i couldnt agree more, kids do things SO differently and at such different times, if she was 1 maybe id be looking into it, but 8 months would be pretty normaly i think. DD didnt mind tummy time but didnt crawl till 10 1/2 months, and even then it wasnt a proper crawl....one leg bent one leg straight...looked very funny, but only did that for a few weeks and was walking by 11 months (well...wobbling) and is now 2 and pretty well rounded .
I remember when my DD was tiny and i was worried about milestones, a friend told me ''by the time they are three they have all pretty much got the the same level and it doesnt matter who did what first then'' i always remembered that and just let DD do her own thing! hugs to you.
8 months is not late at all for crawling. My DD is a week shy of one year old and only does a half assed commando crawl, and out of my mother group only 2 babies are 'proper' crawling and only one is walking. BTW she loved tummy time and first rolled at about 4 weeks, so you see huge variations on development milestones which are all OK.
I know it is hard not to worry but on this one it really isn't time for concern, and it won't be time for concern for quite awhile yet.
Maybe I didn't express myself properly - it's not that I want DD to crawl *now*, I just became worried that she wouldn't crawl at all. I just read so much anecdotal evidence about non-crawlers, it freaked me out.
I don't think she will ever want to roll from back to tummy.... does it really matter??
Reading all your stories, it doesn't seem to.
DD can't get around by any means - she is just content to sit there. I was just worried that she might not have progressed by 1 year. Sounds stupid now that I'm writing this down....
Suffice it to say, I am no longer worried. And I have stopped googling.
P.S. This forum is amazing. I have used other sites and you might get 1 response... I have received so much support here in just a few hours. Thank you.
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