Any tips for making crawling easier?

[mrsjuan]

In no way do I want to come across as 'pushy' and I am well aware that my life will be a lot harder once DD has got the hang of crawling but I'm really after some ideas to help her get the hang of it.

At the moment she is dragging herself around and occasionally managing to get up onto all fours and do a couple of 'paces' before collapsing in a heap.

All fine except for the fact that the whole time she is doing this she is making such a fuss - moaning, groaning, screeching etc! She sounds like an actor in a bad war film.

I keep picking her up and putting her in a different position but she just keeps trying again. She is desperate to do it so I just wondered if anyone had any suggestions - perhaps clothing or surface to make things a bit easier for her.

I think she'll get there very soon anyway but anything that makes it all a bit less dramatic would be welcome

You just have to wait, sorry!

bare feet

Trousers not dresses.
Knees get caught on the hem of dresses and skirts.
Otherwise just give her time and she'll work it out.

She'll get there. DS used to get on all fours to crawl, I'd get all excited then he would put his leg out to the side like he was about to attempt some breakdancing. A couple of months later, he was off and he hasn't stopped since.

dd2 is at this stage-she spends alot of time going backwards on our slippery floorboards and getting stuck in corners or under bits of furniture and shouting about it

it's frustrating but you really just have to let them get on with it. dd1 seemed to take forever to get it sorted!

Thanks - she's so close.

I'll try some trousers and bare feet and some earplugs (for me )

We've spent the last 8 weeks saying he's nearly crawling and he eventually did it today at 10 1/2 months. I have no idea why he was suddenly able. It is frustrating but you just have to let them get annoyed and eventually it'll happen.

A friend had twin girls who learned to crawl at roughly the same time - except that whilst one learned to crawl forwards, the other could only crawl backwards and used to be regularly found under the sideboard, having backed herself into a corner and being unable to get out.

It will happen when your dc is ready - and then you will worry about them learning to walk, and talk, and ride a bike, and swim, and read, and write, and doing their GCSEs and A levels and degree, and getting married and having their first child..... There will always be something, and it is honestly better if you can relax a bit from the word go, and enjoy each stage while it lasts.

jolly 8 weeks . I can't cope with her wounded soldier impressions for another 8 days let alone 8 weeks Well done to your DS for finally getting it.

staying She's pretty determined to go forwards . I know it sounds like I'm wishing her life away but I'm not, honestly. I love watching her roll around the floor - it's just the histrionics she's putting on with every crawling attempt!

My DSs all three went backwards before they went forwards .

Carpeted floors are better for grip than hard floors/floor boards.

I would second trousers and bare feet rather than dresses.

Or, if you are feeling flush, you could get these .

None of the above will make much of a difference, she will do it when she is ready whatever you do .

BTW I love it when they get more mobile and independent. It is great to see them dicovering more of their world. Never bought into the old "oh, your life will be hell when they are mobile" .
Just enjoy!!

Hi, my ds is the same, hes just turned one, he wont sit by himself, although he can, and rolls everywhere. hes now comando crawling, and while he doesnt grunt anymore he doesnt try to get onto his hands either, he just drags his body around, and slightly uses his knees. Hopefully your dd will start crawling without the noises soon too

I saw the title and thought; take the bottle of wine out of your mouth.

TBH I don't think there's much you can do. It sounds cute though! LOL at "bad war film"!
Take a video to show her when she's older!

Sorry I can't be more help.

DS never got past the commando stage and just got up and walked at 10 months. We didn't have the frustration when he was trying to do it, but like everything else with him he seemed to be planning it in his head for about 2 weeks and would be very frustrated before hand IYSWIM

She might not be a crawler - she might instead turn out to be a 'bum shuffler' like my little laddie was. I used to despair whenever I tried to give him some 'tummy time' (at the insistence of a pushy Health Visitor who seemed to feel that not doing so was tantamount to child abuse) because it was clear he absolutely hated lying on his tummy for more than a minute or so. Once he'd learned to sit up unaided however, the bum-shuffle followed very quickly, and he would bounce across the carpet, head bobbing and arms flapping, like he had springs in his nappy! Never once crawled - he went straight from that to walking. Now he's three years old and does practically everything at a hundred miles an hour - and actually DOES crawl occasionally too. Just don'r worry - she'll find her own way of getting around when she's ready.

She seems to have given up on the crawling attempts for the time being in preference of a very effective worm like shuffle . Seems to serve her purposes very well without the effort of holding her belly above ground for too long

@ worm like shuffle.

Just wanted to add, all 3 of mine crawled more after they had learned to walk , yes they are psychos, one and all !
I think it was because they just felt more stable on all 4s until walking was a more established skill.