How mobile is your LO?

[geners]

We had this poll a while back (and similar polls for sitting, crawling etc.), but I thought it might be fun to see again now that some time has passed. You can select multiple answers/explain in the comments.

[geners]

I selected rolling (mostly belly to back, but he does do back to belly), sitting for long periods and attempting to crawl. His attempts aren't super advanced yet, he mostly spins around on his belly and pushes all the way up in upward dog position (his arms are straighter and he's pushing up higher recently), but you can see how frustrated he gets now when a toy is just out of his reach and you can see the wheels turning.

[gdaisy09]

I selected Potted Plant (love it), Crawling, army crawling, and walking assisted. she alternates between real crawling and army crawling, but if I'd let her she would walk all over holding my fingers.

[thatgirlrachel]

I chose Walking Assisted, Pulling to Stand, & Crawling. (She can sit for long periods, but chooses not to 99% of the time now that she can crawl so I didn't check that one.) She is getting into everything so much between pulling up and crawling that we have had to set up the pack & play to use as a baby jail when necessary.

[thatgirlrachel]

Also, a funny regarding walking assisted: MIL has a walker for EG to use, but when you put her in it she has no idea what to do. She walks while holding our hands all the time, so Sunday I reached down and grabbed her hands while she was sitting in the walker and she took off like nobody's business. If we let her hands go, she acted clueless how to use the thing. Silly girl!

[emmylo413]

LO is sitting unassisted and pulling up on our hands and sometimes on furniture. I feel like we don't have a lot of furniture/items for her to pull up on so I'm brainstorming how to do teach her that. Suggestions? She is army crawling like a boss, but can't quite seem to get knees up under her yet (maybe has something do do with being in 98th percentile). But she loooooves walking assisted. She wants to stand and walk all the day long. Wondering if we'll stall out on real crawling since she can get around and just skip ahead to walking in a couple months.

[HelgaHuffle]

I chose walking assisted, pulling to stand, and crawling. He is everywhere and getting into everything.

[RoLoMa]

M can sit unassisted for long periods of time, he rolls like a boss, and is attempting to crawl. He goes backwards all over the place but can't quite figure out how to go forward. He does legitimate push ups and pulls his knees up but can't figure out moving. He can pull to stand and does it mostly on me, but sometimes does it on furniture or toys. He is short so finding something the right height is a challenge. If I stand him with something in front of him to hold on to he will grab it and stand for a bit unassisted. We are working on walking assisted but he can usually only figure out one or two steps.

[salemkitty]

Hobs can sit fairly well, he rolls around and he is attempting to crawl.(poorly) he lays on his belly with his fingers and toes stretched out and grunts. It looks like he's flying but his big belly has him grounded. I have got to get a photo.

[tina515]

G is a potted plant like nobody's business. She'll spin around on her bottom and will scoot, but as far as we've gotten to crawling is reaching reeeeeeally far. She can roll, but only back to belly. That's really becoming frustrating. she absolutely loves to stand up and will pull herself up on our hands but not on furniture.

[cnf2013]

She will roll, but doesn't care for it. She crawls like a champ, is starting to work on pulling up, and LOVED to walk assisted.

[christina]

H is rolling, sitting independently, army crawling (mostly backwards), and trying to figure out how to get his legs under him to crawl and just started pulling up on things.

[Deleted]

I'm posting in this thread because our little guy started crawling over the weekend! He was army crawling for a long time and finally figured out how to do the real thing. He is also now trying to pull himself up but staying on his knees.

[spidermonkeymama]

C cannot roll but she's crawling/ pulling to a stand/ furniture surfing and walking with assistance.

[Unknown]

She gets to the other side of the room, but not sure how. She doesn't crawl, scoot or roll there.

It seems like her left leg drags which freaks me out because of her hip history.

ETA: Doesn't crawl not does crawl

[geners]

I think C is going to be bringing up the rear in terms of mobility. He rolls belly to back within seconds of being placed on his tummy now, which means he's not spending any time on his tummy so I don't know how he'd learn to crawl. And he hasn't shown any interest in pulling to a stand or walking. It's fine because he's still fully contained and we haven't had to babyproof, but at some point I'll probably start to get a little nervous!

[HelgaHuffle]

Aug 11, 2016 6:39:35 GMT -5 geners said:

I think C is going to be bringing up the rear in terms of mobility. He rolls belly to back within seconds of being placed on his tummy now, which means he's not spending any time on his tummy so I don't know how he'd learn to crawl. And he hasn't shown any interest in pulling to a stand or walking. It's fine because he's still fully contained and we haven't had to babyproof, but at some point I'll probably start to get a little nervous!

R started crawling from a sitting position, not from his belly. So it doesn't have to be just from their belly! He will probably just start all of a sudden and pick it up fast.

[geners]

Aug 11, 2016 7:44:06 GMT -5 HelgaHuffle said:

Aug 11, 2016 6:39:35 GMT -5 geners said:

I think C is going to be bringing up the rear in terms of mobility. He rolls belly to back within seconds of being placed on his tummy now, which means he's not spending any time on his tummy so I don't know how he'd learn to crawl. And he hasn't shown any interest in pulling to a stand or walking. It's fine because he's still fully contained and we haven't had to babyproof, but at some point I'll probably start to get a little nervous!

