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We have two stairs that go up to a landing and then down into our bedroom that can't be gated off. I tried for ages to teach DD to go down them backwards. Basically, every time she tried to go down forward, I would flip her around and have her go down backward. She didn't get it for the longest time, and then one day, just before she turned 1, something clicked. Now she always backs down those stairs. I don't trust her nearly enough yet to do a full flight of stairs, so those remain always gated off.

my mama says she taught me to crawl backwards downstairs as soon as i learnt to crawl up (8 months or so). i'll have to ask her secret, because lo crawled up half a flight of stairs yesterday like it was nothing

You could try crawling down backward yourself and make a game of it. My son initially learned to do it by watching an older toddler. By now he walks down but he used to like 'sliding' down on his belly. My husband would make a race of it

Oh wow, thanks for this for I didn't know that we supposed to teach him crawl down the stairs! I guess I am always very paranoid. LO crawls up the stairs on his own but when we need to go down I carry him down. I should start teaching him how to crawl down on his own.

I have a question - you guys do watch him while he's crawling up and down, right? Or do you just let your LO wander freely now that he/she knows how to crawl up and downstairs?

She just crawled down yesterday for the first time! Just kinda figured it out on her own.