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My son didn’t ever crawl normal either. He went from rolling everywhere to a commando crawl for about a week and then started pulling up and doing what we called a bear crawl. He was on his hands and feet, never his knees. He was walking by about 10 months or so.

My eldest daughter crawled commando style at 9 months and then she crawled on her hands and knees a couple of months later. But she would do this very weird belly-to-bum movement where she would stick her legs straight out behind her and swing them around until she was siting up. It is so hard to describe. I wish we had caught it on film. It was like some kind of super flexible yoga move. My son pulled up before he could crawl. He never did the Audie Murphy crawl but when he did start crawling, he would crawl forward just a little, grab what he wanted, and crawl back to his original spot. It took him forever to figure out that crawling would actually take him places. My nearly 7 month old baby has only just figured out how to sit up unassisted and that only lasts for a minute or two, but she has only rolled from tummy to back. She is so close to going from back to tummy but hasn’t figured it out just yet. I can’t wait to see her rolling around the floor (she kind of pivots on her back though).

It’s not all that out of order. Most babies wind up getting into the sitting position by sort of sitting back and to the side —- from all fours. Once she’s up on all fours more often she’ll probably figure out she can twist, go back, and – boom, SIT. :)

First off, did you make her shirt out of the same material as the rug? If you sit her on the rug sne would be hard to see :)

Second, That crawl is SWEET!

I guess she didn’t read the manual. ;-)

My son did what my friends affectionately called an alien crawl. One knee never touched the ground, instead he propelled himself (at first on all fours and then up on one knee) with one foot starting under his chest and pushing out behind him. Every pair of pants was worn out on one knee because it dragged and never left the floor. He also enjoyed doing downward dog for no particular reason other than to drive his head into the bed. Babies are, indeed, strange little creatures.

I’ve learned from my baby – that every baby is so different in the way they reach their milestones. She COULD walk at 16 months – but CHOSE not to until 19 months. She is the most cautious child I have ever seen in my life. I wonder if baby G is cautious too and doesn’t want to fall over?

It’s easy to get caught up in the milestones but they can become stifling. My middle child never crawled, just rolled. She did sit up at about 6 months and walked at ninemonths. My youngest never sat and hardly crawled, he walked at 11 months. He had heart surgery at 9 weeks and spent so much time flat on his back. Once they became upright they never looked back.

My little guy crawled and pulled to a stand before he started sitting. Essentially, I think he chose not to sit until he could see a reason for it–it hurts a lot less to fall to a sit from standing then to do a full on timber. Until then, he was happily content to investigate the world from his tummy.

Makes sense–as you’re doing–to keep an eye on her. She’s still got a lag in terms of her early arrival. There’s important material for her in getting from tummy to sitting (& back) so it’s helpful for what follows in life to do all the level-changing motions. That she reach with both arms & use both legs & once she’s gotten the tummy crawl get to all fours is really what you’re looking for. Kind of lagging/not-in-use arm or leg is worth asking about.

She’s so cute!

My daughter was born 4 weeks early, and she had some motor delays which sound similar to Georgia’s. She crawled at about 9 months, but she could not get herself into a sitting position on her own until she was about 11 months. Her issue was lack of core strength and a lack of understanding/ability to roll over. We had her evaluated for early intervention, and she ended up getting physical therapy for a little over a month between months 10-11. Once the PTs helped her learn to roll over it was like something clicked in her brain, and she took off and became much more agile than I was ready for. It’s funny-my daughter’s delays were so subtle yet I knew there was something different. I’m glad I pushed on the early intervention because even though I know she would have caught up eventually, I knew that with a little extra help she could get right on schedule. She’s 21 months now, and you’d never know that there was anything different about her in the beginning. Good luck with G!

thats weird. the second video is kinda how my son crawls. but my son was sitting up at 4 months and crawling at 5 and pulling up and walking at 6. i dunno. just be glad she can crawl, why worry about it?

Over here, in Germany, we are told, that this is the best sign, that everything goes right…!
It is said, that actually your baby should crawl first, and will sit down itself next. (By the way: We believe that you should never sit down your child, and “train it to learn sitting”. It has to learn it all by itself. Because everything else is unhealthy…….)
I really think it’s interesting, how different parents are teached, here and there…!

(please forgive me my awful English….!)