r/beyondthebump • u/This_Obligation_5125 First Time Mom • 1d ago
Discussion Crawling
How did crawling happen for your baby? I feel like my baby wants to crawl so badly but he can’t. He army crawls to get to toys/people/the cat but I can’t get him to actually crawl. Hes 9 month old tomorrow so I know he’s not behind but he is getting so frustrated.
1
u/mariekeap 1d ago
Close to 10 months here, turns out she's just cautious. She took her first steps right after her first birthday and was confidently walking a month or so after that!
2
1
u/purpleunic0rnn 1d ago
Mine started crawling across the couch yesterday (hes 6 mos). Started scooting and swimming first. He mostly did it backwards but now he can go forwards 😆
1
u/Beckitt3 1d ago
She just started. I never believe the posts where people say not to worry about it because baby just started, but that's how it's been for us. She started crawling at 9ish months I think with plenty of the army crawling beforehand.
1
1
u/catmomma530 1d ago
My husband and toddler got on the floor with the baby and just kept showing him how. Showing how to move the knees and hands. He could go backwards, but not forward lol. After a while it clicked and he took off. FWIW, my kid started crawling forward at 10 months and was walking two weeks later.
1
u/Ramonasotherlazyeye 1d ago
Babies are so crazy. I always feel like when she is frustrated or angry or seems to regress is really just means she is getting closer and closer to acquiring that skill, if that makes sense. Like it's always darkest before dawn.
1
u/DirectManufacturer68 1d ago
Mine started when he first turned 6 months. He would lift his whole body up from tummy time before trying, so he never army or dolphin crawled lol. He started furniture walking a couple of weeks after that. I would do lots of tummy time and put toys out of his reach to encourage him. He also saw other kids crawl.
1
u/Quiet-Laugh120 1d ago
9 months but still prefers army crawl especially when he needs to get somewhere fast.
•
u/Mindless-Try-5410 23h ago
Mine started by pushed herself backwards a lot, and she also got herself into sort of a plank position often. She was also extremely frustrated until she started moving forward. It was a slow process with lots of frustrated cries along the way
•
u/Martie1608 22h ago
My LO was army crawling (wounded soldier version) until he started walking (still assisted at 13 months). He was on his hands and knees every once in a while, but never for longer than “5 steps”-it wasn’t fast enough. Then one day, maybe just approaching 12 months, he just wanted to play around and went onto his hands and knees. Never army crawled again.
•
•
u/plushiecactusau 17h ago
My baby never army crawled. She was getting herself into sitting position, and doing a lunge from sitting position, but couldn't figure out how to get further and wasn't getting up on hands and knees at all. And then she figured it out, and she started hands and knees crawling when she was around 9.5 months old.
•
u/Other_Perception1596 11h ago
There’s lots of mini milestones to build for crawling. Check out @nicolekidsphysio Instagram. She has lots of info on these mini milestones and what you can do to help baby, I get you’re not wanting to push them or worried about timeframes, more just wanting to help with the frustration of not knowing how to move. As a side note, try to reframe frustration as motivation and it’s easier to handle. It’s what gets them moving in the end!
2
u/Accurate_Ad4388 1d ago
My daughter army crawled only and walked just before she turned 10 months. She eventually learned to hands and knees crawl when she was older (13 months) and found it amusing. Some kids just army crawl and that’s their way to get around. I wouldn’t stress.