OHbaby! Forums : Should he be crawling https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Sun, 05 Apr 2026 05:31:00 +0000 Sun, 05 Apr 2009 21:18:05 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.05 360 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=25616 <![CDATA[OHbaby! Forums]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/ <![CDATA[Should he be crawling : It&#039;s definitely not a concern...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=25616&PID=653405&title=should-he-be-crawling#653405 Author: freckle
Subject: 25616
Posted: 05 April 2009 at 9:18pm

It's definitely not a concern not crawling at 7 months - that is early for crawling!! average is about 9 months... but as with all areas of child development there is a huge range!

My oldest was smack on average with her milestones (9 months crawling, 12 months walking) while my youngest was early (6mths and 10mths)... and I can tell ya later is MUCH better for sanity ]]> Sun, 05 Apr 2009 21:18:05 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=25616&PID=653405&title=should-he-be-crawling#653405 <![CDATA[Should he be crawling : yeah ... a few times I &#034;accidentally&#034;...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=25616&PID=653269&title=should-he-be-crawling#653269 Author: caitlynsmygirl
Subject: 25616
Posted: 05 April 2009 at 6:59pm

yeah ... a few times I "accidentally" tripped Caitlyn up to put her off walking ...bad mummy alert !

Im really hoping Tyler is more cruisier than his sister ]]> Sun, 05 Apr 2009 18:59:07 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=25616&PID=653269&title=should-he-be-crawling#653269 <![CDATA[Should he be crawling : I know of babies that didn&#039;t...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=25616&PID=652817&title=should-he-be-crawling#652817 Author: raggy
Subject: 25616
Posted: 04 April 2009 at 8:21pm

I know of babies that didn't crawl until over 12 months.

They won't crawl until they are ready, but if you want to help strengthen them (it doesn't help crawl much earlier though) things like jumping beans helps, they also have their book for sale on this website and also a book called "moving to learn".

]]> Sat, 04 Apr 2009 20:21:25 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=25616&PID=652817&title=should-he-be-crawling#652817 <![CDATA[Should he be crawling : caitlynsmygirl wrote:C crawled...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=25616&PID=651438&title=should-he-be-crawling#651438 Author: Shezamumof3
Subject: 25616
Posted: 02 April 2009 at 6:03pm

Originally posted by caitlynsmygirl caitlynsmygirl wrote:

C crawled at 6 .5 months , walked at 9, talked in 3 word sentences before her 1st birthday .

And you know what ? i long for the days when she would just lie there...all this anxiety for them to walk and talk , and then they do and you just wish they'd sit down and shutup


Yeah same with Caden, has been crawling since 6 months and is now about to walk I wouldnt havent minded him being a little less mobile for a while longer lol

Definietly dont worry and dont listen to your future MIL Its nothing you have done wrong, he will just crawl when he is ready Like all the others have said, babies develop at different paces etc.]]> Thu, 02 Apr 2009 18:03:29 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=25616&PID=651438&title=should-he-be-crawling#651438 <![CDATA[Should he be crawling : Agreed. now Thomas can crawl...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=25616&PID=651191&title=should-he-be-crawling#651191 Author: MissAngel
Subject: 25616
Posted: 02 April 2009 at 1:01pm

Agreed.
now Thomas can crawl i'm constantly up and down stopping him from going places I dont want him to be. It wouldnt be so bad if he knew when I said 'no dont go there' or 'come back here.' lol. ]]> Thu, 02 Apr 2009 13:01:44 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=25616&PID=651191&title=should-he-be-crawling#651191 <![CDATA[Should he be crawling : My girl is 20 months old and has...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=25616&PID=651190&title=should-he-be-crawling#651190 Author: Lulu
Subject: 25616
Posted: 02 April 2009 at 1:01pm

My girl is 20 months old and has never crawled. She started bum shuffling about a month ago and is thinking about pulling her self up to standing, but nothing much. They are all different, so don't worry. I don't!]]> Thu, 02 Apr 2009 13:01:40 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=25616&PID=651190&title=should-he-be-crawling#651190 <![CDATA[Should he be crawling : C crawled at 6 .5 months , walked...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=25616&PID=651045&title=should-he-be-crawling#651045 Author: caitlynsmygirl
Subject: 25616
Posted: 02 April 2009 at 9:59am

C crawled at 6 .5 months , walked at 9months, talked in 3 word sentences before her 1st birthday .

