DS can crawl - what sweet hell is this?!

[sittingonacornflake]

Send help.

DS can crawl now. I actually encouraged it.

What. The. Hell.

As I type this I can only have 1 eye on Mumsnet as the other is on the feral crawling child.

Oh no, not looking forward to this! we have the most baby unfriendly (rented) house ever and a cat, and a dog...

how old is your baby OP? My DS is 9 months and is so so close, maybe I should stop encouraging him.

Bless.

Mine first crawled when we went on holiday. Had just arrived, first floor flat, crawled out onto balcony which had very wide fence poles! I grabbed him just in time. Still feel the horrors about it but.... bless. They're so sweet crawling all over the place.

This thread is the evolution of parenting in words... 😂

"Woah, newborns are tough, I don't know why they're crying... Hang on, sleep regression... Crawling? What fresh hell is this?? Wait, I take it back, walking is worse. No, I was wrong, my toddler has An Opinion and isn't afraid to use it... But now my 5 year old has reasoning skills and can out-argue me"

We've currently got an 8 yo, 3yo and a 9mo cruising the furniture. At the moment, the 8yo is the easiest - still young enough to be reasonably compliant while being mature enough to help with stuff. The nearly 4yo is by far the toughest, he is in a very stubborn phase. The baby needs chasing, but the 8yo is good at that 😉

hmm, isn’t it a shame you can’t really put reins on them when they’re crawling

Why can't you? Not sure if I'm being dim here...?

Ds didn't crawl till 9 months. Then he went from totally immobile to crawling then pulling up, cruising and climbing in the space of 2 weeks. I found out about the pulling up when he tried to do so on the ironing board, which came down across his chest and pinned him to the floor! He also liked to crawl very fast at things (doors, walls, back of his cot) in the belief they would get out if the way. This led to a permanent bruise on his forehead for about 6 weeks!

Talking back
Favourite word NO
Wants to 'feed' them self
Food flying everywhere
Not liking previous favourite meal
Taking clothes off and nappy and peeing on floor (I literally just dressed you!!)
Children are a joy
I love you mummy
Cuddles and kisses

I was worried mum when everyone else's child was crawling and DD just sat there. Even more worried when they were all walking and mine just sat there or occasionally bum-shuffled. But she got there eventually and so when DS arrived and also never crawled and didn't walk until even later (19 months), I was smug mum! Having said that, it meant I spent 4.5 years either pregnant or carrying a child around all the time so not great for my back!

Oh wait until the climbing and jumping starts...I still have no idea how we never ended up in A&E with DS2, he had literally zero fear and could climb up and launch himself off of various furniture in seconds. One day I left him happily watching cBeebies, went for a wee and as I opened the bathroom door I could hear a muffled little voice from the living room, rushed back in and he was wedged upside down behind the sofa, feet sticking straight up.

Walking is much better than crawling. I hated the crawling stage as we couldn't go anywhere except extremely baby-proofed houses. DD didn't want to sit in her buggy as she was excited by her new independence but you can't really let them crawl in public places. Dangerous and unhygienic. Fortunately it was mercifully short!

One word.

Driving.

That is all.

sittingonacornflake I would put mine in the cot when I went to bed about midnight and they would wake at about 5am-6am

To me that was sleeping through.

Although neither of mine napped during the day or if they did it meant they would still be bouncing off the walls at 2am

Oliver'smum Babies don't read the Baby books though. Mine were all walking by 9months! DS 1 didn't crawl until he saw DS2 doing it and at 3 started crawling everywhere.
Love that it was the cash desk do you think he will be working with money later. DS2 loved Maths and now counts thousands of £s at work.

Don't talk to me about A&E we had a cottage hospital and were greeted with the words "Hallo Mrs B which one is it this time?" I said it was just as well we were moving. Eldest was 8 and I had three boys by then. It was DS1 who had climbed through the window. No idea why!

Oh God I loved it when they started to crawl, gave me a bloody break from having to carry the kid every where I went.

'Not liking previous favourite meal'

This one is very irritating. I couldn't imagine it when he was before 12 months and cheerfully ate most things I gave him. Avocado on toast etc. Now he's 18 months and getting to the stage where he only wants chicken nuggets, and only if they're cut up and served in a little bag 😐

You spend ages teaching them to walk and talk...then you spend the next 10 years telling them to sit down and be quiet..

Aw OP. This is just the start of the fun gateway to hell..........................

Wait until he has gone up to London on his own for the first time with a description from you about how the tube works.

I discovered mine could crawl up the stairs at 5 months, when I found her halfway up. I'd already had a baby who did things in a reasonably slow timeframe so wasn't expecting it, especially when she missed out the potty stage altogether, and liked to balance on the edge of the toilet, alone with the door firmly closed at 13 months.

Babies don't read the Baby books though

A friends dd was reading by 2. Self taught. I would say how she found out but it would be too outing.

Ds is at college now. Studying a trade where he will do a lot of screwing things in and out.
He was so physical as a baby, he could take a bottle and feed him self at 6 weeks old.

@stiltonontoast 9 months too.

DO NOT ENCOURAGE THIS BEHAVIOUR.

Learn your lesson here and don’t encourage talking.....I spent ages encouraging ds to make sounds into words and now he doesn’t shut up. I haven’t had a quiet moment if he is in the house for 13 years. I know all kinds of useless crap as a result but “shut up” is now my most used phrase.

It gets worse.

Much worse.

Oh Mums...I so feel for you all.
I just want to add...Horse riding. skate boarding, RUGBY! Both DSs in the navy and on anti-piracy patrol.. etc etc. Can't you tell ..been there , done that..3 adult DC now

BUT..oh my I would go back to All OF IT IN A HEARTBEAT!
Please enjoy every stage..Babies/DC can and do survive.
Whether we ever forget is another matter..All my 3 have scars and I often 'joke' that I had my own reserved chair in A&E..

we spend 2 years teaching them to talk and walk, then 18 years telling them to be quiet and sit still.

Oh @Marylou62 what a sweet post. Any sign of grandchildren so you can do it all again but, crucially, without the nights?