8 months and still not moving - is this the norm??

[Nataz26]

Hi just to put my own mind at rest, when do people lo's start ,my dd wont roll over, crawl etc. Is there something we should be doing?

I think it can vary hugely. My girls didn't roll over til 6 months, and both crawled at 9 months, but ds has rolled at 4 and crawled at 7, another baby I know his age has only just rolled and can't sit up yet, so it can vary loads, and not mean anything. They will all do it at some point !
You can't really encourage her to roll, other than make sure she has the space to, should she want to, or place toys just out of reach, so she would have to reach out to get them and try to move herself.
But don't worry she will do it when she is ready.

It's fine. Mine is 1 in a couple of weeks. Hasn't been sitting for that long, still doesn't roll over, wails if she ends up on her front, (though she has just, and I mean just, realised she can prop herself up on her hands), and hasn't the first idea what legs are for.... She's getting there though, albeit slowly.

Put her on the floor on her belly and leave her there. Seriously. Wherever you go in the house, take her with you, then put her at your feet. Preferably on her tummy.

Don't sit her next to you on the soft sofa & prop her with cushions all the time like we did

By the way, DD never crawled. Rolled over at over a year. Walked at 18 months but only if we put her on her feet first. Managed to pull up only at 22 months. I was pulling my hair out.

don't worry! my ds didnt start crawling until he was well over 10 months - i thought he was never going to move and just sit there and look at me forever! he is now 14 mo and only tentatively exploring the idea of walking - think it will be a while. It does feel like every other baby we know of his age is racing around but MN has been here to reassure me that its ok that he's not.

DD2 rolled from side to side at around 3-4 months old, I think. She didn't weight bear on her legs though until she was over the age of 12 months. She didn't crawl until after she learned to walk - at around 15.5/16 months. She didn't learn to go from the lying to sitting position or the sitting position to standing until around 2 weeks before she started walking ... and then did it all in one day!

My niece has SMA2 though and my mother was concerned about her lack of movement when she was around 9 months old, which prompted my S-I-L to take her to the doctors for testing. That's when they found out that she had SMA (Spinal Muscular Atrophy) and she's been in a wheel chair ever since.

Even though DD2 didn't move until really late on (although she did start a weird kind of bumb shuffle at around 12 months old) my gut feeling was that this was just her way and as we were also under the watch of a health visitor, I didn't insist on tests or anything.

All children are different and develop at different rates but what I'm trying to say is that if you have any questions/worries about your DD then do take her along to your GP and ask them, it'll be worth it just for your peace of mind and, in my experience, they never make a mother feel that they are wasting their time if it's concerning a baby/young child.

I thought ds was never going to move. He finally crawled at 13 months and I wondered what I had been complaining about - it was wonderful having a stationary baby! But then he walked very soon after, at 14 months, which was fairly average for his set of friends. My personal view is that there's nothing you should be doing (unless you are seriously concerned about your baby's development), they are all individuals, just relax and enjoy your un-baby-proofed house!

Hi, my dd is not rolling either, or crawling and she is 10m. All she wants to do is stand but cant pull herself up to standing yet and it is so exhausting! This time next year we pobably wont even remember when our lo's crawled or rolled (I cant with ds who's now 4!)

My LO crawled at 13 months and walked at 20 months. Taking his prematurity into consideration he crawled at 10 months and walked at 17 months. They do things in their own time.

My twin walked at 10 months and i walked at 18 months. Every child is different. Try not to worry about things, it will all happen when your little one is ready

gosh my friend's dd is 12 months and can't crawl, bum shuffle or walk yet and they don't seem overly worried. I wouldn't be concerned by 8 months. Can she sit?

My DD and her friend at Toddler group were born 1 day apart. Mine rolled first, sat up first and crawled first. Just before Xmas they were 9 months old and the other baby still just sat. Since the Xmas hols she has started crawling and is so fast, agile and confident that looking at the 2 of them together you'd think she was the one who learned first.

Thanks for your stories. Guess we just wait and see. She sort of sits but not properly yet. Suppose I should be pleased I'm not racing around after her all day lol

dont worry! crawling age varies soo much and so many babies dont even do it that it is not even part of developmental milestones that hvs/gps check. bet your dd has more interesting skills that she's concentrating on!
my 8mo ds does roll and crawl (backwards only, usually into walls) but my friend's baby is 9mo and does neither - she is ahead of him in lots of other ways tho. have heard that boys often quicker to acquire physical skills like crawling and girls quicker to get verbal skills. think which will be more useful in years to come and be glad!