10 month old not crawling SO MOANY

[Becky6X]

Hi,

I'm starting to get worried about my 10 month old. He turned 10 months on the 12th and he's still not crawling or attempting to pull up. I know I shouldn't compare but other babies his age have all been crawling and pulling up for a while now. He pushes up onto his hands and knees and starts to rock but will then flop back onto his belly and cry, which I think is frustration from not being able to move.

He was quite late in sitting up (8-9 months) but he does this with no problem now.

Also since he's turned 10 months he is sooooo miserable!!! He moans all day long and nothing can keep him happy for any longer than a minute or two. Is this just a phase or just his personality because I'm tearing my hair out trying to keep him entertained all day.

Does he sit up unaided - as in get into the sitting position by himself? I thought they learnt to do that after they crawled because it involves pushing back onto their knees (DD only sits up when I put her into that position so I don't know this one) so if he's doing that I think it's a really good sign.
I understand your worries, DD is a bit younger at 8 months but also not pulling up or crawling - but she does roll and shuffle backwards a lot so still gets around. I've had moments of intense worry but she is trying to crawl and pushes onto her knees a lot; but does then end up doing a backward shuffle.
But, she is doing really well at other things, like fine motor skills and communication, so I think she is putting a lot of effort into that. Also she's a long, heavy baby (98th centile) so I think these things are harder.
How is your baby otherwise with milestones?

I hear you OP, got an 8 month old who can sit well but can’t crawl and is very frustrated and moany about it! She rolls well and has great fine motor skills but just can’t get the arms bit of crawling figured out, and whinges non stop when she’s doing tummy time so we can’t even practise 😩 like PP my DD is on the 98th percentile too

@attillathenun DD is the opposite, she's got the arms figured out but when she pushes onto her knees she stays there for a minute then goes backwards! How is your baby with standing / bearing weight? dad can weight bear but she's pretty wobbly and can't do it for long - we definitely aren't at the pulling up stage yet. But I just met up with some friends today and the size and weight difference is really noticeable! I can see why she's struggling as there is a lot more of her to support

@zaffa she’s good at bearing weight and can stand up to do stuff (needs one of us to support her though because she randomly falls down!). We definitely aren’t at the pulling up stage either, I have a feeling we might just go straight to standing/walking and crawling will come later! DD is same as yours compared to other babies, she’s noticeably bigger/taller than the babies in our NCT group despite being similar in birth weight to them.

DD was predicted to be over 10 pounds at birth but was eight and a half, so I think 86th centile so she was never small but over lockdown she has shot up! I did raise it with the GP as she had been diagnosed recently with a milk allergy and they are keeping an eye but not hugely worried I don't think. I don't think I appreciated how much bigger she is until today, I can really understand now why it's taking her a bit longer with some of the milestones as they will require a lot of strength.

Does your daughter get into a sitting position by herself?

Hi. The two weeks before my baby started crawling he did nothing but whinge!! I think it's frustration at wanting to move. It was horrible. And whilst 10 months isn't exactly early, it's nothing to worry about. He will get there!