Cruisers & Walkers

[meritsamomma]

So K has decided she's bound and determined to walk.  I cannot slow this girl down and it's really hectic chasing her around and deciding when/how often she should fall (obviously it's a part of the process, but still hard to watch) Wondering how some of you are dealing with this new development and at what point you should actually be concerned after a fall.  I mean, I figure if there's blood, vomit or disorientation that's pretty obvi, but like right now she's got a pretty good goose egg on the back of her head. I guess I'm just not ready for this!

[brighteyes]

My kid can't even crawl yet.

[fferreiralynn]

LO just started curising this morning and would have ate it if I didn't catch her. I got massive side eye like it was my fault. She hasn't really fallen yet, but she has whacked her head a few times. A goose egg? I'd call the pedi just to be safe. Im scared for the day she really bumps her noggin.

[magpi]

B isn't crawling either, but loves her walker. We have the Joovy Spoon - I wanted a walker that wasn't covered in crap and I wouldn't mind sitting out in my living room/kitchen etc. I love that the tray comes out for easy cleaning. The seat is washable too!

ETA: We've talked to the pedi about concussions. I can say her recommendation is to call if the baby is acting abnormal at all. They can make a determination over the phone if they think LO needs to be seen.

ETA again: by "walkers" I thought you meant the baby contraption. I have not had enough damn sleep.

[fferreiralynn]

Lol cruising not cursing… but in my house I'm sure cursing is soon to follow.

[charsam]

Yea, we're on the bopping in reverse stage here no forward crawling. I kind of feel like she might learn to scootch on her bum before she crawls. Last night she was trying her hardest to pull herself up and got almost all the way up before plopping back down. She gets so frustrated, but determined when she tries to crawl and goes the wrong way or rolls over. She gets a beet red face and starts yelling but keeps on trying.
I think when (and it's not an "if") she bumps her head I would just keep an eye on her and like pp said, if she starts acting differently, I'd be taking her to a doctor.

[megara4]

cruising and walking. hahaha. my baby is not even trying to crawl. she just rolls everywhere. she can sit really well, though. i'll be excited when she can sit up on her own.

[marsinvestigations]

Yeah E just started scooting backwards. I think we have awhile before the walking starts.

[jmar]

My babe can't crawl or walk. No interest in either... we are working on it daily though

[meritsamomma]

I'm wishing she'd slow down. We got really excited when she started crawling on Christmas Eve (she'd been kind of crab crawl/inch worming for about a week and then overnight figured it out) Then on Jan 2nd she crawled over to me and started grabbing at my leg so I put my hands out to her and next thing I knew she'd pulled herself up and was standing. Now she's pulling up on everything and is trying to walk while holding on. I'm pumping right now while she's standing in her crib and staring at me. It's insanity. I thought I had more time. Like, a LOT more time. I didn't realize how quickly it could escalate. We're totally not done baby proofing for her either.
Her goose egg is gone now and she's acting normal so that's good. It's just crazy how fast she can get up and fall down. She can't figure out how to get back down yet once she's up so it's either her falling or she stands there crying if she's stuck.

ETA she didn't sit up on her own until Jan 6th,  go figure.  Kid's just doing things her own way.

[ashanne88]

DS isn't crawling or walking yet. He seems to have zero interest in crawling. He's really good at sitting up unassisted. He wants to sit up from lying down but doesn't have the ab muscles yet. He loves to stand but needs to hold on to something. I feel like he's just going to skip crawling and go straight to walking. We are no where close to baby proofed for walking/crawling so for now I'm okay with his lack of mobility.

[ashanne88]

@meritsmomma that's crazy how fast she progressed!

[fferreiralynn]

Jan 16, 2015 19:22:27 GMT -5 meritsamomma said:

I'm wishing she'd slow down. We got really excited when she started crawling on Christmas Eve (she'd been kind of crab crawl/inch worming for about a week and then overnight figured it out) Then on Jan 2nd she crawled over to me and started grabbing at my leg so I put my hands out to her and next thing I knew she'd pulled herself up and was standing. Now she's pulling up on everything and is trying to walk while holding on. I'm pumping right now while she's standing in her crib and staring at me. It's insanity. I thought I had more time. Like, a LOT more time. I didn't realize how quickly it could escalate. We're totally not done baby proofing for her either.
Her goose egg is gone now and she's acting normal so that's good. It's just crazy how fast she can get up and fall down. She can't figure out how to get back down yet once she's up so it's either her falling or she stands there crying if she's stuck.

ETA she didn't sit up on her own until Jan 6th,  go figure.  Kid's just doing things her own way.

Glad she's okay. Us too. She when from army crawling to real crawling and now to cruising in about 6 weeks time. We have not really baby proofed either that's this weekends project.

[Deleted]

DS is crawling. I let him fall from sitting pretty much every time. He can't bang his head off anything other than the floor. And reacting is what makes them cry.

[thankusweetlordbaby2]

DD is not interested in crawling but she has started trying to pull herself up, this morning she tried to stand to get to her sister and ended up throwing herself over a pillow. Crazy child!

