Crawling - Kincaid, IL

It has been a long time since my daughter was that little but she never did crawl she went straight to walking at about 10 months and then she learned how to crawl later.

My son was almost a year old when he started to crawl.... If the doctor isn't worried don't be either..... Every child is different... Different ages for different stages... Hope this helps.

Hi C.,

My first daughter never crawl, she started standing and walking at 10 month, some babies don't crawl and it's OK.
She might also be an early walker, specially if she is light.
Don't worry, be happy!:)
Mariana Abadie
www.MyKidsFirst.com

I would definately not worry. My son never crawled, not even the belly dragging "army crawl", just went straight to walking at 11 month. Now my daughter is 7 months and has been crawling since 6 mos, she's all over the place. Kids are just very different.

C.,
My son never crawled. If he wanted something, he would roll to where it was. He would stand, holding on to something, but wouldn't try to move down whatever he was holding to, like the couch, table, etc. Then one day, several family members and I walked to the kitchen, he was on a blanket in the living room floor. My brother-in-law, said LOOK, and my son had just gotten up off the floor and started walking down the hall. He never stopped after that day. He was very short, and his little legs seemed to short for his body at the time. I thought maybe something was wrong with him too. He grew to be six feet tall. As long as the doctor doesn't seem to be worried, you shouldn't either. All children do things at different times. Like most everything in their little lives, they will do all the so called "normal" things when they get ready. Good luck. Hope this helped. God Bless you and yours!

Only thing I'd say that hasn't been said, if she has trouble controlling her legs, have you ever done any chiropractic or craniosacral therapy (often by a chiro, DO, or massage therapist)? Ordinary bumps and falls can put the spine out of joint (so to speak), which can cause lack of function and/or pain. An adjustment is very simple and can make a huge difference. Craniosacral is very gentle, so some people who don't like cracking prefer that.

If her development seemed to regress at some point, that concerns me. The first thing I think of is vaccine injury. There's tons of info out there on that (try mothering.com), I don't really know a lot.

Then again, she's probably perfectly normal, I just suggest these things because of your concern.

Will watch for an update. :)

I agree with what Amber said. Your daughter may be one of the few that goes straight to walking and skips the crawling phase. However, if you have any reservations, don't hesitate to request for a referral from her pediatrician for an evaluation by a specialist. After all, we are our child's best advocate. To ease your mind, I used to think there was something with my daughter's eyes because she would stumble and fall often when she was first learning to walk. I swear I thought she may have had a vision or leg problems. Turns out there was nothing wrong with her eyes. Like most kids, toddlers just start off walking clumsily, but I went ahead and requested for a referral to have her eyes examined by a specialist anyhow. She walks perfectly fine now.

Hi there! My son is 10.5 months now & just started crawling within the last few weeks. He showed no interest whatsoever in crawling & then one day started "army crawling". He still doesn't get his belly up off the floor, but gets around pretty quickly with his style of crawling. I had talked to his doctor about it & he assured me that crawling is NOT a milestone that is required & some kids never crawl. My doctors children actually never crawled either & didn't walk until something like 16 months.... they're now grown adults & just fine.

Try not to worry too much, she'll do it eventually!

I'm guessing by your info that this is your first baby? When my first daughter was born, she was very late in everything she did - crawling, walking, talking, etc. She is now 13 years old - a straight A student and a great athlete. After I had my other 2, they of course were doing these things sooner because they had someone to watch. If you are really concerned, talk to your pediatrician. Otherwise - hang in there - and enjoy it now because once she is mobile - you'll never stop her!!!

Don't worry about it. My oldest (now 5) NEVER crawled. She hated being on her tummy and would immediately roll over whenever we gave her "tummy time." She would just creep along furniture, and then started walking when she was around 12 or 13 mos. She has absolutely no developmental delays, physically or mentally. I think she never crawled because 1: I didn't force the "tummy time" issue. She didn't like it, so I rarely tried it. And 2: I was a germophobic first-time mom and I certainly didn't like her to be on the floor anywhere but at home. :-) So don't worry about it too much. Trust me when I say that she will find motivation at some point to move from one place to another.

