Did/does anyone have a baby who didn't crawl?

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DS 8 months sits really well, but no signs of crawling, hates tummy time and although stands with our help doesn't pull himself up....worry??

Not crawling is a soft sign for dyslexia susitwoshoes. DS has had SLD for literacy, but he is forcast all As and A*s for GCSE so not too much of a problem.

He did a lot of swimming from a baby which I think helped as well as piano lessons from the age of 6. both excercise the brain in the same sort of way crawling does.

DS crawled and walked, he is dyslexic, and really struggles with writing.
DD1 bottom shuffled, nearly walked then crawled for 1 month, she is mildly dyslexic (not diagnosed, but is on school action at my request).
DD2 bottom shuffled for ever, never walked, shows no signs of dyslexia.

Just because two things tend to go together doesn't mean one indicates the other. (Global warming and a decrease in piracy follow the same graph, but that doesn't means more pirates would mean the climate is getting colder.)

It is a long time since I read the literature but most of the things I found about this years ago where in the lines of the following extract:

Crawling builds on all of the earlier skills of developmental movement. The diagonal movements of crawling and spiral turns show us the action of nerve fibers crossing over between the right brain and left brain. These connections linking the cerebral cortex are vital for language, reading, writing and math. Good communication between the brain hemispheres is essential to all problem solving and complex thinking such as sciences and creative work. Ability to see the whole and the part, and all their relationships, is developed through crawling.

Vision continues to develop with crawling as the eyes begin to move independently of the head. Hearing and spatial intelligence (basic to math) both become more complex with crawling.

www.themlrc.org/enewsletter/feb2008/0108movement.htm

Now, don't panic, the good news is that it is never too late to start. You may have a child that made up for the lack of crawling through other activities and that is absolutely fine.

Now, if there is a real problem, like dispraxia, crawling will help even if it is used as a therapy for an fully grown up adult.

Only one of my 3 crawled and that was commando style, just on his elbows and dragging his legs [lazy]. ds1 stood, cruised and walked and dd bottom shuffled.

The doctor who did ds2's 9 month check told me the same thing regarding ds1 not crawling... she told me i should encourage him to do it even at this stage (3 at the time) as it can still have beneficial effects on development. ds1 still can't crawl and is most likely dyspraxic so i have to say there could be something to it. ds2's SALT told me exactly the same thing at a later date.

My eldest - the non-crawler - has crap co-ordination and fine motor skills, not good at sport and didn't ride a bike til he was about 11. Completely different to the other two.

Both of mine started crawling at 11 months, they crawled for 4 weeks or so and then walked just past their first birthdays.
They were both running and jumping by 18 months.

Both hated tummy time too.

Hopefully number three will be the same, non-moving babies are much easier

my DD did not crawl until 11 month. she was a great cruiser though (started at about 9 month).

Ds1 (now 3.10) never crawled of shuffled in any way. He hated being on his tummy. He'd sit and scream with frustration. He'd stand holding onto stuff and then scream with frustration (a testing time for all ).

This went on until he was 13months and then one day, out of the blue, he toddled across the room !

Ds2 is 10 months old and on the cusp of crawling (rocking backwards and forwards). We're waiting with bated breath!

DS bumshuffled at 13 months, suddenly decided to crawl, fast, at 17 months (I was pleased with that - as I was concerned about the impact it might have on his later development) and walked at 19 months!

Numerous doctors were unconcerned by this slow state of affairs. The bigger concern is non walking (cf non crawling) and even that doesn't get any attention until c19 months, depending on who you talk to.

8 months is very young to be worrying - DS would bum shuffle about a bit and then pull himself up and started walking at 11 months - then discovered crawling at 13 months and stopped walking as crawling was faster

My DD didn't move at all for the first 15 months of her life . My friends were so jealous that I could plonk her down in the middle of a room with a few toys and she would happily sit there and play whilst my friends were chasing their 'toddlers' around the room . Even once she started to crawl she wasn't that bothered about moving around. She eventually walked at 23 months after much encouragement. It did worry me at the time, but to look at her now you would never know .

My son was the total opposite - crawled at 8 months, cruised at 10 months and was walking by his 1st birthday - was quite a shock after DD - felt like I didn't have my baby for very long .

the time scale for crawling is about 6 months to 13 months. so it is too early to start worrying. what you can do is 'teach' your dc to crawl - ie crawl yourself on the floor and encourage her to do it. for babies that don't crawl, it is good to get them to crawl in retrospect so after they have learnt to walk, even when they are 3, 4 , 5 play lots of being lions/tigers games as this can awaken movement reflexes which improve many neural functions such as good co ordination

just enjoy it!! once they can crawl they will be into everything and you will be running around madly!