Can babies skip crawling and go straight to walking?

It can happen however most pediatricians are split 50/50. It’s important for babies to learn to crawl and I would encourage you to watch pediatric physical therapists talk about why crawling is crucial. Often times they will also discuss how to engage/encourage baby to crawl and build those skills.

My son skipped crawling but nothing came of it.

Yes lots of babies do

Lots of babies do skip crawling but i would recommend you give them as much opportunities to crawl as it helps with other developmental milestones much later on.

My mom said I went straight to walking at 9 months and figured out how to crawl after that.

My daughter skiped crawling and was walking first then crawled after

My oldest skipped crawling & my youngest only club crawled. From my understanding, it’s not actually a milestone, at least not in the sense that it’s something that has to be reached, it’s cute & a good first major mobility, but it’s unnecessary for all to do it. My oldest walked at 8m after an attempted crawl propelled him backwards, got him stuck between a couch & end table, he said forget this, started working hard to get himself pulled up on the couch instead & before I knew it he was cruising everywhere for 6-7m, walked at 8 & running full speed by 10m. We thought our youngest would do the same, he wanted up on 2 feet holding our hands, just to keep him happy, by 4m, 5.5m he started his weird club crawl, 7m we expected steps, but he started cruising a bit on furniture & gave our backs a rest instead, 9m got up to 10 steps, fell down & bumped his head, didn’t walk alone again until a year old. The kid was holding our finger in grocery stores, he could but wouldn’t.🤣