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Question about 8 month old not crawling

Rhiannon - posted on 10/07/2010 ( 2 moms have responded )

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I know didn't babies develop at different times but my son is eight months and trys to crawl but can't get the movement down and I work with him every day. Also I heard that they are suppose to pull up on you? He will stand and hold on to things and try to pull up but not yet. Also he is going through the "always wanting to be picked up" stage. Anyone wanna help me with that one? I know I can let him cry but he is teething and I'm a single mom so I feel bad for him. And he is starting to wake up every morning at 4 a.m. and it is a habit thing because he wants a drink and I'm breaking him but unfortuantily(sp) I just put him in bed with me and he goes right to sleep. But he hogs my bed so I really need to break him. I just need some advice like I said I'm twenty-one and doing this all on my own. I will take anything. Thanks

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Shelley - posted on 10/07/2010

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I copied and pasted this from a site I found on google:
"When do Baby start crawling?" is perhaps one of the baby development keyword phrases most frequently searched by parents. Whether you agree with the correctness of the search phrase or not, parents have a problem and we'd like to find an answer.

Crawling on hands and knees, or...
Crawling with hands and feet (bear walking), or...
"Commando" crawling - using forearms , or...
"Bum shuffling" - moving forward by using feet and buttocks

At what age do Baby start crawling?

Obviously there are 2 answers to this question.

Firstly, about 50% of all infants can "crawl" at 7 months; 75% can do so at 10 months and 90% of all infants have mastered it at 11 months. Click here to read more about crawling development.
What this also means is that if your baby starts crawling before 7 months, his crawling skills have developed faster than most other babies the same age.

Secondly, infants crawl when they've learned and fully mastered all the skills needed to crawl. These skills are not only neurological skills, but they also need a certain amount of physical strength.

Do you now appreciate why babies who are carried around the whole day, cannot develop physical strength at the same rate as other who sit on their own and play?

So your baby is fine.

Mine is 7 months old too and she doesnt crawl yet (she goes onto all fours and rocks, but that is about it). She doesn't pull up on me yet. And she is right on target - yours seems to be too. So don't worry. Sounds like your little one has hit the separation anxiety stage, with wanting to be picked up and wanting to sleep with you - also a normal stage that your little one will grow out of.

So there - no worries. :)

Seanne - posted on 10/07/2010

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Sonds like you are doing the right thing when it comes to him not crawling, all children do things differently, so just keep incouraging him and he'll crawl when he's ready.

As for putting him in your bed in the early morning hours, lots of moms may disagree but I see nothing wrong with it. Once he is past teething and feeling better go back to making him stay in his own bed. Give him his drink and change his pants or whatever he needs and then kiss his little head and put him in his bed. My eleven yr old son did not sleep through the night untill he was eleven months old and lt was so hard for me to lay there and listen to him cry for me but he soon learned that mommy wasn't going to give in anymore and he had to sleep in his bed. It only took about 4 nights of letting him cry and he was on his own. I know it's hard but they have to learn. Good Luck! and Good job!

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