Just know that some babies skip crawling altogether. That being said, trust your instincts, you are her mother. If you don't feel like you got a proper diagnosis from your pediatrition, seek a second, third, fourth or fifth opinion. You spend the most time with your daughter. Trust your instincts!

she may just be one of those kids that skips that crawling stage and goes straight to walking. If she is doing well developmentally otherwise then just keep an eye on her and keep trying to encourage her w/ the toys.

Dear C.,

It sounds as if you are already concerned, and that is what concerns me. As mothers we seem to have a special insinct to know when something is not quite right. I'd definately have your doctor look into this a little bit more. There are many reasons your daughter may not be crawling. Some are fairly simple and really nothing to worry about, but for other problems early intervention might just be the key to her leading a perfectly normal life.

One of my son's was slightly delayed due to frequent ear infections. It seems he didn't have the balance needed to learn to walk. He could crawl and cruise around furnature, but he was clumbsy and fell a lot and hadn't even tried to walk on his own. Yet - the day after we had tubes put into his ears he was running around like he had known how his entire life. So my first thought would be to make sure your daughter is not suffering from ear infections and has no fluids on her ears that could cause balance problems.

Another possible problem is autism or asperger's syndrome. Autistic children are often delayed simply because they have little interest in walking. There are several symptoms that you can watch for and I think they are all pretty much defined on autismspeaks.org but, some that I know of are - when she stands does she stand on her tippy toes? Also - is she content to be alone much of the time? Does she like to play by herself and get engrossed in a single object and seem to study it? Autistic children often do not crawl or walk until they are well over a year old and ruling out autism would be my first concern. Our nephew is autistic and when he was small you could call his name repeatedly and he would totally ignore you... but if you shook a cookie box - even quietly - he would look your way. He tuned out certain sounds and others captivated him.

Also - if she has autism or aspergers, the earlier you find out the more you can help. I have a student who had asperger's as a small child and she seems perfectly normal now at age 10. Many autistic children are gifted in other areas as well. Our nephew is only five and he's taught himself to read - and he can read anything. He's happy and content - he just doesn't always conform to the rules of society. I think in time, though, he'll do just fine.

And please... keep me posted. I'd really like to know what you find out and I will keep you and Meredith in my prayers.

Blessings,
P.

Some babies don't crawl at all... they go straight from sitting unassisted to standing and then walking. I wouldn't worry too much about it right now. Just keep doing what you're doing, work with her, offer toys, play games.

If you're really concerned about her development, ask your pediatrician. Don't be afraid to get a second opinion if something just doesn't feel right.

My son was that EXACT same way! He had NO motivation to go anywhere. We also tried putting toys out of reach, but he'd reach for them, give up and just start looking around again. He finally started crawling when he was about 11 months and walked when he was about 13 months. He's my first, and I actually enjoyed him not being able to get around! It was just that much longer before he started getting into things he shouldn't:) Before you know it, your daughter will be getting around and you'll be wishing that she was just back to sitting on her butt again!

Sometimes a Mom's intuition is correct. If you are worried, and your doctor isn't listening, you could also contact the Parent's as Teachers program, they evaluate children and where they are developmentally. It might help, even if only to ease your mind.

I say that if your pediatrician isn't worried quite yet, I wouldn't worry either. My cousin's older boy never crawled. He went straight to walking around his first birthday. You will be suprised how fast your little girl goes from not moving to running around. Once they figure it out, they are on the go and you never get to rest. :) Your daughter might be an observer and just watching how the other babies do it. If your baby isn't involved with other little ones, I'd get her involved in some play dates or something so she has the chance to see other little babies moving around. My mother didn't walk until she was 14 months old and she is perfectly normal and healthy. So, don't stress yourself out about it - there is enough to worry about. Just enjoy her on the floor playing. When her pediatrician gets worried, then you can worry. That is my advice :) Hope that is helpful and sets your mind at ease.

I wouldn't be concerned about it. My granddaught, Ryan, who will be 15 months this month, didn't crawl either. She more or less "scooted" across the floor. Right before she turned a year old, she started to walk and of course, she's walking all over the place. Every once in a while when she's playing on the floor, she'll crawl over to where she want's to go. So, more or less she totally skipped the crawling stage. Hope this helps your fears, but I see that there's nothing to worry about.

