Is this normal for a 10 month old?

Question

My daughter is 10 months old and for a while now she does get up on her knees and wabble some, but she wont crawl. I give her lot of tummy time with my 2 1/2 year old, but she scoots backwards and rolls everywhere. She wont even walk around in her walker. Should I be worried about her leg strenght or is she just maybe going to be a slow learner? My oldest daughter was 11 months old when she was pulling up on things and walking around, and I know I cant compair them but I am just worried that there is something wrong with her legs. She is also alot bigger than my oldest daughter was at her age, so could her weight have something to do with it?

Answer 1

I would bring it up at the next visit, but babies all develop differently. I am sure there is nothing to worry about.

I had a 9 month walker, a 1-year walker, and have a 14month old who is just figuring out the walking.

Some babies never crawl.

They dont read the books we get on them !!! (I wish they would sometimes).

Answer 2

babies are on their own schedule. they all do things at different paces. My nephew is six months old and he has been sitting up for two months now and getting up on his knees and looking like he is going to crawl soon. My son is five months old and he isn't even close to sitting up . MY daughter (almost two now) didn't even sit up until she was 9 months old and when that happened she wouldn't crawl but she scooted across the floor and then right around her first birthday she started walking. So she didn't really ever crawl.

Answer 3

Babies need motivation, my son didn't crawl until he could pull himself up because until then he could get to all his toys by rolling. Then he could stand and see all the neat-o stuff he could pull off of the desk, the buttons on the tv, etc, etc.

I have no clue about walkers because they are banned where I live, have you tried holding her up in your lap?

Honeslty though the normal age range for walking is 8-16 months.

Allegedly large babies are late to crawl and walk. My son was a huge pudgey baby -26lbs at 8 months- and he crawled and walked all in about a week and a half at 9 months. Now there is no stopping him.

Answer 4

heavier babies sometimes are slower to walk as their bodies, due to their weight, require more muscles and energy to move.

Walkers are generally not considered to be helpful for baby's motor development although this is typically a very western perpective. (many babies in Asia still use walkers well.)

In order to help her, you can also do some exercises with her. lie her on her back and push her left knee and move her right hand down to touch it. And then right knee touching left hand. This is eventually the motion she will have to master to crawl and so doing this will possibly help prepare her mind for the coordination aspect of it.

Bottom line, your baby is well within range and so you shouldn't worry too much. They all take their time - and babies who walk and move TOO EARLY sometimes develop rather serious joint problems. SO faster is not always better.

Answer 5

Do not worry. Babies start to walk at all different times. Some walk earlier than others. The average age to start walking is 15 months. Just give her some time & let her learn at her own pace. If you're really concerned, talk to her doctor at her 12 month well check up.

Answer 6

Every child develops differently. IHer weight, unless extreme, should not affect her locomotion. There is a very wide range of what is considered "normal". Because she is scooting I would bet that she is perfectly healthy. If she seems "floppy" than she needs to be checked out. However, it sounds to me like she is strong enough, but not interested in walking or crawling yet! Keep doing what you are doing and it will come.

Answer 7

Her weight and her birth order are probably both contributing factors. I wouldn't worry; none of my kids was crawling yet at that age, and my third girl wouldn't put any weight on her legs and didn't walk till 18 months (or crawl till 14 mo.). She was just lazy; she's fine now.

Answer 8

First, the walker, there are new studies that show they may actually inhibit them from learnign to walk.
Second, no you can't compare them even though I KNOW how hard that is LOL (I haev 2 that are very differetn myself)
She's not really "behind" yet and may just skip that step even. My oldest went from rolling to pulling up, never really crawled unti after she walked.

Answer 9

Some people go sharight to walking and skip crawling so that may be it

Answer 10

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