Crawling/standing

My baby only stands when I hold her under her armpits, if I hold her hands up she cries. She doesn’t crawl she only lifts her arm up whilst on tummy and kicks, we have tried for weeks and it’s not improving. I’m watching videos how to help her but she doesn’t want weight on her knees at the moment, she doesn’t pull herself up either.

I’m worried I know each baby progresses differently but every baby group I go to the babies even months younger are crawling, pulling themselves up and walking when their mum holds their hands above their head. My baby will only sit up and roll over, I feel like something wrong 😪 she gets very upset when I try help. Is anyone else going through this?
If I put her knees up whilst she’s on her tummy she cries and stretches out straight again and I feel terrible making her so upset every time we try she was 9 months on 6th.

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My daughter isn’t crawling and if I try to stand her up while holding under her arms her legs go up into a seated position 😂 I’m not worried as she will crawl in her own time. If she isn’t crawling by the time she is 1 I will probably contact the health visitor but a lot can change in a month

My daughter is exactly the same age as yours, 9 months on the 6th! She’s the same, cries if I hold her hands to help her stand and cries/stretches back into tummy time if I put her knees up. Like Rachel said I’m not too worried at the moment but if she isn’t crawling or pulling to stand by 1 then I’ll probably seek further advice!

My daughter is doing exactly the same - I spoke to our social worker and she said it’s absolutely fine and nothing to worry about x

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