Is my 7mo behind already?

[RubyFruitSunday]

I have a 7 month old DD. She is beautiful, sunny, eats and sleeps well and is generally doing wonderful in that respect.

But compared to some of the babies of the same age from my groups she doesn't do very much - they are all super active by now and can army crawl or bum shuffle around DD just stays sat in the same place until she is moved. She doesn't really seem interested in moving at all really even when I put toys slightly out of reach.

Its starting to put me off meeting up with people because of the head tilt and 'oh is she still not trying to move?' comments.

She can roll from front to back, but has also never rolled from back to front despite my best efforts. She sits really well though and weight bears on her legs.

I just dont know whether to worry or not, she is my first so I've no idea. My mum also said i was very much on the move by her age...

DD just stays sat in the same place until she is moved

Just ENJOY that! It won't be much longer & you'll be weeping for the days when you could just put her down & know she'd still be where you put her!!

The walking OR talking thing I've always found to be true too. So it's likely she'll be 'more advanced' with talking than they are.

Besides 7 months isn't slow to be moving anyway & it really, truly doesn't matter!!

Please just try to ENJOY her, they really do grow up madly quickly, even if each 'stage' seems to last forever at the time, it really is a blink of an eye.

I hope all the replies on this thread have given you some reassurance @RubyFruitSunday ❤️ my experience at baby groups have been similar to yours! I had no idea how competitive people could be over what their children can/can’t do 😳😳
Just to add to everyone else, my DS started commando crawling around 8 months (which was very late compared to the other children at our baby group!). He wasn’t interested in moving before that. He just randomly started moving one day when doing tummy time! Within a couple of weeks he was commando crawling like a pro 🙈 by about 8.5ish months he was pulling himself up on furniture and was cruising and surfaces by about 9.5 months! He walked independently at 10.5 months 😳 and within 2 weeks of his “first steps” I could just hold his hand and walk to the local shop with him. He completely skipped the “wobbly” baby walking stage and just went to full on toddler!

He learned to properly crawl about a week before he started walking. And he was the first one walking in our baby group. In fact, the one who crawled the earliest (around 5/6m If I remember correctly!) has only just taken her first steps recently at 16 months.
Just try and keep in mind that when they’re all lined up in the school playground, nobody can tell who crawled and walked first 🤷🏻‍♀️ They all do things in their own time 😊

I'm not an expert with these things but I myself didn't walk until I was 15 months! I'm someone who doesn't have any issues. I don't think milestones, especially physical ones, have any bearing on how your child will be. I'm first time mum too and I'm sure I'll still worry though (currently 7 weeks)!

Mine wasn't crawling it trying to move at 7 months. He couldn't even sit up without toppling over.

Also, I'd take the comments from the other Mums with a pinch of salt. I used to feel the same as you when the other Mums in my group talked about their babies, but it turned out they were exaggerating!

Aw thank you so much everyone, I feel better now and even a little silly!

How strange that when the window of normal is so big we only seem to know babies who hit these milestones so early!

I agree that it is probably a blessing that she stays where shes put at the moment, I hadn't thought of it like that but I will make the most of it then

My HV told me that children either concentrate on walking or talking first so your DD must be working out how to speak before she concentrates on crawling and walking.

DD as a baby would always be sat down watching the world around her rather than trying to move. She was an early talker but walking didn't happen until about 16 months. I can't remember how old she was when she started crawling exactly. It was a bit later than her peers but the talking was much earlier so I would tell people she had been concentrating on talking and walking was next!

She'd still rather chat than move about and she's 14 now!

Mine were all crawling at six months and sitting up. My neighbour's baby sat propped up, no showing interest in moving or speaking. This went on until his second birthday. We were invited round to celebrate and he was still non verbal and sat in a chair. Halfway through the proceedings, he got up, walked around and spoke in sentences. Everyone was astounded. An extreme case, but there turned out to be absolutely nothing wrong with him. He just decided when he was ready. There's no point in making comparisons.

She is beautiful, sunny, eats and sleeps well and is generally doing wonderful in that respect.

THIS IS ALL THAT MATTERS.

if your child is content, growing, smiley,. eating, developing at their own pace.thenshe FINE.

There's no set rules to when babies crawl, some don't ever crawl. Some crawl at 4 months, some only crawl backwards, some bum shuffle, some army crawl, some roll everywhere.

I wished for my first born (known girl) to be an independent, fiesty girl who knew her own mind. Which is what I got. She sat up at 4 months and was walking before a year. She also hardly slept and throws epic tantrums at 2.5.

My second born, I wished for a content potato and luckily it’s what I seem to have! 5.5 months old, doesn’t roll or sit up. Content to just ‘be’ with us. Regularly (but not always) slept through the night from 4 weeks.
God bless the potato babies of the world 🙌🏻

@WhoAre I properly lol'd at "fucking unit"! 🤣

@couchparsnip that's interesting to know, she is a right chatter box (although a lot of dada and no mama ) so could very well be true in her case!

Tried to tempt her towards me with some toast this morning and she was having none of it, ah well