R started crawling from a sitting position, not from his belly. So it doesn't have to be just from their belly! He will probably just start all of a sudden and pick it up fast.

Huh - that's interesting, just within the past day or two we've noticed if we put a toy just out of reach and C is in sitting position, he will launch himself forward onto his belly to be able to reach it. I suppose he could just crawl right from there... I hope so!!

[Unknown]

Aug 11, 2016 6:39:35 GMT -5 geners said:

I think C is going to be bringing up the rear in terms of mobility. He rolls belly to back within seconds of being placed on his tummy now, which means he's not spending any time on his tummy so I don't know how he'd learn to crawl. And he hasn't shown any interest in pulling to a stand or walking. It's fine because he's still fully contained and we haven't had to babyproof, but at some point I'll probably start to get a little nervous!

My niece never crawled and just walked around 11m. With the back is best sleeping for SIDS now, in general babies aren't getting as much tummy time and crawling later or not at all.

[cnf2013]

Aug 11, 2016 6:11:04 GMT -5 Unknown said:

She gets to the other side of the room, but not sure how. She doesn't crawl, scoot or roll there.

It seems like her left leg drags which freaks me out because of her hip history.

ETA: Doesn't crawl not does crawl

Ellie "crawls" really awkwardly. She has what we call a scooting leg and a dragging leg. She actually pushes off the bottom of her left foot, knee up off the ground, then just kind of pulls her right leg along, pushes off the top of her foot kind of. I've been nervous about how that dragging leg will develop, but another mom at my baby bootcamp class said her daughter only ever crawled like that and had no issues from it. She was up running around the gym while she told me this. E has a pediatrician appointment today and I plan to ask about it. 

[cnf2013]

Aug 11, 2016 7:44:06 GMT -5 HelgaHuffle said:

Aug 11, 2016 6:39:35 GMT -5 geners said:

I think C is going to be bringing up the rear in terms of mobility. He rolls belly to back within seconds of being placed on his tummy now, which means he's not spending any time on his tummy so I don't know how he'd learn to crawl. And he hasn't shown any interest in pulling to a stand or walking. It's fine because he's still fully contained and we haven't had to babyproof, but at some point I'll probably start to get a little nervous!

R started crawling from a sitting position, not from his belly. So it doesn't have to be just from their belly! He will probably just start all of a sudden and pick it up fast.

Ellie also learned to crawl from a sitting position. In fact, just in the last week or so have I even noticed her being able to get on her knees from her belly, finally. 

[Unknown]

Aug 11, 2016 9:19:02 GMT -5 cnf2013 said:

Aug 11, 2016 6:11:04 GMT -5 Unknown said:

She gets to the other side of the room, but not sure how. She doesn't crawl, scoot or roll there.

It seems like her left leg drags which freaks me out because of her hip history.

ETA: Doesn't crawl not does crawl

Ellie "crawls" really awkwardly. She has what we call a scooting leg and a dragging leg. She actually pushes off the bottom of her left foot, knee up off the ground, then just kind of pulls her right leg along, pushes off the top of her foot kind of. I've been nervous about how that dragging leg will develop, but another mom at my baby bootcamp class said her daughter only ever crawled like that and had no issues from it. She was up running around the gym while she told me this. E has a pediatrician appointment today and I plan to ask about it. 

I've seen a lot of kids do this, and do think it's normal. Let me know what the pedi says

[cnf2013]

Aug 11, 2016 9:39:54 GMT -5 Unknown said:

Aug 11, 2016 9:19:02 GMT -5 cnf2013 said:

Ellie "crawls" really awkwardly. She has what we call a scooting leg and a dragging leg. She actually pushes off the bottom of her left foot, knee up off the ground, then just kind of pulls her right leg along, pushes off the top of her foot kind of. I've been nervous about how that dragging leg will develop, but another mom at my baby bootcamp class said her daughter only ever crawled like that and had no issues from it. She was up running around the gym while she told me this. E has a pediatrician appointment today and I plan to ask about it. 

I've seen a lot of kids do this, and do think it's normal. Let me know what the pedi says

I totally forgot to ask, but we weren't super impressed with pediatrician so we may still switch again.

[beaglemom2011]

Olivia isn't crawling yet, but she has scooted herself without realizing what she has been doing. She also reaches for things from a seated position and I think this is where she'll start crawling eventually. This morning she put herself back into a seated position after stretching out to her belly for a toy.
I am sort of sad this is happening at 7 months. DS was content to be a potted plant until he started crawling at almost 10 months. He didn't even care to reach out for toys I put out to entice him. I'm going to have to baby proof much earlier and this means I will have to put away some of DS toys.

[Unknown]

I need to change my vote! Crawled last night! She is still favoring her right leg, but it's so exciting!

[13liza]

cnf2013 A has just started doing this - putting a foot on the floor and crawling with the other leg. He has been crawling "normally" for a few weeks though. Not sure when or how this started or why. Lol