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Seven Month Old is Not Crawling
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Anonymous
| This is the OP. Thanks for the responses. I will chill out. For some reason, everyone around me thinks she should be crawling already! Accordingly to my mother-in-law, my husband was cruising at the age of 6 months and that perhaps we are "holding" and "carrying" her too much. I am going to just tune it out. |
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My baby only army-crawled and didn't start doing that until he was like 9 or 10 months old. He walked at 12 months. I was totally freaked out about him having major motor delays and my pediatrician told me to relax. She was right. At 3, he's perfectly fine. He was just a larger kid and it wasn't as easy for him to maneuver, I guess.
I'm a worrier, and there's always something to be freaked out about. When he was a little tiny baby, people asked, "So, is he sleeping through the night yet?" Um, no, is he supposed to? And then it was, "Does he sit up on his own?", "Is he crawling?", "Does he talk?", "Is he walking yet?" People were just making what they thought was generic baby conversation. They didn't know that each question was spurring several hours of internet research and hand-wringing on my part! With that knowledge, I'm very conscious of how I phrase things to new mothers! |
Anonymous
| My first never crawled. She walked the day after her first birthday, and then did a little crawling. |
Anonymous
Ask her for proof. I think that's BS. |
Anonymous
People just remember things badly. It's a rare child who crawls before 8 months. Sounds like MIL just wants something to complain about. |
Anonymous
| Also, I think people are just looking for the next thing and making conversation. Once my kid was crawling (early -- at seven months) everyone starting asking about walking. |
Anonymous
| My son started crawling around 9-10 months. I had never even heard of a baby crawling so early so don't believe everything you hear. As for your MIL, take what she says with a grain of salt. Age tends to blur the memory (as well as lots of other things!). My son didn't even sit up w/o support until about 8 months or so. Just enjoy the few months you have left of coming back to the same place you left your baby and having him still be there! |
Anonymous
I believe it, that's how my daughter was too. She is the one that crawled at 4.5 months, took her first steps at 7 months, and was walking at 8 months. She was cruising at six months, and I have the cutest pictures of her doing it too. The fat cheeks, the bald head, and the determination to get into everything. Every child is different, they have they will do everything on their own schedule, no matter how much we try to have them do it on ours. |
Anonymous
| my DD didn't crawl until she was almost 12 months old! She didn't walk until she was 16 months old. It's all a range, some kids do it early, some do it later. |
Anonymous
OP - MY MIL too had stories about my husband crawling early, sleeping through night early, etc etc. But oddly enough I bagn to find holes in her stories over time  and am now convinced these were just fond memories. it's hard to remember back 30 odd years. My DS didn't crawl until 8 or so months (even I have a hard time remember and he's only 18 months now) but I do know he was walking soon after crawling. So, don't worry it will all happen sooner than you know... As another note, apparently I didn't walk until I was 18 months and am in much better shape (and can run faster) than my DH so even early walking is not goign to mean much down the road.
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Your mother and mother-in-law are going to tell you that their children were reciting poetry at 10 months. You're right to tune them out.
I'm in the camp of no-need-to-worry. But just to be sure -- does you DC have good muscle tone? Is he able to sit up and turn over? I'd only worry if your baby missed those other milestones. |
Anonymous
| Oh, hey, I was agreeing with everyone, but now that I think about it, your MIL may not be totally on crack. Kids did used to crawl earlier because they slept on their stomachs! That said, I don't think it's a reasonable expectation nowadays and moreover I don't really think it makes sense to have any "expectations" about when our kids are going to do these sorts of things. They'll do them when they're ready. |
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| I've heard that too, that babies crawled earlier because they slept on their stomachs and now with back to sleep, it takes a little longer but is nothing to be concerned about |
Anonymous
| My own observations from my 2 sons (4 and 2 yo now) are that they tended to work on one developmental area at a time. If they didn't seem to be progressing in major motor skills, I'd notice a language development, or a new ability to stack blocks (fine motor), or whatever. (I'm mixing up ages here, it's not that they did these things at 7 months. Just whatever was typically next on the list of skills in those development charts.) I remember being worried about DS#1's speech at 18 months, when he was "working" hard on learning to run and jump. Now he talks nonstop... |
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My DD who is now 3 crawled at 9 months and walked at 17 months-
My DS crawled at 7 and walked at 14. It is true that crawling is not a developmental milestone, but my best friend who is a pediatrician (and a terrific one at that) says that it is better if they do crawl as there are many healthy synapses that occur in the brain while a child is crawling. Every child is different- It is so hard not to compare kids. I still have to remind myself of that every single day... |