A home for their hearts Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 All of my babies were late crawlers, around 8 months. But they all walk before they were a year old. My ds9months, soon to be 10 months, hasn't figured out the crawling thing yet. I'm not really 'pushing' him so to say. I figure he'll crawl when he's ready and I'm a little better off with him not getting into everything anyway. He does roll all over the place and can move around in a circle when he is on his stomach. He did figure out how to army crawl a few days ago but doesn't seem much interested in it. So I'm just curious to know when other peoples babies started crawling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucy in Australia Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 All 3 of mine only crawled at 10 months. They all walked at different ages, though. Apparently some babies never crawl. They just roll around or scoot on their bottoms and go straight to walking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catz Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 All 3 of mine only crawled at 10 months. They all walked at different ages, though. Apparently some babies never crawl. They just roll around or scoot on their bottoms and go straight to walking. Both my kids started crawling about 7 months. I don't think 8 months is late crawling at all. I know lots of kids that crawled at 10-11 months and started walking shortly thereafter. My kids got really proficient at crawling and never walked until they were almost running (12 and 14 months). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jplain Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 There's such a huge range of normal. A 10 month old not crawling wouldn't worry me at all. DD1 was exactly average. She sat at 6 months, crawled at 9 months, and walked at 12 months. DD2 sat at 3 months, crawled at 6 months, and walked at 7.5 months. She was freaky skinny, and would have been labeled failure to thrive...except she was clearly doing just fine by every measure except the scale. :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChristusG Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 Both of my DD's crawled around 6 or 7 months and both began walking at 10 months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa in Australia Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 my first started crawling at 4 months ( just before 5 months) and walking at 6 months. The health nurse wouldn't believe that he was crawling at 4 months. I put him down on the floor in her office and off he went, on hands and knees. The rest were around 6 months crawling, and all were walking around 9 months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jennynd Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 ds was about 8 month and walk just turn 1. he was a big baby dd crawl at 5 months and walk at 8.5, she was skinny. 3 percentile tiny little thing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovin Learnin Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 DS #1 began crawling the day he turned 6 mo., walked at 11 1/2 mo. DS #2 (premie-32 wks) couldn't sit-up unassisted until 10 mo., never crawled, but walked at 12 mo. He's also my big sensory kid and has had moderate motor problems his whole life. DD crawled at 7 mo., walked at 11 mo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kamom Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 I have two that never crawled. Ds10 and my now ds11 month old. Both scooted around on their bottoms and then started walking early. DS 11 months shows no interest in crawling and is walking all over the house by now. I had my mind made up. This child will crawl. I put him on his belly most days. He did not like it. Then he started sitting by himself and scooting around on his bottom. I don't know if he'll ever crawl. I decided it's genetic. FWIW, ds10 is very bright and has no long term negative effects from not crawling. He is ambidextrous. Both left and right handed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happypamama Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 DD crawled at around 8 months -- but she was walking while holding onto things before she could crawl, and she hardly ever crawled anyway. She was walking on her own at 9 months. DS1 crawled at around 9 or 10 months, IIRC; he wasn't interested in doing much moving around at all, though, preferring to be on my back/lap. He walked on his own just after 12 months. DS2 crawled at around 9 months but was happy to do that for a long time; he didn't walk on his own until 14 months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeathenMom Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 my first started crawling at 4 months ( just before 5 months) my oldest did the same, he started a super fast army crawl just before 5 months old. i wouldn't wish it on anyone! :tongue_smilie: my other two crawled at 8 and 9 months old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom22ns Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 My oldest crawled at 5 mos, didn't walk until 13 mos. My youngest crawled at 6 mos and walked at 9 mos. If your baby is alert and interested, sitting and rolling, I wouldn't worry about crawling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akmommy Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 Oldest DD crawled at 6 months and walked at 9. Younger DD crawled at 7 1/2 months and walked at 10 1/2. DS didn't crawl until about 10 months and walked 2 weeks after his 1st birthday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson Wife Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 Neither of my younger brothers ever crawled but rather scooted. My oldest crawled at 6 mos & walked at 9 1/2 mos. My 2nd crawled at 7 mos. and walked at 11 mos. My 3rd crawled at 7 mos and walked at 14 mos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommy22alyns Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 Becca crawled at exactly 6 months. Sylvia was a little later, maybe 8 months? I thought 8 months was closer to average. They walked at 13 months and 17.5 months, respectively. