Babies Skipping Crawling

[aristocatz]

Someone at work was telling me that their child skipped crawling all together and went straight to walking. Is this common?

 

[Bounce_Tigger]

Yes. Some babies go right from sitting to cruising and walking, some "army crawl" then walk, some crawl for months.

My rule of thumb for child development: There is no "right way" for anything. There are very few "wrong ways" for anything as well. Babies learn different skills in different orders at different ages. They all figure it all out, eventually.

 

[badblackpug]

My younger daughter did it. She would roll, and then she walked. She never crawled.

She walked at 13 months.

My younger son was crawling fool. He walked a few days before his 1st birthday.

My friend's daughter never crawled and got up and walked at 9 months.

 

[zurgswife]

Not very common. But I thought I read somewhere that crawling is a huge link to development later in life.

There is an interesting theory about a link between lack of crawling and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. It all has to do with a reflex we are born with called the "symmetric tonic neck reflex" (STNR). This reflex helps us operate our upper and lower body independently. Usually this reflex is inhibited, or matures, between nine and twelve months. When a child gains independent control of his or her neck, arms and legs, the STNR is matured. This can be achieved through alternate hands and knees crawling for at least six months. When this reflex does not integrate, some of the symptoms are:

Tendency to slump when sitting at a desk
Difficulty keeping bottom in seat and feet on the floor when sitting at a desk
Poor eye-hand coordination
Slowness at copying tasks
Difficulty copying from a blackboard while at a desk
Difficulty with vertical tracking (important for math equations)
Poor attention
Clumsiness

 

[HelenePA]

My oldest never crawled but she did scoot on her butt before she walked. She also had open heart surgery as an infant so we dont know if that had something to do with it or not. My 2nd dd crawled early very early like 4.5 months old and walked at 8.5-9 months old. It is not a good thing to have them walk that early.. they are too stupid lol

 

[disneymarie]

My middle child skipped the crawling for the most prt. She would stand hold onto things then walk. That was if I recall 9-10 months. The younger son decided he wanted to be so big and stood , pulled up to standing at 5-6 months. The older son did everything by the book, the youngest walked at 11 months and did not have a first tooth until 13 months. She was a daredevile in the walker and scoot bike.they must have used crawling at points but primarily did pull up and walk around. Not freely until ready.

 

[mombrontrent]

My oldest never crawled but she did scoot on her butt before she walked. She also had open heart surgery as an infant so we dont know if that had something to do with it or not. My 2nd dd crawled early very early like 4.5 months old and walked at 8.5-9 months old. It is not a good thing to have them walk that early.. they are too stupid lol

My youngest also walked at 9 months. She was also the tinest little thing, always below the 3rd percentile so she looked so funny walking around, people always commented on it. She was about 14 lbs!

 

[badblackpug]

My oldest never crawled but she did scoot on her butt before she walked. She also had open heart surgery as an infant so we dont know if that had something to do with it or not. My 2nd dd crawled early very early like 4.5 months old and walked at 8.5-9 months old. It is not a good thing to have them walk that early.. they are too stupid lol

I remember when my friend's daughter was walking at that age, it was so strange to see such a little baby walking around.

 

[momof1princess]

DD is 15 yo, and never crawled. she would scoot across the carpet on her backside, using her legs, but we never saw her crawl. she went straight from scooting to walking. ah, memories. learning to walk was SO much easier for her than learning to drive.

 

[mimmi]

I skipped crawling but I strongly suspect it had something to do with my mother supporting this. She was very competitive and what I get from pictures she seemed to have helped me walking by holding my hands I guess mainly in order to show others how advanced I was . (she also wanted me to sit my daughter up before she was ready and stuff like that)

I have two friends who are teachers and they told me both that crawling is important for brain development, something to do with coordination?
There are exercises spefically for children who might be lacking in this area because they skipped crawling. If they have a kid in class who seems to have difficulties with coordination and other stuff, they those exercises with them a lot.

 

[shortbun]

Not very common. But I thought I read somewhere that crawling is a huge link to development later in life.

