9 months... still not crawling/army crawling

weemodin

Whose DC is still not crawling, army crawling, etc at 9 months?  My DS is not yet.  He's up and rocking on his hands and knees, but we have no forward locomotion.  DD, his twin sis, has been army crawling for over 2 months, and real crawling for a month.

He's not pulling up yet, either, so I'm not sure he's one who's just going to skip crawling all together.  He does roll over, sit, etc.  He's also a VERY big boy -- 26-27 lbs and 32".

Should I fret?

Wassygirl

don't fret. my lo started army crawling the day before he turned 9 months. he rocked on his hands and knees for a few weeks before he did.  i'm sure others do it later than 9 months.

ali-1411

DS didn't crawl until after 10 months.  He walked at 13 months.

No need to fret

MomandGrandma

Oh my he is a big boy!  I'm sure his size has something to do with it, but I wouldn't fret.  My son didn't crawl til he was 11 months and was walking at 13 months.  Once he started, he couldn't be stopped!  lol

junebugrbig

I too have a big boy around the same size...he just started crawling this past weekend after several weeks of rocking on his knees.  I figured that he has a lot more to move so it will take some time to build the strength he needs.

Lisichka

I wouldn't fret. Every baby develops differently, I know my DH didn't crawl but got up and started walking by 10 months. My DD (although not 9 months yet) has been rocking back and forth for the past 3 or 4 weeks and nothing.

14years

DS isn't doing it yet... he just rolls to where he wants to go.  Sometimes he gets on his hands and knees but doesn't ever go anywhere that way.  One solitary time, he has tried to drag himself on his belly, but he gave that up and started to roll.

Don't fret!  He'll do it when he's ready.

mamamoos

don't fret! my DS was rocking on all 4's from 7 months all the way to 9 1/2 months. he just started army crawling saturday (and trust me, it came out of NOWHERE -- i had given up hope of him ever moving forward). he also doesn't pull up or anything like that...and doesn't roll front to back consistently, or back to front at all.

611bride05

I think it definitely them longer to crawl when they are bigger- DS rocked on all 4's for about 2 months.  He didnt start crawling until the day he turned 9 mos and it was still slow and shakey.  This week he is really getting the hang of it and getting pretty fast- so I wouldnt worry, some babies dont crawl at all, and others crawl a little later.

adri77

I got you beat!  DS1 didn't crawl until he was 1 week shy of 1 year old!  And he never started off by rocking on all 4s.  At about 10 1/2 months, he started pushing himself backwards, 11 months, comando crawling, and 1 year, reg. crawling.  Just think of us when you are worried!  He started walking late too- 16 months, but he's 2.4 now, and totally caught up to other kids his age- you would never know he was so late.