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11 month old hates crawling...

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margoandjerry · 19/09/2007 16:11

Is this normal? My only-just 11 month old has just learned to crawl (like last week) but she seems to hate it. She'll do a few "paces" then collapses to the floor crying and she looks up at me like a dying man crossing the desert!

What she actually wants to do is walk (which she can't) but we spend hours walking her up and down the flat - she likes to go into every room over and over again. She does this literally all day (thank god I have a job to go to...)

I'm assuming she wants to bypass the crawling stage and wants to go straight to walking but isn't able to walk yet (she still needs both hands held).

I'm not really worried about her being late with all this (though she is) as she was 1 month prem and I think had more delays than she was given credit for as she seemed so robust (7lbs 12!). And obviously it's fine if she doesn't crawl as I'm assuming she'll learn to walk within the next couple of months. Just wondering about the crying while crawling - is she just frustrated?

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noddy4 · 19/09/2007 20:12

My little girl didn't crawl until a week before her 1st birthday..she hated it too. I got her a walking truck thing which helped her stay on her feet and she finally walked at 15 months. She was really frustrated by not being able to walk un aided but no matter how hard i tried to teach her, she did it in her own time anyway!
She is, and always has been, a good eater which made her 'robust!' so i don't think that helped as her legs probably couldn't stand the weight for too long! Haha!

bobsi · 20/09/2007 12:22

My dd didn't crawl until 11.5 months and was walking by 13 months - we couldn't believe how quickly it all happened. I reckon your dd is frustrated and hopefully she'll give you all a lovely surprise like we had very soon.

slalomsuki · 20/09/2007 12:25

DS1 never crawled he couldn't do it and went straight to walking whereas DS2 crawled until he was 18 months before putting in any walking effort

margoandjerry · 20/09/2007 13:44

thanks all - very reassuring. Seems to be quite a common pattern. Back to walking her round the flat then...

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