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nakia Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 My oldest never crawled, and my middle and youngest probably crawled around 8 months or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IsabelC Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 I can't even remember when mine crawled. They walked at 14 months, 10 months and 11 months, I think. #1 never rolled as a baby, his first roll over was when he was 2 years old and saw his baby sis do it. Although lots of kids seem to be either 'early', 'late' or 'average' as a family, I've also seen plenty of families where there's a huge variation between the individual children. I wouldn't worry if your child is rolling, scooting, etc. I'd be checking things out if a child is much past 1 and shows no interest in any kind of moving around. I have read a theory that the length of time spent crawling is important to prime the brain for reading and writing later. However, my slowest reader/writer is the child who crawled for the longest. Also in cultures that don't encourage crawling (ie, where kids are pretty much in arms until they can walk) there aren't literacy problems caused by that afaik, so I'm somewhat skeptical about that theory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soror Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 ds- 6 mo crawl- 10 mo walking dd1-9-10 mo crawl-13 mo walking dd2-9-10 mo crawl- 13 mo walking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mycalling Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 Five sons crawled at 9 1/2mo and my only daughter crawled at 5 1/2mo. The new guy is almost 5mo and no where near anything. Not even sitting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KDoty Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 All of my babies were late crawlers, around 8 months. But they all walk before they were a year old. My ds9months, soon to be 10 months, hasn't figured out the crawling thing yet. I'm not really 'pushing' him so to say. I figure he'll crawl when he's ready and I'm a little better off with him not getting into everything anyway. He does roll all over the place and can move around in a circle when he is on his stomach. He did figure out how to army crawl a few days ago but doesn't seem much interested in it. So I'm just curious to know when other peoples babies started crawling. My first crawled around 10 months and was walking at 11 months. My 8 1/2 month old sounds just like yours. He rolls everywhere and doesn't seem too interested in crawling just yet :). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhonda in TX Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 Both of mine crawled at about 9 months and walked at 14-15 months. Want to hear something worrisome, though? DD rolled from back to front, then front to back, exactly once. ONCE! Yeah, that freaked me out for quite awhile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1GirlTwinBoys Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 My DD was 6 months old and my twin boy's were 10 months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1GirlTwinBoys Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 My DD was 6 months old and my twin boy's were 10 months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katemary63 Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 My kids did not crawl until long after they could walk. DS was walking at 7 months, running like a speed demon at 9 months. All the girls walked at 8 months. I don't think they crawled till several months later. At that point it was just for fun. They never did it for the purpose of traveling. You can't compare kids. Normal is just a gigantic range. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mejane Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 My oldest never crawled, and my middle and youngest probably crawled around 8 months or so. Neither did my daughter. She furniture walked at 9 months and walked at 10. Yikes. Son crawled, but I can't remember when. :blush: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeaganS Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 My daughter didn't even roll over until she was 8 months old. She never crawled, just sort of rolled to where she wanted to go until she was 16 months old when she finally started walking. Other daughter is only 5 months old and she rolls over sometimes and changes directions on her belly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A home for their hearts Posted February 22, 2011 Author Share Posted February 22, 2011 What a wide range! I'm not concerned at all about him not crawling, I was just curious to see when others started crawling. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alphabetika Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 (edited) My first two crawled at 10 months, walked at 14. The latest model crawled at 5 months and walked at 10 months. Edited February 22, 2011 by Alphabetika Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
courtney.byrum Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 DS crawled around 8 months but was cruising before then as well as walking while holding our hands. He didn't actually start walking until right about 13 1/2 months and he did so at the hospital in the NICU waiting area. DD started with the army crawl at about 11 1/2 months and all fours crawl right at 12 months. She didn't walk on her own until 18 months but would walk holding our hand from about 15 months. She was a 29 weeker so that probably played a part in the later walking -- this was with PT from about 12 months. She did have low muscle tone on her left side and had AFO's for a few months as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnitaMcC Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 Ds#1 and Dd learned to crawl around 6 months old. Dd took her first solo step at her 1st Bday party. Ds#1 did it a few weeks later. Ds#2 started crawling around 5 months, and was walking solo right when he turned 9 months, and was running by 9 1/2 months.... and hasn't slowed down yet at almost age 12. Ds#4 learned to crawl when he was after 14 months old (he had ear/hearing issues and didn't learn to balance so he didn't even learn to sit without falling over, stand, crawl, or walk until he went through PT at 14 months old). He is 9yrs old now and he is constantly on the move!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh, and he didn't even start to talk until he was 2, and after a year of intense speech therapy he was nearly caught up. He hasn't stopped talking since!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daisy Mommy Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 My friend's baby didn't crawl for almost a whole year but she was walking almost right afterwards...she was just a really cautious baby :001_smile: she's perfectly healthy and fine, and one of the smartest little babies I know! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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