https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 28 Apr 2026 04:35:20 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-i-encourage-crawling#post-1013944 Tue, 13 Aug 2013 15:22:41 +0000 Running Elley 1013944@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@kml636: E ended up army crawling a few weeks after I posted this, at just over 8 months. We bribed him too lol. He eventually crawled trying to get my keys :) We also would put him on one side of our leg while sitting on the floor and help him learn to climb over it. I read somewhere that it helps with the coordination that they need to crawl. He army crawled for 3 weeks, switched to crawling on all 4s and at 9 months took his first steps. Now, at 10 months, he's walking all over and only uses crawling as a way to get to something to pull up on so he can walk! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-i-encourage-crawling#post-1013813 Tue, 13 Aug 2013 14:35:10 +0000 hellocupcake 1013813@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@HabesBabe: oh good, I feel bad when I think maybe she's not progressing because in not giving her enough encouragement. (: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-i-encourage-crawling#post-1013796 Tue, 13 Aug 2013 14:28:00 +0000 HabesBabe 1013796@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hellocupcake: LO didn't crawl until 10 1/2 months-- I wouldn't worry about it! My LO seemed perfectly content with swimming :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-i-encourage-crawling#post-1013778 Tue, 13 Aug 2013 14:22:02 +0000 hellocupcake 1013778@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@HabesBabe: I'm so going to try this! Our baby, but she is stuck in swimming mode /: sometimes she will army crawl, poor thing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-i-encourage-crawling#post-1013769 Tue, 13 Aug 2013 14:18:14 +0000 kiddosc 1013769@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@tequiero21: @HabesBabe: We totally bribed with food too. Worked well for getting him to take his first solo steps as well. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-i-encourage-crawling#post-1013758 Tue, 13 Aug 2013 14:14:13 +0000 HabesBabe 1013758@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@tequiero21: we did the same exact thing!</p> <p>LO would "swim"-- she would be on her tummy, streeeeetch out, and wiggle side to side to move (or she would roll). I put a trail of puffs in front of her, and she would swim towards them. After 2-3 days, she started to crawl to grab them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-i-encourage-crawling#post-1013756 Tue, 13 Aug 2013 14:14:05 +0000 Mrs. Champagne 1013756@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I went straight to walking too! I think I turned out fine.. ha! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-i-encourage-crawling#post-1013744 Tue, 13 Aug 2013 14:11:49 +0000 heartonastring 1013744@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I never crawled. Just went straight to walking. I'm not big on trying to get babies to do things for which they aren't, personally, developmentally ready. I honestly wouldn't worry too much about it. He'll either figure it out on his own or he'll skip crawling altogether. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-i-encourage-crawling#post-1013643 Tue, 13 Aug 2013 13:44:50 +0000 kml636 1013643@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Running Elley: When did your LO end up crawling and walking? My LO is almost 9 months and still not interested in crawling... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-i-encourage-crawling#post-806172 Thu, 23 May 2013 22:09:22 +0000 MamaCate 806172@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Running Elley: My LO was similar at 8 months. She started pulling up right at 7 mos and loved to be vertical, walk holding hands, etc. I wasn't sure if she would ever decide to crawl but she ended up trying it right around 9 months, which is the average milestone. She mostly used it to get from one place she wanted to pull up to another, but she did develop it right on schedule.</p> <p>I agree with the advice of trying to place things nearby but out of reach. Some kids like the idea of chasing moving toys--we have this inchworm (<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Kidoozie-Press-N-Go-Inchworm/dp/B000C9DYPW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1369364943&#038;sr=8-1&#038;keywords=inchworm" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/Kidoozie-Press-N-Go-Inchworm/dp/B000C9DYPW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1369364943&#038;sr=8-1&#038;keywords=inchworm</a>) which I love for that, but I am not going to credit it for teaching LO to crawl... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-i-encourage-crawling#post-806162 Thu, 23 May 2013 22:04:56 +0000 Bao 806162@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Running Elley: My LO is almost 9 months and still isn't crawling. All babies go at their own pace. I too, know she is very smart and not behind developmentally. My pedi actually told me some babies do milestones at other times, and some before others or after and that's ok. I would just keep trying to distract him during tummy time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-i-encourage-crawling#post-806151 Thu, 23 May 2013 21:59:54 +0000 katsupgirl 806151@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Running Elley: my LO is around the same age as yours. TBH I'd prefer if she skipped crawling. I do try to encourage her by placing things slightly out of reach. I use my phone cause I know she really wants that. She just loses interest in the toys, gets frustrated or figures a different way to get them. </p> <p>I sometimes put my hand by her feet to give her something to push off against. