To be utterly sick of the concerned head tilts...

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When I tell people that my 11 month old is neither walking or crawling. And yes they have asked.

They all do the tilt, tut, some have even said "oh dear" and then gone on to recount tales of babies they knew that practically tap danced out of the womb.

I wouldn't even be concerned if it wasn't for these reactions. 11 months is perhaps on the late side but surely it's well within normal, given crawling isn't even technically a milestone? What exactly are they trying to imply about my baby, that she has shit knees or something?

Thank you all so much! I have been reading these replies all day but only getting to respond now. It's so nice to know my DD isn't doomed to a life of shame due to not crawling.

I genuinely can't believe how competitive some parents are. I am really, really not competitive, so it wouldn't even occur to me to give a shit about when other babies are hitting their milestones, only that I have had so many comments.

And I really have had lots. We seem to be surrounded by early movers. At a baby group recently, every single child was crawling, walking and pulling up, even a seven month old, except mine. Went to the paddling pool--two ten month old walkers. Neighbour's neice has a baby a month younger than mine, so I've heard all about her over the garden fence - yep she's walking. All my neices and nephews were walking by now, according to their parents. Honestly it's been ridiculous!

Please just enjoy your baby. They are all little sponges learning all the time. We just don't always see what they are working on at that time. I bet that your little one is busy learning how to read body language, watching the way you put away the laundry or some other totally random thing that we can't see and quantify.