Baby not crawling at 11 months

Hi all,
My baby will turn 1 in April, but has not crawled properly yet. We have tried practising with him and also crawl in front of him to see how it’s done. He makes an effort once and then leaves it to that. He moves and reaches objects he wants by moving around. He gets on his 4s and the crawling position but gives up too soon. Any suggestions please to help my baby crawl?

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Don’t worry mama!! My 4/21 baby just learned to crawl recently and randomly. Every baby goes at their own pace. I know several who’s babies didn’t crawl till after turning 1

My baby is 1 in April too and isn’t crawling properly either! So don’t worry too much it’ll happen when they’re ready xxx

I wouldn’t worry just yet but if you do want to get him crawling have you tried having him around other children a lot? When my LG was first learning to crawl she would be so much more eager to try when we was at play groups and soft plays because she’d see all of the other kids around her doing it and she would want to play with them. I would take her to 3 play groups a week when she was first learning because I could see that’s when she’d put the most effort in on her own without my help. I know this isn’t always possible if you’ve gone back to work and things but just a suggestion I’m sure he’ll get there in no time xx

Mine army crawled until yesterday

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