 months... but as with all areas of child development there is a huge range!
My oldest was smack on average with her milestones (9 months crawling, 12 months walking) while my youngest was early (6mths and 10mths)... and I can tell ya later is MUCH better for sanity  ------------- mum to 3 lovely girls :D |