My eight month old still isn't crawling yet. She does wiggle to get places and still isn't rolling yet. Do you think it would be a good idea to get her evaluated by a physical therapist? She does flip herself over sometimes but doesn't do it consistenly. She has been going to day care and they work with her on stuff but she's still not rolling or crawling yet but has good muscle tone. She's been very very chattery and her fine motor skills are great but she's still not crawling or rolling yet.
Any ideas?
Crawling isn't a milestone. Your baby is fine. Every child develops at different ages. Some babies skip crawling all together and go straight to walking. (Which is why crawling isn't a milestone.)
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Well she's still only 8 months, I know a mom with a 7 month old who shows no interest in tummy time nor crawling, but can roll. I guess if you think something may be wrong by all means go get her evaluated, but a lot of babies I'm sure crawl later on.
She is fine. My daughter is also 8 months and only army crawls. However, she does stand holding onto things and is halfway to pulling herself to a stand (gets to her knees when she tries this) and also walks when holding onto the couch and when using a push toy.
Crawling is not a milestone that is necessary to development. As long as she is developing in other areas, she is totally fine.
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when my now 8 year old son was 8 months old he didnt crawl. he slithered around like a snake. i thought it was cute. then when he was about 10 months he actually crawled then a month or two after that he was walking. as long as your l/o has good muscle tone, and is in good general all around then dont worry. she may surprise you and start walking sooner then u think
My son got into crawling position at 6 months but dint really crawl till 9 months old.
DD didn't crawl until she was 8 1/2 months old. But even then, I wasn't worried, bc like someone else said, crawling isn't a milestone. I know my mom told me, I never even crawled, scooted, army crawled or anything. But I was walking by 7 months. Every baby is different and your DDs pedi would tell you if they were worried
I'm going to go ahead and disagree. I absolutely think you should take your daughter to her doctor. My son wasn't "hitting milestones" and everyone kept giving me the whole "it's just a spectrum, every child is different" talk. While I totally agree, and kids are individuals and do things individually, it will not harm your daughter in the least to bring up your fears to her doctor.
I took my son to one of his well baby appointments, and after the initial checkup had planned on talking to his doctor about my fears, but HE brought them up to ME and said that I should see a specialist (he couldn't roll over, barely sit up, learn to the side without falling, he couldn't "catch" himself, lean forward, hold things, etc).
I did, and they not only helped me to build up muscle tone for my little boy, but they taught me tons of ways to exercise his muscles to make him stronger. Basically they taught me to play with him in ways that helped him along.
If this helps, here's a video I took of us at a physical therapy appointment, so you'll know what to expect (this one might help because it was a new therapist, so she was trying to figure out what she needed to work on...what he could/couldn't do). In this video, he's eight months.
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on Nov. 1, 2009 at 11:37 PM