And you know what ? i long for the days when she would just lie there...all this anxiety for them to walk and talk , and then they do and you just wish they'd sit down and shutup ]]> Thu, 02 Apr 2009 09:59:45 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=25616&PID=651045&title=should-he-be-crawling#651045 <![CDATA[Should he be crawling : C crawled at 6 .5 months , walked...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=25616&PID=651044&title=should-he-be-crawling#651044 Author: caitlynsmygirl
Subject: 25616
Posted: 02 April 2009 at 9:59am

C crawled at 6 .5 months , walked at 9, talked in 3 word sentences before her 1st birthday .

And you know what ? i long for the days when she would just lie there...all this anxiety for them to walk and talk , and then they do and you just wish they'd sit down and shutup ]]> Thu, 02 Apr 2009 09:59:24 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=25616&PID=651044&title=should-he-be-crawling#651044 <![CDATA[Should he be crawling : MIL&#039;s eh! jack didn&#039;t...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=25616&PID=650739&title=should-he-be-crawling#650739 Author: jack_&_charli
Subject: 25616
Posted: 01 April 2009 at 7:53pm

MIL's eh!

jack didn't crawl until not long after his 1st birthday....he just rolled anywhere he wanted to go. then he didn't walk until 18mths.]]> Wed, 01 Apr 2009 19:53:10 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=25616&PID=650739&title=should-he-be-crawling#650739 <![CDATA[Should he be crawling : Mine were all different, even...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=25616&PID=650731&title=should-he-be-crawling#650731 Author: Maya
Subject: 25616
Posted: 01 April 2009 at 7:43pm

Mine were all different, even the gremlins who have the same DNA, which is absolute proof that they all do things differently! They've all had the same environment to grow up in , in fact the gremlins probably had more floor time than the others coz I couldn't hold them both at the same time and yet they were my "slowest" babies.

Maya didn't roll till 7 1/2 mths, went from being completely immobile to crawling overnight at 8 mths and walked at 10.

Sienna and Mercedes crept backwards for months, from around 4 mths, but even tho they both did this exactly the same, Mercedes crawled at 10 mths and Sienna skipped crawling completely in favour of bottom shuffling. They didn't walk till around 13-14 mths.

And lil miss, well she's the demonic crawling baby and started at 6 mths but that's really early and I'm sure only coz she's been in a hurry to keep up with her sisters since the minute she flew into the world.

]]> Wed, 01 Apr 2009 19:43:54 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=25616&PID=650731&title=should-he-be-crawling#650731 <![CDATA[Should he be crawling : YAY i like this thread! Ava is...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=25616&PID=650724&title=should-he-be-crawling#650724 Author: denny25
Subject: 25616
Posted: 01 April 2009 at 7:33pm

YAY i like this thread! Ava is 7 months old on saturday and she isn't moving AT ALL on her tummy - forwards, backwards, sideways - NOTHING!!!! She prefers to sit or lie on her back and blabber away!

I know how you feel. A baby in my coffee group is crawling already and he is 2 weeks older than Ava - but his mum pushes him to do things like there is no tomorrow and treats him like an adult, which i personally wouldn't do. Plus Ava has just started rolling in the last 3 weeks or so and she will only roll one way and a couple of the other babies in the coffee group started rolling at 3 months!