[jsonya]

No crawling here. DD hardly even rolls. She's a great sitter though. I'm hoping she'll be content to not move too terribly much for a little longer.

[samsi]

Zach started pulling himself up to stand 2 weeks ago and just last week figured out crawling with his tummy off the floor. He is so backwards and has 0 interest in crawling and keeps trying to cruise.

[cinnamonsmiles]

LO has been low-crawling for a bit now, and started to show interest in standing but no steps yet.
He has hit his head many times (on furniture especially), the worst by falling down while trying to stand up on tile. We don't have an option of "calling in" to a pedi so we did the standard concussion check (light in eyes, confusion, sleepiness, etc).

A friend of mine told me that once they start throwing tantrums that they will consistently hit their head on the ground, whether it's made of carpet or concrete. So I'm not as worried as I was at the beginning about head bumps

[meritsamomma]

Total AW but have to share for a laugh if it works...

[charsam]

Just a thought: We had LO sleeping in a sleepsack and she was never rolling over or moving much. We have since had her start sleeping in just some warmer clothing layers and within a week she has been rolling back to belly no problem. We felt like the sleepsack was keeping her from even trying to move around/roll. I think if she were to start sleeping in it again she would be able to roll in it, but it seemed to inhibit her desire to roll. No idea if anyone has noticed this. I know that a lot of babies roll just fine in it.

[nutmegs]

We are in the "roll everywhere" stage. In the last day or so though, I've noticed her going from sit to faceplant way more than usually, so crawling may be on the horizon.

[mully626]

We're in the rolling/inch worming everywhere stage as well. She's also getting pretty good at sitting on her own, which is nice because she gets pretty pissed off when she can't see everyone around her. So far, no crawling or cruising thank goodness, but I know that it will be earlier with her than with DD1. DD1 had very little desire to move around in general. She didn't crawl until 10 months and didn't walk until 14 months and that's only because we started luring her across the living room with cheese (You fell and crawled? NOPE, no cheese for you!) Thankfully, DD2 doesn't seem to have any interest in walking yet, I don't think that I could handle that!

[fuccimama]

DS rather walk than crawl; however, we are working on it. Standing while holding onto things has been pretty successful. He just bury his head in the ground holding his breath while trying to push off with his feet when I encourage crawling. He will do it when he is ready, oh how I wish it was soon. He is a big baby, and my belly is only going to get bigger, LOL.

ETA: because I cannot spell

[snowpants]

No walking or cruising here yet. Just barely started crawling forward after weeks of crawling backwards until stuck under furniture.
When my older kiddo started cruising and walking though, there was definitely plenty of falling down. You try to catch them if they could hurt themselves but most of the time it's just a lot of falling onto their bums or on the floor. It's part of the learning process and usually isn't too bad.

[hampire]

DS isn't doing much. I console myself with cold cold science.

Some mobility statistics from the World Health Organization. The spread is huge.


By 8 month and...


0 days 95% of babies sit (99% at just over 9 months)

3 days 5% stand alone (50% by 10 months 99% by 16 months)

4 days 25% of babies walk "with help" (50% at 9months 99% at l3 months)

5 days 1% walk alone (50% by 1year 99% by18 months)

9 days 50% crawl (99% by 13 months)

16 days 75% stand with help (99% at 11.5 months)

[tjenkins528]

DS just started army crawling about 1.5 weeks ago. Now daycare told us he's pulling himself up on all the furniture this morning. This is all happening way too fast ?

[tjenkins528]

Jan 21, 2015 13:56:32 GMT -5 snowpants said:

No walking or cruising here yet. Just barely started crawling forward after weeks of crawling backwards until stuck under furniture.
When my older kiddo started cruising and walking though, there was definitely plenty of falling down. You try to catch them if they could hurt themselves but most of the time it's just a lot of falling onto their bums or on the floor. It's part of the learning process and usually isn't too bad.

DH and I have two separate parenting skills for falling down ha! If I see it happening, I try to catch him. If DH sees it, he lets it happen. "Gotta learn somehow"

[Lest12]

Jan 18, 2015 14:27:22 GMT -5 charsam said:

Just a thought: We had LO sleeping in a sleepsack and she was never rolling over or moving much. We have since had her start sleeping in just some warmer clothing layers and within a week she has been rolling back to belly no problem. We felt like the sleepsack was keeping her from even trying to move around/roll. I think if she were to start sleeping in it again she would be able to roll in it, but it seemed to inhibit her desire to roll. No idea if anyone has noticed this. I know that a lot of babies roll just fine in it.

charsam - Same here!  DS could roll, but it wasn't a big deal or something he did regularly.  We stopped using the sleep sack around Christmas time and BOOM. Now he rolls everywhere and hardly ever wants to be on his back.



For the OP, he's not even really crawling yet, though he also rolls and scoots around in circles to get to where he wants.  But he also has been trying to pull himself up a lot lately.  So much going on for him.  He wakes up at night and I see him trying to push his little butt up into the air.