Baby crawling at 5 months

At what point do you need to worry? Before you panic that your child is 9, 10, or 11 months old and not crawling yet, let’s run down your checklist.

How to teach baby to crawl

Have you:

• babyproofed your home?
• given your baby plenty of time to play on the floor?
• freed your baby from the stroller, crib, bouncy seat, or exersaucer as much as possible?
• encouraged your baby to streeeeetch for that toy just across the floor?

If you’ve done all those things, and your baby’s not experiencing any health problems or other developmental delays that could be an issue, it may just come down to one thing: patience.

Yours, that is.

You may just have to watch and wait. Some babies just reach milestones a little later than others. Give your baby some time to experiment and figure it out.

But if your baby celebrates their first birthday and still doesn’t show any interest at all in crawling, pulling to stand, or cruising, go ahead and check in with your child’s doctor.

If your little one isn’t using their arms and legs on both sides of their body or drags one side of their bo

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