Oh, and my brother didnt crawl at all and didnt walk till he was almost 15 months old and he is completely normal (well, as normal as brothers can be!!)]]> Wed, 01 Apr 2009 19:33:25 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=25616&PID=650724&title=should-he-be-crawling#650724 <![CDATA[Should he be crawling : Definetly don&#039;t stress, if...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=25616&PID=650639&title=should-he-be-crawling#650639 Author: caitlynsmygirl
Subject: 25616
Posted: 01 April 2009 at 5:26pm

Definetly don't stress, if there is a book telling when a baby HAS to crawl /walk/ talk/ by, I don't think any baby has read it , they all seem to have their own agenda.
Being of course that they are all individuals and not carbon copies,...don't let MIL stress you out ]]> Wed, 01 Apr 2009 17:26:40 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=25616&PID=650639&title=should-he-be-crawling#650639 <![CDATA[Should he be crawling : Mine didn&#039;t crawl to 10 months...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=25616&PID=650479&title=should-he-be-crawling#650479 Author: kabe
Subject: 25616
Posted: 01 April 2009 at 1:44pm

Mine didn't crawl to 10 months and walked at 13 months. This was pretty typical for all the babies in my coffee grp. Definitely nothing to stress about!!]]> Wed, 01 Apr 2009 13:44:54 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=25616&PID=650479&title=should-he-be-crawling#650479 <![CDATA[Should he be crawling : Awesome! Thankyou so much to everyone...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=25616&PID=650477&title=should-he-be-crawling#650477 Author: Luckymama23
Subject: 25616
Posted: 01 April 2009 at 1:44pm

Awesome! Thankyou so much to everyone for the comments!! I think I was just getting paranoid (blame MIL!! hehe) ]]> Wed, 01 Apr 2009 13:44:53 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=25616&PID=650477&title=should-he-be-crawling#650477 <![CDATA[Should he be crawling : my girl didnt start crawling till...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=25616&PID=650453&title=should-he-be-crawling#650453 Author: NovemberMum
Subject: 25616
Posted: 01 April 2009 at 1:15pm

my girl didnt start crawling till she was about 10 months old.

as everyone else has said babies do things in their own time.;

not like your son is 18 months and not moving :)]]> Wed, 01 Apr 2009 13:15:16 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=25616&PID=650453&title=should-he-be-crawling#650453 <![CDATA[Should he be crawling : Oh who cares what others say LOL....]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=25616&PID=650439&title=should-he-be-crawling#650439 Author: busymum
Subject: 25616
Posted: 01 April 2009 at 1:05pm

Oh who cares what others say LOL. Two of my girls crawled at 10mos and one of them still couldn't be bothered two weeks after that.]]> Wed, 01 Apr 2009 13:05:52 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=25616&PID=650439&title=should-he-be-crawling#650439 <![CDATA[Should he be crawling : One of my nephews didn&#039;t...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=25616&PID=650433&title=should-he-be-crawling#650433 Author: lisa85
Subject: 25616
Posted: 01 April 2009 at 1:01pm

One of my nephews didn't start crawling until just over 12 months old. My girls started at 8 months and I felt that was really early. I wouldn't panic all kids are different. ]]> Wed, 01 Apr 2009 13:01:31 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=25616&PID=650433&title=should-he-be-crawling#650433 <![CDATA[Should he be crawling : Stupid people telling you you...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=25616&PID=650428&title=should-he-be-crawling#650428 Author: cuppatea
Subject: 25616
Posted: 01 April 2009 at 12:57pm

Stupid people telling you you pick him up too much Apparently Spencer didn't walk because I carried him too much

Anyway, 7 months would actually be quite early. Spencer started commando crawling at about 8 months but didn't properly crawl until 13 months. He was quite late, most of the babies at coffee group were crawling by 9 months. All babies are different though, there are huge time ranges for them to do things and they all do things in different orders, try to just ignore stupid comments or comparisons. ]]> Wed, 01 Apr 2009 12:57:35 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=25616&PID=650428&title=should-he-be-crawling#650428 <![CDATA[Should he be crawling : As above - dont stress! My son...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=25616&PID=650418&title=should-he-be-crawling#650418 Author: MissAngel
Subject: 25616
Posted: 01 April 2009 at 12:49pm

As above - dont stress! My son is 10 months old and he's only just started crawling. He did it all of a sudden without showing any signs of wanting to. All babies develop differently - I personally didnt crawl at all when I was a baby, I just sat and stood! ]]> Wed, 01 Apr 2009 12:49:45 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=25616&PID=650418&title=should-he-be-crawling#650418 <![CDATA[Should he be crawling : Yip with the others, dont stress,...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=25616&PID=650382&title=should-he-be-crawling#650382 Author: Southlandmummy
Subject: 25616
Posted: 01 April 2009 at 12:21pm

Yip with the others, dont stress, my girl is not quite 7mths and she cant roll over yet, she gets on her side and thats it so far.... It will happen when it happens..

