Please don't stress yourself about this! As the others have said all babies develop differently. She sounds like she is doing really well! Both my boys absolutely hated tummy time, my oldest decided at 6 months that he would get on his hands and knees, then on his hands and feet & got around like that for 2 months! LOL! He took steps at 8 months then realised he could crawl properly and stuck to that 98% of the time until 11 months. My youngest was 10 months on Monday and has only been crawling for a few weeks. Both of them (the older a little more) are very advanced in their speech and motor skills and have always been in the 95+ percentile for height. Just keep encouraging her to get on her tummy, put a little mirror in front of her as they love that & it may help. My hubby never crawled, just ran, so don't be discouraged.

Hi there,

First off I'd like to tell you that you are a GREAT mum and that is VERY important. By reading between the lines I can see how much you love your little girl and how concerned that you are.

Personally honey, I would not be stressing about anything yet . . . ALL children develop at different ages and some do it on different ways. My middle child walked before she crawled and this was at 13months. . .  Then she didn't talk until she was 2.5yrs and toilet training was the slowest as she wasn't full day and night trained until 4.5 yrs.

Many times I would stress and over this time I did a lot of reading and learning and what amazed me was how many parents stress over their child's development especially due to what they read in books or what other family members and friends say. . .

Your daughter is NORMAL and will begin to crawl etc when she is ready. . .  I wouldn't really begin to worry until she was at least 14months . . . If you are concerned and want to find ways to encourage your daughter you can always speak to a physio therapist . . .

Good luck  . . . Kellz

MY SON WAS EXACTLY THE SAME EVEN THE CENTILE IT WASNT LONG AFTER THIS AGE HE TOOK OFF I USED FLOOR TOYS TO ENCOURAGE HIM TO REACH A WALKER FOR HIS LEGS AND WHEN ON THE FLOOR CONENTRAITE ON FUN SHE'LL DO IT WHEN SHES READY TRY SPENDING TIME WITH CHILDREN A SIMILAR AGE THEY TEND TO COPY BUT SOME JUST DONT SHE MIGHT JUST GO STRAIGHT TO CRUISING MY SON WAS STANDING 4 WKS AFTER HE CRAWLED NOW WE CANT KEEP HIM STILL. I HAD ALL THE SAME FEARS HE'S TOO BIG, HE CANT DO IT, HIS WEIGHTS HOLDING HIM BK, HE TOO WAS MUCH BETTER DEVELOPED WITH SPEACH BY 1 HE SPOKE 7 WORDS I THINK THE AVERAGE IS 3/4 AT THAT AGE. I REALLY WOULDNT WORRY IM SURE SHE'LL BE FINE ITS FUNNY NOW I SEE ALL THESE KIDS THAT CANT DO HALF OF WHAT MY SON CLD DO AT THAT AGE BUT AT THE TIME I WAS WORRIED SICK, HAVE FUN YOU'LL BE DASHING AROUND BEFORE YOU KNOW IT

HUGS JO XxX

i helped mine develope muscles by laying him on his back and holding onto one of his hands so he can pull himself over, it works his arm muscles. maybe your bub might like that?! just make it fun for her?

My daugher is a small lass and my mates girls where big and they found that they too were slower with crawling and tummy time.My daughter was very fast.But really dont be too concerned as really she will catch up in doin it.One of mates kids who was bigger walked ealier than my daughter so really i feel she will do it in time dont stress it will happen

I've often heard form a lot of mothers that babies who develop speech early seem to be slightly late on the physical side, and those who develope physically prowess early, develop speech late. My son crawled, walked, ran, climbed at an early age, but never really took off with his speech until 2 years old.

Keep up the tummy time to develop the muscles needed to crawl. 5 minutes several times a day is great.  Unfortunately, you'll have to deal with the tears. Maybe you can minimize the tears by surrounding your girl with a lot of toys though.

You don't need to seek professional advice at this time because your baby is still within the normal time frame for learning to crawl. Also, some babies skip crawling altogether and just go straight to walking.

Every child is different.  Personally, I would prefer that mine had started crawling at nine months and then walked at 1 year.  Not always the way.  If your baby is an only child, she will probably be a little slower than babies with siblings.  Why?  Because there are no bigger kids around her her to try to keep up with.  The good thing about that is they don't pick up bad habits either.  Let her take her time.  Enjoy having a baby who is still being a baby as long as you can because it doesn't last!

If you want to encourage her more, then tummy time is the best way.  Lots of interesting toys around, just out of reach, will entice her to reach out for them.  in the bath, make it more shallow and place her on her tummy.  Gently move her back and forwards as though it were a game.  These are what we have done with all ours.  NOTE:  Supervise all children in the bath at all times.

hi

i agree with boredmum she might just up and walk withoutcrawling and if she doesnt she will start in her own time.

good luck

stace

Hi, I wouldnt stress about it, not all babies crawl, I didnt!

She will crawl when she is ready or just take off walking!

Cheers Dee.

Personally, I wouldn't be too worried yet. My boy hated tummytime as well, and was about the same age as your daughter is now before he rolled. But he could sit himself up and did a bum shuffle. He rolled, crawled and clapped his hands all within 3 days of each other, and then there was no stopping him.

They all do things at thier own pace.