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-i-encourage-crawling#post-805825 Thu, 23 May 2013 20:20:57 +0000 tequiero21 805825@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We bribed my son. My daughter was crawling like 3 months before him. So we started giving him a puff and he'd reach for it. Somehow, he kept reaching until he got it. We kept doing that and putting it further away and one day, he was crawling to get to it lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-i-encourage-crawling#post-805822 Thu, 23 May 2013 20:20:04 +0000 birdofafeather 805822@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i've heard similar stories, but i do know that crawling (in some form) is an important milestone. my good friend's son was behind in speech and some other developmental things around 4 years old and they had him doing physical stuff along with speech therapy like army crawling and stretching his legs. he's come a long way and i learned a little about developmental milestones.</p> <p>i think tummy time and encouraging him with toys would be good. i wouldn't try to make the walking a negative, but just increase his crawling practice time? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-i-encourage-crawling#post-805813 Thu, 23 May 2013 20:15:23 +0000 Boogs 805813@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My only tip is to not pull LO's arms. Someone did that to ours and hurt him.</p> <p>Some kids don't even crawl, or take their time with milestones. I'm sure your LO will figure it out when he wants to. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-i-encourage-crawling#post-805742 Thu, 23 May 2013 20:04:00 +0000 mrskc 805742@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yeah, I want to add. My mom told me I never crawled. I rolled around and then started walking. She said back then everyone thought if you skipped a major milestone, there was something mentally wrong. Lol I turned out fine and I have good hand eye coordination. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-i-encourage-crawling#post-805728 Thu, 23 May 2013 20:01:54 +0000 knittylady 805728@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No advice, but apparently I never crawled, just went straight to walking. I have great hand eye coordination and have wonderful motor skills! Lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-i-encourage-crawling#post-805727 Thu, 23 May 2013 20:01:53 +0000 mrskc 805727@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm not really sure how you can encourage him more than just putting him in his tummy and enticing him with toys. Maybe place him on his belly and put something he would really want (like your phone) just out of reach. You can give him toys that would roll away from him when he plays with them like a ball. </p> <p>Good luck! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-i-encourage-crawling#post-805695 Thu, 23 May 2013 19:55:37 +0000 oliviaoblivia 805695@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DH skipped crawling and walked at eight months, he turned out ok. He actually has fabulous hand eye coordination and is very athletic. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-i-encourage-crawling#post-805679 Thu, 23 May 2013 19:53:29 +0000 immabeetoo 805679@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No tips here, but I've also never heard that skipping crawling is a negative! I know DH and his brother both did. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-i-encourage-crawling#post-805644 Thu, 23 May 2013 19:48:32 +0000 heffalump 805644@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ive heard that some kids skip the crawling and go straight to walking ..... but I wasn't aware that was a bad thing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-i-encourage-crawling#post-805412 Thu, 23 May 2013 19:06:17 +0000 Running Elley 805412@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO is almost 8 months old and has ZERO interest in crawling. I know that he's not behind but the problem is that he is very interested in walking. He can pull himself up, he loves to stand up and he grabs onto our fingers and either walks in place or walks with us. It's cute and I'm very proud of him but we've been told by multiple people (ped included) that it's important for him to crawl since it helps with his motor skills and hand eye coordination.</p> <p>When we put him on his tummy he just either rolls to his back or gets upset. He's started to reach for things while sitting up and if it's far away he'll go onto hands and knees and kind of rock but he loses interest very quickly. He'll attempt to start to scoot with his legs but he doesn't moves his hands and ends up doing an inchworm motion that goes nowhere because his upper body doesn't understand that it needs to move lol.</p> <p>Are there any tips/little games or something that I can do to encourage crawling? </p>