8.5 months and not crawling

breezy79

She crawls backwards...but that's about it.

Anyone else have an 8+  month old baby not crawling yet? 

prisschris

Mine thinks she's a crab.

 

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BabyBebe1

My first son crawled a few days after turning 9 months. And I was worried, but our pedi told us that 9 months is actually the average. It isn't late yet! And also, a lot of books/pedis count backward crawling as crawling because some babies actually figure that out so well that they decide it works and see no need to forward crawl.

P.S. Even though my son crawled at 9 months, he was the first of his little play group to walk (right at 12 months). 

chatty6176

My DS 8.5 month also...born on the 19th of May....and he's just up on all 4's rocking back and forth and crawling backwards.  My first DS was the same and was waking at 12.5 months.   No worries..I am actually not wishing it any quicker...it brings on a whole new thing of watching them everywhere they go and what they get into...not looking forward to it and having to really have my almost 4 yr old to be careful with his toys.....

Don't worry yet..your LO is fine! 

LacieMI

Checking in... our little guy (born 5/18) JUST started doing some kind of army crawl / inchworm maneuver.  He's getting around fairly good (slowly but surely), and grunts all the way (so cute!)  This is a new development in the past 1-2 days.  He is not up on all fours yet.

AZ123

No crawling here. Not expecting much. DS1 didn't crawl and went straight to walking (learned to crawl after that) and he's a happy well adjusted 3 year old. So don't stress!

S&SS

 We just had our first 2 inch army crawl today. No knees, no rocking.  This was quite an acomplishment for him!!

NeverEnoughTime

S&SS:

 We just had our first 2 inch army crawl today. No knees, no rocking.  This was quite an acomplishment for him!!

Oops!! This is me. I logged in with an email address I didn't even know had a bump account! haha

maddie789

We are at 9 months now, still no crawling. He "sits and spins" his way across the room, but no conventional crawling as of yet. It will likely happen within a week or so for DS.

Athena0809

8.5 and not crawling here either. I'm not worried, I know some kids never crawl. It looks like he might be close though, he's gotten around my rolling and crawling backward.

P.S. Love your siggy pic

klovesp95

DD was born 5/19 and isn't crawling.  The past two weeks she seems to really try--pushing up and sort of humping the ground like she's trying to get her knees up.  She'll rock if I get her to all 4s and today got to all 4s by herself.  She does a lot of pivoting around using her arms and has gone backwards. 

breezy79

awww thanks guys.
I'm not really worried, it just seems like most babies on these boards around the same age are crawling.

Plus my mother made an off handed comment about how DD should be crawling already.  Grrr 

kelly321

No crawling here, although she has figured out how to get herself over to the coffee table by a combination of launching herself from a sitting position and/or rolling, and then she uses the table to pull herself up to standing. I'm pretty sure she's going to walk before she crawls. She wants to stand all.the.time.

adellel

No crawling here, either. He just hasn't figured out what to do with his knees!

samjpro

No crawling here either but man she gets pissed off. She wants to go places!!

carissa_danielle

Both of my girls were "late" crawlers. Layla didn't crawl until she was 10 months old. Lydia crawled JUST before she turned 9 months old, as in days before. I was thinking she was going to skip crawling and go right to walking. She was rocking on all fours, sitting herself up, pulling herself up onto her knees, but no crawling. Then, one day, she just crawled!

Babalonia

Not yet here. He gets on all fours and moves his arms forward in a crawling motion but not his legs he then splats on the floor and looks like a frog. I know he really wants to move but he can't yet. Poor little guy,

ktusten

Mine will be 10 months friday and not even crawling backwards no worries, all on their own time!

ToBeMrsC6907

DD is not crawling either.  No worries.  DS didn't crawl until he was almost 11 months and walked at almost 15 months, and he is super bright and advanced for his age. 

Elocin

She army crawls, but does not lift her belly off the ground.