Crawling
So my little one is 7 months going 8 in a week.
She currently arm crawls and will rock back and forth if I put her in the crawling position but doesn’t seem to understand how to do it that way. I’m in now way trying to rush development but I was wondering is there any ways to help her learn how to crawl on all fours.
If any of you have had this with your babies how long did it take for them to develop to crawl in that way if they did at all, as I know some don’t crawl “properly” and do just do the army move.
Anyone’s experience or advice would be great especially if you’ve been through it with your little ones 🙂
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My son didnt crawl until 14 months onwards - but he is late to crawling due to his conditions affecting his movement. You could try a ball that's made to encourage crawling, I found it in B&M for £6 and my son likes chasing it. You could also go behind your baby and move their arms and legs to get a feel of moving them to crawl - suggested by my son's physiotherapist x
I put baby in different tummy time exercises. I did row row row your boat on an exercise ball, and I put her tummy down on the floor or bed and then start dancing around her. Or I go to the local playground and plop her tummy down watching the other kiddos. I feel like with enough strength, she just figured out the most efficient / fastest way to crawl
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My girl was army crawling since 6 months old, started rocking back and forth at 7 months, crawled „properly” a few steps the day she turned 8 months and then for 2 of 3 weeks was going between army crawling and normal crawling until she realised she was faster proper crawling. Honestly I don’t think you can do much, they will just figure it out on their own ☺️