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9months...not crawling or pulling himself up
HI, my little boy is 9mnths old. he is a very happy, cheerful and alert little boy and is very vocal but i keep reading that by 9months they should be crawling and pulling themselves up on furniture which luke isnt. I know some babies never crawl but i keep thinking he is behind other babies. he absolutely hates being on his tummy so i cant imagine him every crawling to be honest, but thought he would have been trying to pull himself up by now???? he loves walking when we hold him, gets very excited so thats a good sign, but i suppose i just want him to tick all the milestone boxes on time. have any of ur little ones been late in crawling, moving???
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Personally i wouldnt worry my friends baby is 10months and shows no interest in crawling at all, but he too loves being on his feet. The only thing i would suggest is to give him as much floor time as possible. I started putting my lo on the floor on a duvet instead of in his bouncer and it was this that i think was the key to getting him moving.
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If your HV isn't worried I wouldn't be, either. Mine advised me recently that they wouldn't start to think about it more unless they still weren't showing signs of walking by 18 months, and even then it's probably nothing to worry about.
I'm sure your LO is just a thinker rather than a do-er, like mine )
sarah
Riley will be 1 in a couple weeks (he was 5wks prem though) and isn't crawling or pulling himself up yet. He only actually learnt to properly roll over from his back to front a week or so ago! I never thought he'd crawl because he hates being on his tummy too but in the past couple weeks he seems to be making more of an effort to try. x