Would YOU be worried?

[Kazmar]

Depends on whats his mental abilities are. Talking, eye contact, understanding of 'mum', 'dad' etc. I dont give a poo when my kids crawl, walk etc, I think talking etc is FAR more important....

My friends little girl did crawl till 13.5 months and didn't walk till 18 months, she's fine and healthy now 3.5 yrs

[CinderToriella]

Yes i agree talking babbling mental abliities are ore important but i think by 13 months its important they are showing some signs of moving around or trying to,crawling and walking are pretty different than trying to move around

Sue is he rolling over? Moving on his belly? anything ike that

[boomba]

Its hatrd to know what is right and wrong with so many different views and information out there....maybe ask her if she has a gut feeling something is wrong...thats the best way. Like the girls said is he showing signs of talking babbling, pointing, reaching grapsing etc? Some kids are slow walker and crawlers...my biys were fast crawlers but slw walkers and talkers but Ds1 is very normal now!
Hope she can get some info to put her mind at ease

[Miss E]

TBH If it was me, I would be concerned. Yes I totally believe that babies do things in their own time, and hopefully that's just the case here. But, if it was me, I would probably be thinking about getting a referral to a paed just to check things out. You said he just sits there, does that mean he's sitting unassisted? If he is that's a good sign, but even so, I'd be upping the activity, taking him to the park etc and putting him places which will encourage him to want to explore, maybe trying gymbaroo, taking him to places where there are other young children etc anything really to show him that he can move and perhaps try and create the desire to iykwim. GL hun, hope everything is well with your friends little man and he's just doing things his own way.

[feeb]

They are all so different.

Is he doing other things? rolling, reaching for toys, babbling etc??

DS1 didnt crawl till 13 months, he didnt walk til 21 months. He now at 28 months is always running, climbing etc.
DS2 is not interested in crawling or anything he can roll but when laid on floor he cracks it very quickly and wants to sit up. If sitting next to us he can pull up on our clothing to a stand.

I hope all is ok.

[Visitor7]

DD2 was meeting all of her milestones, except for the fact that she couldn't be bothered to crawl until 13 months, and walk until 17 months. And even then, we had to really push her to do those things. I wasn't concerned at all as she was reaching all of her other milestones.
So I guess if your friends' ds is meeting other milestones, then there shouldn't be much concern.

[MrsFabuloso]

If he is getting about in other ways like cruising, creeping, rolling, bum shuffling then I wouldn't be concerned at all. But if he is just sitting there not attempting to mvoe about at all, I would be begining to get concerned at 13mths. Maybe she could go and speak to a gp and get a referral to a paediatrition?

[Janie71]

HI there,

Well I didn't crawl at all (although I did do the bum shuffle - so was moving) and I did not walk until I was about 22 months old. However, I was toilet trained for poos at 15 months and I started speaking very young. So I really do believe that everyone is different. And to put your mind at ease, I was a ballet dancer at a professional level, so my late physical development certainly did not hold me back later on.

Janie xxx

[CinderToriella]

Yeah but not crawling and not moving at all are 2 different things..Some babies do skip the crawling stage thats correct but they do other things along the way

[luna moth]

Yes, I would be starting to get concerned. As others have said, cognitive functions like babbling and other physical abilities like rolling do play into it, but if there is something going on, intervention is better started earlier than later, so I would definitely be having a little look into it.