sweetie pie repliedI dont think theres any problem ..thats normal, your first son was just an early developer. I've known babies not to be crawling at 10 months.

grahamganson repliedLike they say. Every child is different. My first child crawled all over the place. I have a nearly 8 month old now. He has never ever tried to crawl or push up from his tummy. He is simply trying to stand up and walk.

Don't fret or worry at all. Your baby has plenty of time. Still not a bad idea to put him on his tummy and let him try. Any little bit helps.

He'll move when he's ready

mommy to a princess repliedMy daughter didn't crawl until she was 9 months nor did she sit up until 9 months. She also only army crawled at that point.
She's almost 1 now and sits up like a pro and just took her first steps 1 week ago. Talk to his doctor if your concerned but my daughter was the same way as your son is.

Barbara S repliedIt sounds like your youngest is closer to average than a late bloomer, and your firstborn was an early bird. Few babies can sit unsupported at four months, and most nowadays don't crawl until 8-9 months. (I say 'nowadays' because babies of our generation had a tendency to reach gross motor milestones earlier, as a result of being put to sleep on their bellies.)

I wouldn't worry at all. My daughter sat by herself at 6-1/2 months and actually crawled about a month before that. My niece, however, didn't sit or crawl until she was 9 months and didn't pull to standing until she was near her first birthday. She's 28 months now, and you'd never know it - she's the size of an average 4-year-old according to her pediatrician and runs around like a Tasmanian devil.

All babies are different - even babies from the same mom. Your son will sit and crawl when he's ready. Give him time, and if he's happy being on his back to play - let him. You said he can roll onto his back, so at this age he sounds pretty much on target. Once he figures out how to sit, he won't want to do anything else, and he'll take off from there. Once my daughter could sit, she realized there was stuff above her she could pull up on, and shortly thereafter she was walking around the furniture. Don't worry - it won't be long. Good luck.

cali repliedour son is 6 months old as well. He was born 2 months early and he hates tummy time as well. He has just recently (within the last 3 weeks) learned how to roll over and the only time that he sits up is if I am sitting on the floor with my legs stretched out and have him sitting between my legs so I have him propped. Then he wants to lean forward to get to stuff, but then just keeps leaning and topples on over...

Don't worry about it....he will get it in time. All babies just develop at different rates...

k-dub repliedHe's just developing at a different rate. He's not all that late or even different from other babies his age based on what I've heard from other moms. Just don't compare him to your first son too much - he's his own person and he's gonna do things his own way in his own time.

My boss' wife was pregnant at the same time as I was, she had her son a week before I had mine and my son is doing everything before hers. It's nothing I'm doing or not doing - it's just what the babies are ready to do when they are ready to do them.