]]> Wed, 01 Apr 2009 12:21:32 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=25616&PID=650382&title=should-he-be-crawling#650382 <![CDATA[Should he be crawling : Yes, I have one of those July...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=25616&PID=650371&title=should-he-be-crawling#650371 Author: blondy
Subject: 25616
Posted: 01 April 2009 at 11:59am

Yes, I have one of those July 08 non-moving 8 month old lumps!

Don't stress - he will do it in his own time, and in the meantime cherish not having to be on the constant lookout for a baby into everything.

Don't forget also - crawling is not a developmental milestone as sitting and walking are, and some babies never crawl and go straight to walking (not that your boy necessarily will! )]]> Wed, 01 Apr 2009 11:59:31 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=25616&PID=650371&title=should-he-be-crawling#650371 <![CDATA[Should he be crawling : Hi Kazza I agree with Weegee don&#039;t...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=25616&PID=650366&title=should-he-be-crawling#650366 Author: Henna79
Subject: 25616
Posted: 01 April 2009 at 11:56am

Hi Kazza I agree with Weegee don't listen! Alex doesn't crawl yet and he is a week off being 8 months. He moves around on the floor and gets frustrated too but hey he is a happy healthy little man and so I don't care what others think    I know that we are pretty quick to pick him up but he is doing what I think is pretty normal for a first born. I have a sister who is like your MIL she is always comparing Alex to her own 3 year old but forgets to realise that Alex lives in a house of 3 not a house of 15 and being constantly stimulated by older children (sorry for that rant she totally frustrates me). ]]> Wed, 01 Apr 2009 11:56:22 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=25616&PID=650366&title=should-he-be-crawling#650366 <![CDATA[Should he be crawling : Hi and welcome! Don&#039;t stress!...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=25616&PID=650359&title=should-he-be-crawling#650359 Author: weegee
Subject: 25616
Posted: 01 April 2009 at 11:49am

Hi and welcome!

Don't stress! It must be hard having a cousin so close in age that your boy will be being constantly compared to, but DON'T LISTEN to your future MIL. Pushing himself backwards on his tummy is one of the first signs, he will do it in his own time - which might not be for a few months yet.

I'm sure it would be useful, if you haven't already, to join in on your 'born in' monthly thread - that way you'll be able to see the range of activity with babies of a similar age. Some bubbas just prefer to sit back and take the world in for a while before they're in a hurry to get anywhere - trust me, you should cherish that, cos there's no stopping them once they're off! I often wish my boy was like that! He was crawling at around 6 months, but as far as I can tell that's on the early side, in our July group there are a few babies not crawling yet, and they're 8-9 months old. So don't panic! And when your future MIL makes a comment about it, just smile and say you're happy for him to be staying where you leave him for a little while longer, and you feel sorry for his cousin's mum having to chase around after her baby already! ]]> Wed, 01 Apr 2009 11:49:57 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=25616&PID=650359&title=should-he-be-crawling#650359 <![CDATA[Should he be crawling : My boy is 7months old, and shows...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=25616&PID=650346&title=should-he-be-crawling#650346 Author: Luckymama23
Subject: 25616
Posted: 01 April 2009 at 11:35am

My boy is 7months old, and shows no signs of being interested in crawling, when he is on his tummy he pushes himself backwards then gets frustrated.
What age did other babies crawl??!!
My fiances mum says its because we pick him up too much, and his cousin (2 weeks older) has been crawling for ages!
Anyone have any advice please??!! :)]]> Wed, 01 Apr 2009 11:35:57 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=25616&PID=650346&title=should-he-be-crawling#650346