https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 20 Apr 2026 16:24:10 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/crawl-darn-it-long#post-1588668 Thu, 24 Apr 2014 10:20:58 +0000 Ginabean3 1588668@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Cherrybee: aw yes, the frustration! Poor darling! Well, I bet you within a month you will be venting with frustration that she is crawling everywhere that she shouldn't be! :heart: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/crawl-darn-it-long#post-1588656 Thu, 24 Apr 2014 10:17:47 +0000 Cherrybee 1588656@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Pepper: Oh I'm glad he got over it quick. E isn't so brave - every time she hurts herself she has a little set back and doesn't try again for a few days. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/crawl-darn-it-long#post-1588652 Thu, 24 Apr 2014 10:16:51 +0000 Pepper 1588652@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Cherrybee: I definitely cried today :crying: I normally try to distract him and tell him he's fine, but his poor little eye... he has a robin's egg sized bump on his brow bone! They're definitely tougher than we are though, because he forgot about it 2 minutes later. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/crawl-darn-it-long#post-1588608 Thu, 24 Apr 2014 10:07:25 +0000 Cherrybee 1588608@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Pepper: Oh no!! Poor thing. I cry every time E hurts herself!! :crying: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/crawl-darn-it-long#post-1588606 Thu, 24 Apr 2014 10:06:50 +0000 Cherrybee 1588606@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Grace: I can do that!! Thanks! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/crawl-darn-it-long#post-1588594 Thu, 24 Apr 2014 10:02:24 +0000 Pepper 1588594@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@littlebug: Go, D! That was always my thought, too. He's vocal and has really good fine motor skills, so I would guess he's just focused on that kind of stuff for now.</p> <p>@Cherrybee: Haha, we are familiar with the full faceplant over here, too. He just gave himself a black eye today because he decided he wanted to sit from standing, and brought his toy bin (which he had been holding onto) down with him :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/crawl-darn-it-long#post-1588583 Thu, 24 Apr 2014 10:00:39 +0000 Grace 1588583@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Cherrybee: I think there's a lot of balance required for crawling (at least that's what I'm noticing). You could try some horseplay and dancing (like with her standing and you shaking her about) to help her out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/crawl-darn-it-long#post-1588555 Thu, 24 Apr 2014 09:53:39 +0000 Cherrybee 1588555@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Pepper: Yeah, E isn't sitting herself up yet, either, and she only goes from sitting to lying via the full faceplant (usually onto a toy, complete with bruises). </p> <p>@littlebug: Yeah, I've read that but I'm not sure what E is "specialising" in to be honest! She only makes one sound, too (ba). Maybe she has some sort of X-Men type power we don't know about and is practicing her mind reading or something!! :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/crawl-darn-it-long#post-1588533 Thu, 24 Apr 2014 09:48:23 +0000 Cherrybee 1588533@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lawbee11: I don't feel so bad knowing M does downward dog voluntarily......! E isn't up on her knees yet (seriously, she flails furiously but makes no effort to try anything new!!) but last night I put her up on them to try to show her what to do. She rocked for a few seconds then went into a full downward dog position. I thought that it must be good for building up strength so I didn't rescue her for a bit but I did feel like a very mean mummy (she was trapped!). :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/crawl-darn-it-long#post-1588530 Thu, 24 Apr 2014 09:47:53 +0000 littlebug 1588530@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Pepper: Yeah, D took a while to sit up on his own, too. But once he got that, and he got the crawling, he's been moving along pretty quickly. His ped thinks he'll take indepenent steps within the next 4 weeks. Last night he was practically running with his walker. He is a big talker, and the ped told us that babies can only do one thing at a time, and he clearly is concentrating on verbal rather than motor development. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/crawl-darn-it-long#post-1588508 Thu, 24 Apr 2014 09:44:44 +0000 lawbee11 1588508@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Cherrybee: She eventually gets frustrated, but not right away. She loves to plank/do downward dog so she's usually content to do that for awhile before she starts to whine. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/crawl-darn-it-long#post-1588498 Thu, 24 Apr 2014 09:43:24 +0000 Pepper 1588498@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@littlebug: This makes me feel so much better, as C isn't even army crawling yet (will be 10 months tomorrow) but he rolls everywhere, and loves to walk assisted. Our pediatrician mentioned early intervention, but I have a gut feeling he's fine... I just think he isn't interested in crawling! I do kind of worry because he doesn't go from laying to sitting on his own yet... but hopefully that will happen soon, too.</p> <p>@lawbee11: C does the reach as far as he can move, too. If he can't reach it, he just finds something else to grab! He rolls, but he doesn't know how to get into a laying position from sitting (unless he does it by accident). So, that doesn't help him in that situation, either. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/crawl-darn-it-long#post-1588483 Thu, 24 Apr 2014 09:40:14 +0000 Cherrybee 1588483@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lawbee11: Aaw, bless her. Does she get frustrated as well? Or is she a bit more chill than E? DH and I are both really impatient so I guess it stands to reason that she is!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/crawl-darn-it-long#post-1588472 Thu, 24 Apr 2014 09:37:39 +0000 lawbee11 1588472@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Cherrybee: Hopefully they both catch on soon. M doesn't roll places either. She basically reaches as far as she can without crawling and if she still can't reach it then she just sits/lies there. