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Army crawling

My 9 month old has been army crawling since she turned 8 months. I assumed it would be a precursor to crawling on all 4s but she seems pretty content with being a little slug. Is this something I should worry about? She’s not really interested in pulling up even though she can get herself into all 4s she just drops down when she wants to move. Wondering if she’ll eventually realise all 4s is more effective or just skip it?

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It could be either way to be honest but I wouldn’t worry if she doesn’t crawl she might just skip it! My little boy started with army crawling and I thought he’d never proper crawl but he just did it one day x

My LG is the same. Started army crawling two weeks ago and seems quite content with it. She can’t get onto all 4s though but she has tried. I’m hoping one day it clicks and she realises she can get around a lot quicker if she crawls

We’ve been army crawling for weeeeeks, then she would only go on her knees in the middle of a long journey, took her to my mums last week and suddenly realised she’d been properly crawling on all 4s the whole time we were there. Literally overnight.

Mine is also the same. He's been army crawling since forever and seems content to go places this way despite my best effort to put him on proper position.

We're the same. It's been about 6 weeks of army crawling and he can get onto all 4s but just kind of flops down to move. He is pulling himself up and starting to cruise so I wonder if he will just skip proper crawling

My daughter army crawled for 5 weeks and then woke up one morning and went on all 4s

It could go either way but it's nothing to worry about if she doesn't go on all 4s. Army crawling is still crawling

My boy was the same. Started army crawling at 8.5 months and properly crawled at 9.5 months. I would put him on all 4s and support his weight under his belly whilst he moved. Then all in 1 day he learnt how to properly crawl AND learnt to sit from crawling so your little one will get there.