Naptime Blog

The results are in, we just have a lazy baby! Haha! Well I can’t really blame him, my husband and I have an occasional tendency to be lazy also. The doctor said there were no abnormalities detected, and that his hips look perfect. He also said just to keep pushing him to crawl and pull himself up, but I don’t know how to help him besides those tips I read. I get on the floor beside him into a crawling position and hit the floor with my hands to get him interested. Then after he mimics me by hitting the carpet himself, I start to  go. He smiles, then rolls away.

The other day, both my husband and myself were on either side of him and did the same thing. We looked pretty silly but it was fun. A smile and a roll is what we got from that one. Sometimes Shaughn does this thing, it’s pretty funny, where he just moves his butt really fast up and down, and it gives him a little push forward but he doesn’t incorporate his hands to continue that little boost he gets that would lead to crawling. I’m also told that sometimes babies don’t even crawl, they go right to walking. Or that it may even take a while for a child to crawl.

Either way, I figure I will do whatever I can to show him or help him, but I know ultimately he is going to decide when it is time for him to go mobile. He seems to be a happy rolling boy for now. He gets to the toys I set out for him hoping they will entice him to crawl to them. They entice him all right, but he just rolls to them! He even does like a 3 point turn, a toy will be just out of reach and he’ll roll to the left at an angle, roll to the right, where he’s lined up with it, then another roll and he’s got it. I guess all we can do is wait until he feels he is ready. What age did your babies start to crawl and walk?

-Krystle