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/crawl-darn-it-long#post-1588465 Thu, 24 Apr 2014 09:35:39 +0000 Cherrybee 1588465@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@littlebug: @Ginabean3: I'm not worried particularly, I just feel so sorry for her (and me because her frustration is very wearing!). She cries all day - and half of the night - because she wants to move so much. She doesn't even roll places - she rolls once onto her front then starts flailing her arms and legs, screaming. If I sit her down, she flings herself onto her tummy, face-planting in the process - cue the flailing and screaming. It's been going on for weeks now! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/crawl-darn-it-long#post-1588379 Thu, 24 Apr 2014 09:21:02 +0000 littlebug 1588379@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Cherrybee: D didn't army crawl till 10 or 11 months, and didn't crawl until the week of his 1st birthday. Our first ped told us he was "behind," but my gut didn't agree. For that, and other reasons, we changed pediatricians. Our new ped had no concerns whatsoever. D hated tummy time, and rolled everywhere he needed to get from 7-10/11 months. I definitely worried, but now he's a speed demon! He's definitely on the later end of the curve, but it's a curve! Your LO will crawl when she's ready. But I KNOW it's hard not to stress! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/crawl-darn-it-long#post-1588364 Thu, 24 Apr 2014 09:17:06 +0000 Ginabean3 1588364@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Cherrybee: she crawled at 10.5 months!</p> <p>Your sweet DD will get there! It's so hard to be patient as a mama though! :heart: I think I'm the most impatient ever! </p> <p>I desperately want her to walk now because her pants are filthy disgusting everyday from crawling around outside at the park. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/crawl-darn-it-long#post-1588297 Thu, 24 Apr 2014 09:05:12 +0000 Cherrybee 1588297@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lawbee11: Yeah. She flails her arms and legs about and screams in frustration because she can't move. Last night, I put her onto her hands and knees and let her rock back and forward (until she did the downward dog and then flopped back onto her tummy) but she's a million miles away from getting there from a lying-on-the-tummy position. I just watched a few youtube clips of babies learning to crawl (many of whom are much younger) and they are so much more active on the floor - getting their legs up under them, rolling about and trying to army crawl. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/crawl-darn-it-long#post-1588274 Thu, 24 Apr 2014 09:00:06 +0000 lawbee11 1588274@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Cherrybee: Does she still scream when you put her on her tummy? I was convinced my LO would crawl from sitting because she kept doing the same thing where she leans forward on her hands, but she's now getting up on all fours from her tummy and doing some serious rocking back and forth so I think she'll crawl that way now. She's been rocking back and forth for a couple of weeks so I'm thinking she'll be full-on crawling any day now. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/crawl-darn-it-long#post-1588259 Thu, 24 Apr 2014 08:56:15 +0000 Cherrybee 1588259@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Anagram: GinaBean posted this thread 3 months ago and her baby has subsequently crawled - sorry for the confusion, I resurrected the thread for an update because poor E just can't seem to learn how to do it!!! She wants to so much but just can't! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/crawl-darn-it-long#post-1588252 Thu, 24 Apr 2014 08:55:07 +0000 keepcalmcarrie 1588252@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS army crawled forever, 7-10 months, and then exactly at 10 months started "traditional" crawling. Now he's speed crawling everywhere and cruising but refuses to walk at 13 months. Whatever, he's on his own timeline! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/crawl-darn-it-long#post-1588226 Thu, 24 Apr 2014 08:48:46 +0000 Anagram 1588226@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Ginabean3: My pediatrician never crawled and tells me it's considered an optional milestone. She's obviously doing pretty well for herself, so I'm not worried about my LO (9.5 months and army crawling for the last 2 months with no attempts to get off her belly). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/crawl-darn-it-long#post-1588172 Thu, 24 Apr 2014 08:34:39 +0000 Cherrybee 1588172@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Ginabean3: That's awesome!!! When did she do it? Was it, like, right after you posted this thread?!! </p> <p>My DD is doing the exact same thing you mentioned - getting into a crawl position (from sitting) but with one leg tucked under. She's SO frustrated and desperate to move - but she's been doing this for weeks now!!! Silly baby! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/crawl-darn-it-long#post-1588161 Thu, 24 Apr 2014 08:31:47 +0000 Ginabean3 1588161@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Cherrybee: oh she sure did! Thanks for checking in! :grin: This kid is so crazy fast and moving all over the place now! She is THISCLOSE to walking....so now of course I'm anxious about that!!! :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/crawl-darn-it-long#post-1588082 Thu, 24 Apr 2014 08:08:50 +0000 Cherrybee 1588082@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Ginabean3: Hi GinaBean! I'm resurrecting this thread to ask you for an update! Did your little one crawl? She must be just over a year old now - I'm wondering what the outcome was! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/crawl-darn-it-long#post-1309618 Tue, 31 Dec 2013 09:45:34 +0000 edelweiss 1309618@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>several of my friends' babies skipped crawling and there's been no ill effect! i know it's hard not to worry about these things, but sounds like your LO is doing just great! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/crawl-darn-it-long#post-1309616 Tue, 31 Dec 2013 09:45:30 +0000 Bao 1309616@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO didn't crawl until 10 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/crawl-darn-it-long#post-1309577 Tue, 31 Dec 2013 09:32:42 +0000 cmomma17 1309577@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have read that crawling is an optional milestone! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/crawl-darn-it-long#post-1309533 Tue, 31 Dec 2013 09:16:38 +0000 hilsy85 1309533@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If she's only 8 months adjusted I wouldn't worry! My LO didn't crawl til 9 months, and I think 9 months is the average. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/crawl-darn-it-long#post-1309324 Tue, 31 Dec 2013 04:27:06 +0000 daniellemybelle 1309324@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This is anecdotal but I never crawled &amp; I am awesome at walking &amp; many other skills! :) </p>