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I don't think 9 months is late for crawling at all. Also, I read somewhere that crawling isn't even considered a milestone!? Many kids go straight to walking!

DD started crawling a little after 9 months. Maybe around 10 months? Our pediatrician was never concerned. FWIW she didn't walk until 16 months and the pediatrician wasn't concerned about that either.

ETA - you are probably worrying about nothing but I think everyone does it. I saw a bunch of kids my daughter's age crawling/walking months ahead of her. It's hard not to compare.

Crawling isn't even a milestone. Try not to worry. Kids just figure stuff out at different times. And I also don't think 9 months is late for Crawling

@Clementine12: Nope! After the first, you start to compare the kids - even though people tell you not to!

@Clementine12: Theres some very preliminary, non causal research that suggests this. However, my kid could identify letters and numbers before he could crawl so I put no weight in the research. It's likely a proxy for other things.

My 6yo only scoot crawled at 11m and didn’t walk until 18m. She does things her own way, always. She’s in kinder now and above grade level for reading so i wouldn’t worry about that stuff!

DS didn't crawl untill 3 days before his first birthday, and he walked 2 weeks before he turned 18 months

My DS is also 9 months and cannot crawl in the traditional sense. The doc was not concerned and does not consider crawling a milestone. I worry as well, but I try not to! My older son never crawled until after he could walk and he could walk by 12 months.

O crawled at 10 months and walked at 11 and ran at about 12.5. She climbed, pulled up and cruised in the same 24 hours she started crawling. Sometimes things look like they're a long way off and then happen all at once.

My son was very late on all his physical milestones: didn't crawl until almost 2 weeks after his 1st birthday, didn't pull up on anything until almost 15 months and didn't walk until 17+ months. With each one, he showed almost no signs until he did it - with the walking, he literally just walked into the kitchen one afternoon out of nowhere. He qualified for early intervention, but the physical therapist came a few times and said there was nothing wrong with him physically, he just didn't want to do it yet. I was an absolute wreck, but in hindsight, I wish I had just believed her and accepted he was just late.

He's 5 now and an incredible natural athlete. No one believes me when I tell them he was so late!