My son who is now almost 3 never crawled appropriately! He did an army crawl and just sort of squirmed if he needed to go somewhere and then just started walking! So she may just skip crawling and go right to walking like he did! He was around 10 months. Good luck!

My little girl is 11 months and she's only been crawling for about a month. She pretty much went from moving herself by rolling to turbo crawling. She'll make her move when she's ready and then look out cause they are in to everything.

As a SAHM of 2 oldest 4 and now a 1yr old I was up on every milestone. It was drilled in my head that early intervention is crucial on the developing mind and growing child for any abnormal behavior or lack of development.If your concerned make an appt. with your dr. bring up these concern's,if it'll bring peace of mind or you can wait it out for a few week's to see how see progresses.Ask yourself and do this with your child what she can do now at this age,does she smile at you when you call her name will she find you, does she say any words mama dada does she acknowledge her surrounnds just a few ex. to help you,at her next check up or go onto a parenting website like paretns.com and read up on milestone's and when to be concerned,I know all kid's develop at their own pace,it is a good thing you are concerned.Right now work with her everyday for min. at a time let her hold a rattle shake it then put it front of her let her go for it.Relax and take time to enjoy her.

My daughter is 13 months old, and doesn't crawl at all, she will walk if you hold her, but she never has crawled. My pediarician said that there was nothing to worry about, some babies don't cawl, and as long as her other development was on track, she was fine, and it sounds like your daughter's other development is on track, so I would say she sounds like she's ok. Just hav your dr. keep an eye on her.

C. B; I'm a 40 yr old mom of 3, 1 in College, 1 in high schoolthe youngest was a 7 week premie. He just needed to grow. I put him in a program called PAT's Parents as Teachers where someone came to our home once a month to check on every aspect from mental, phyical learning development neccesary and with idea's help stimulate. I learned that you we need to reinforce each month devloment steps for a healthy brain stimulation. when rolling over use things that she like's to encourage her to roll both ways, roll a towel and place behind her to help to get started, strengthen the muscles that are used for rolling over. I too was concerned about my little boy, so I just paid attention to the scale of deveolment that a baby is in and worked on helping stimulate that area of the brain with exercises and play. When we worked on crawling I had things that were hiws favorite and sat them just beyond reach and at 1st until could lift upperbody rolled a baby blanket and put under his arms to lift him and encourage to use muscles, put my palms of my hands on the bottem of his feet and allow him to push off of my hands, it works! Floor time is key and I made a toy with a long circluar tube like a beef jerky comes in and filled it with bright colored balls and bells and Duct Taped shut for safty and encouraged him to roll it on the floor by crrawling and rolling over for it. It worked he love it and the baby's that I have takin care of did to. I have a in Home Daycare also. Hope this might help, Good Luck!

Question, is she around other children?

My daughter never really crawled. She hated tummy time and would scream and cry every time we put her on the floor. I don't think she liked that fact that she couldn't see much when she was on her stomach. She would sit up for long periods of time and would hold on to our hands or the furniture to stand. I honestly remember seeing her crawling on her hands and feet only a couple of times.

At 11 1/2 months she went from sitting/standing to walking/running. (At 10 she runs a mean sprint and plays club-soccer on a competitive team.)

I don't think every child necessarily goes through a long crawling stage.

Hope that puts your mind at ease.

C.

Make sure that there is plenty of room for her to go. I also found with my daughter it is harder if she has clothes that are on pieces rather than two piece outfits. Keep encouraging her and she will eventually get it. If you are concerned talk with your pediatrician at her next well baby check. Remember all kids do things differently at different times just like all humans.

Don't worry! My daughter was 9 1/2 months old when she started crawling, and was walking by 13 months. Maybe your baby will just get up and walk, which many do! It sounds like she is uncomfortable laying on the ground. For a long time we did the "monkey walk" where she held both our hands and walked around. Lots of kids wind up doing the military crawl too, where the legs don't help, just the arms. I've even known one baby that "hopped" on her bottom instead of crawled. It is all natural!

Developmental progress charts or averages often don't take into account the different personalities of babies. Sounds like your baby is more cautious or laid back compared to other babies who are more adventurous. I HTH!