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6 month old cruising but not walking?!

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Catflapping · 15/10/2022 19:32

My wee DD is 6 months old, she can sit up by herself and will get in to crawling position but is yet to move forwards. Instead over the course of the last week she has perfected rolling towards any furniture, sitting up and then pulling herself up to standing on the furniture. Then she cruises along to get to anything interesting. I’ve had to drop the cot to the lowest level as we wake up to her stood up against the side of the crib. She shows no interest in crawling, just drops to her tummy and gets anywhere she wants to be by rolling. Did anyones baby do this and then go back to crawling? Is it a problem if she doesn’t crawl, Google is sending me down a rabbit hole of it being anywhere from nothing to worry about to the end of the world! I’ve just had to get the travel cot out because haven’t baby proofed anything she might smack he head on if she falls backwards!

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annamaria22 · 16/10/2022 15:30

Catflapping · 15/10/2022 19:32

My wee DD is 6 months old, she can sit up by herself and will get in to crawling position but is yet to move forwards. Instead over the course of the last week she has perfected rolling towards any furniture, sitting up and then pulling herself up to standing on the furniture. Then she cruises along to get to anything interesting. I’ve had to drop the cot to the lowest level as we wake up to her stood up against the side of the crib. She shows no interest in crawling, just drops to her tummy and gets anywhere she wants to be by rolling. Did anyones baby do this and then go back to crawling? Is it a problem if she doesn’t crawl, Google is sending me down a rabbit hole of it being anywhere from nothing to worry about to the end of the world! I’ve just had to get the travel cot out because haven’t baby proofed anything she might smack he head on if she falls backwards!

What exactly are you worried about? My daughter didn't crawl until 9 months... I've hardly heard anyones baby crawled by 6 months. The fact that she is sitting independently and rolls around a lot is right on track or even advanced.

Ian0808 · 21/10/2022 11:49

They will develop in their own time, nothing to worry about here IMHO. My daughter didn't walk until she was about 18 months, just used to shuffle around on her bum. Heath visitor did flag it up as an issue, once she was up there was no stopping her. Her first sports day in Reception year and she won the running race easily :)

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