There is an interesting theory about a link between lack of crawling and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. It all has to do with a reflex we are born with called the "symmetric tonic neck reflex" (STNR). This reflex helps us operate our upper and lower body independently. Usually this reflex is inhibited, or matures, between nine and twelve months. When a child gains independent control of his or her neck, arms and legs, the STNR is matured. This can be achieved through alternate hands and knees crawling for at least six months. When this reflex does not integrate, some of the symptoms are:

Tendency to slump when sitting at a desk
Difficulty keeping bottom in seat and feet on the floor when sitting at a desk
Poor eye-hand coordination
Slowness at copying tasks
Difficulty copying from a blackboard while at a desk
Difficulty with vertical tracking (important for math equations)
Poor attention
Clumsiness

This! My son WAS going to skip this important development step and a friend qued me in. We got some toys that would encourage the development of back and neck muscles. We saw a development expert for some exersizes and did them every day with our son. If you talk to your pediatrician about skipping crawling, they should direct you about compensating. It's nothing to brag about, although most parents think their child is a genius for skipping steps. I made that mistake(the genius thoughts) a couple of times, lol!

 

[Aliceacc]

My son rolled, over and over, from one end of the room to the other.

From that, for the most part, he cruised, then walked.

I don't think it indicates anything at all. Each child is different. They don't read the "What to Expect" books, so they don't always do things that adults have decided they should at the precise moment, or in the precise manner, that the adults have decided they should.

My pediatrician merely told us we should videotape it, and show my son when he got older.

 

[MeggerasMa]

I had a hopper. DD#2 never,and I mean never, crawled. She would sit up straight, cross her legs at the ankle and hop everywhere. It was the funniest thing to see and she did this until she began to walk at 11 months.

Today she is in her twenties and an honor grad with a Master's from a top name university. I certainly wouldn't buy into the idea that not crawling is indicative of a learning disability. JMO and experience.

 

[ellone]

My 2nd dd crawled early very early like 4.5 months old and walked at 8.5-9 months old. It is not a good thing to have them walk that early.. they are too stupid lol

My younger daughter was walking by 9 months - she was fine. She was always big (99 percentile) so people just assumed she was older. She is doing everything earlier - she just wants to catch up to her big sister.

 

[punkin]

Neither of my girls crawled and according to my mother neither did I. Maybe it's genetic?

 

[Becky2005]

My 2nd dd crawled early very early like 4.5 months old and walked at 8.5-9 months old. It is not a good thing to have them walk that early.. they are too stupid lol

I wouldn't so much say they are too stupid but as I tell everyone, I would NOT wish an early walker on anyone!!! My 2nd one walked at 9 months. My MIL told me my DH walked at 9 months....I thought she was going a little senile. She told me this when my oldest was about 9-10 months and she wasn't even close to walking.

THEN....I got one. My oldest son did give me a hint in the hospital when he tried to crawl off my shoulder a couple of hours old -- newborns should NOT be able to do that.

He basically got moved to the 18 month old room in daycare since he was attempting to climbing on the other babies! YIKES!!! He was way too mobile for the room he was in even though he was the correct age.

I was never so happy in my life when my 3rd child wasn't close to walking early!

I have read that crawling is a developmental stage but it's not like you can do anything about it if they decide they are going to skip crawling so they can be off running/climbing on everything before they are even a year old. THESE are the children those harnesses were made for -- since he was walking so early, had running down early too and could be gone in a flash when something caught his eye. That boy always kept me on my toes when younger...it does get easier when they get older for that.

 

[taitai]

My eldest never crawled. Starting walking at 9 months. The pediatrician said she was seeing more and more of this. Connected it to the Back to Sleep movement and the fact that kids just aren't on their stomach that much anymore.

Anyway, he didn't crawl under his twin brothers came along and started to crawl. Then, he stopped walking altogether for a while and just crawled along with them.

 

[penn19]

I had heard that less babies were crawling now because of the back vs tummy sleeping thing. But it seems like there is a wide range of ages in these posts, so maybe that isn't true!

 

[penn19]

My eldest never crawled. Starting walking at 9 months. The pediatrician said she was seeing more and more of this. Connected it to the Back to Sleep movement and the fact that kids just aren't on their stomach that much anymore.

Anyway, he didn't crawl under his twin brothers came along and started to crawl. Then, he stopped walking altogether for a while and just crawled along with them.

We posted at the same time! But I knew I had heard it before.

 

[It'sWDW4me]

My middle brother did the army crawl until he started walking and THEN he learned to crawl. My youngest brother did the butt-scoot and/or rolled. DS did an army crawl and/or rolled. Middle brother and DS both have ADHD... with a vengeance ... but youngest brother is so very laid back - polar opposite.