5 month old not pushing up on arms at all?

Draba123

I know it's bad to compare milestones but my 5 month old has never pushed up on his arms.  He holds his head up well during tummy time and is almost sitting without support when we sit him up.  He also does really well in his jumperoo and is putting almost all his weight on his legs when we hold him up.  I'm just concerned that he's never pushed up on his arms.  Over the weekend we had him on his belly and he was getting his legs underneath him like he wanted to crawl but he will not use his arms at all so he just ended up with his butt up in the air and his face down on the floor.   Anyone else?  When did your babies start using their arms?  Is this something we should be asking his pedi about?

LordValuemart

My nephew did the face scoot thing at first too, and crawled just fine within a month after, it all comes with time

LittleGus

Draba123:

I know it's bad to compare milestones but my 5 month old has never pushed up on his arms.  He holds his head up well during tummy time and is almost sitting without support when we sit him up.  He also does really well in his jumperoo and is putting almost all his weight on his legs when we hold him up.  I'm just concerned that he's never pushed up on his arms.  Over the weekend we had him on his belly and he was getting his legs underneath him like he wanted to crawl but he will not use his arms at all so he just ended up with his butt up in the air and his face down on the floor.   Anyone else?  When did your babies start using their arms?  Is this something we should be asking his pedi about?

 

Yes - it is bad comparing milestones - but I think we all do it anyways   DD does exactly what you mentioned with the butt in the air thing and I'm not worried.  Sounds like your DS is doing everything great otherwise, so I wouldn't worry at all! 

tripleas

my son hates tummy time.  He is older than your son and still not pushing up.  He does sit by himself great and will "stand" if he can hang on to something, he just wants to skip this milestone.

Wish I had more advise, I just wanted to say I am worrying about this too!

BC&MM

Just wanted to say...my son has reflux and hates tummy time or being on his back. He has never done this at all.

Draba123

I should probably also add that DS was a month premature, so maybe partially why he hasn't done this yet?  It helps to know other babies are at the same point that he is!

katana

DS1 never crawled at all. He rolled and then he pulled up and walked along the furniture and walls until one day he just let go and walked. DS2 has started pushing up and looks like he is going to crawl, so no, don't compare! Even brothers are totally different, every baby is.

KoalaBear103

tripleas:

my son hates tummy time.  He is older than your son and still not pushing up.  He does sit by himself great and will "stand" if he can hang on to something, he just wants to skip this milestone.

Wish I had more advise, I just wanted to say I am worrying about this too!

Same here! ryan does the same thing where he looks like he's trying to scoot with his legs, but not his arms. He's on pace with everything else though so I'm not worried about it.