8 month old not crawling yet

Should I be worried? My 8 month old has absolutely no interest in crawling.. will roll everywhere and slide around on her tummy but she tries to pull herself up and will stand up holding onto sofa by herself her legs are very strong.

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My LG isn’t crawling either. She’s 8 and a half months. I’m not worried. She’s very happy rolling around 😂

My little boy will be 9 months next week and barely rolls around and isn’t crawling yet. He’s been rocking on all fours for the last week and doing the odd plank but other than that he just likes to sit or lay on his tummy and pivot around / slide himself backwards.

My brother has a little girl who is nearly 7 months and she is already crawling so it’s hard not to compare. I’ve seen her crawling around and getting into anything and everything though so I’ll enjoy the peace whilst I can 😂

My little girl is 9 months on the 6th and isn’t crawling, she doesn’t pull herself up on anything either. She’s just happy rolling on to her front she doesn’t move anywhere x

My lo has no interest in crawling either. Happy to sit and be held up to stand. She's been lunging forward from sitting and sprawling onto her front, only to roll to her side again lol.

I had a physio app for my little girl yesterday for something different and the lady made me feel really bad. I was quiet happy for her to not be crawling yet as she just laughs at me when I try to encourage her 🤣 but this physio lady said they have to be crawling by now and sit up form laying down by herself. She just face plants the floor and laughs 🤣 x

My oldest didn’t crawl until she was 9 months & was then walking by 11 months.
My youngest was crawling from 7 months & at 9 months is trying to walk.
Remember every baby is soooo different x

all these ‘experts’ have different advice that contradict each other, so I take it all with a pinch of salt. If your LO is content, then don’t worry about the milestones. Every baby is different, and will focus on different skills. Mine is currently focusing on what noises things make when you bash them 😂

I never crawled, I ended up only walking... Maybe you're little one will miss the crawling stage and go into walking x

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Hour night wakes and 5am get up

Can anyone shed some light as to why on earth my child doesn’t want to sleep??? My eyeballs are bleeding!!

Never been a good sleeper, but the problems always changing. He’s nearly 9 months old.

Beginning of the month he dropped to 2 naps. We could put him to bed at 7pm and he’d get up for the day at 6am, with multiple wake ups every 2/3 hours.

Now we put him down at 7pm, he can do a good 4/5 hour stretch, but come 1/2am he’s up every hour then getting up for the day at 5am. This then completely messes up the day because I can’t keep him awake long enough to even get to 7pm, let alone later.

He has 2 naps, roughly about 1hr10 each but it changed based on when he wakes and trying to get him to a reasonable bed time.

What could be the reason for this? 6am is fine, but 5am is not 😩😩

Over supply of milk

I am nearly 5weeks postpartum and I have such a big over supply of BM.
Has anyone donated / sold their supply, if so where do you recommend for this?

AITA

In the uk there is an outbreak of meningitis, in a specific area mainly. My BD has family from that area and decided to go and meet up with them, I said if he does then he cannot have contact with the kids for 7-10 days after incase he picks anything up. Am I being over dramatic? I reallyyy don’t want my young kids getting anything serious

I think its fair

Me and my partner agreed to sleep in 1 day of the weekend.
He doesn't find it fair to look after both kids (my 4 year old isnt his) while i sleep so he looks after the baby while i sleep and my toddlers at his dads and ill look after both the next day.
Straightaway it was pretty unfair as i let him sleep in until he wakes up 10-12
He wakes me up when baby starts fussing because he wants milk (doesnt need it)
I cant pump as i dont supply enough.
So i get woken at 9/9:30 to feed baby then i get him sleep then theres no point sleeping in as my toddlers being dropped off.
I also find it unfair that i get both kids to sleep most night, i get my toddler to sleep everyday hes home (4/5days) and i get my baby to sleep most nights with the exception of maybe twice a month as his dad struggless then about 95% of his thru the day naps.
I have also been unwell for a few months (tumor scare) and am waiting 18 weeks to see a specialist so im obviously petrified for that, so unbelievably tired and alot of aches and pains, specifically these pounding headaches ive been having.
After i had been up til 11:30 getting both kids to sleep lastnight and my partner falling asleep at 10 then him ignoring the baby cries all morning until my toddler woke up im fed up slammed to door and rold him not to expect to sleep in unless he gets the baby to sleep the night b4.
I keep having issues with him not feeling the wet from baby being sick or weeing himself or being able to smell it do about 98% of the time hes given to me i have to clean him up n change him.
Including at night, we agreed my partner would change nappies (1 a night at 5am) while i feed (2,4,5,6:30) but every night when i get him hes pissed through and my partner gets annoyed when i wake him up n moan about it.
Then the morning after hes annoyed at how much washing there is (thats his job) and moans about how often i change myself (baby constantly shits thru and sicks on me) and baby
Honestly im just so tired all the time

Car seat

No idea which car seat to get next. Please hit me with your recommendations, 1year+ (preferably rear facing or 360). Thank you 🫶🏻

Baby clothes

Just out of curiosity, why do parents love zipper onesies?

Don’t get me wrong, I tried zipper ones it’s easy to zip in and out when putting it on the first time and taking it out, but I find it difficult when changing diapers especially when baby is asleep.

I prefer those kimono style buttons where it’s easy to button or too down button with crotch snaps.

Is everyone thinking the same or different? Lol