Crawling

What are the first stages of crawling? My ds is pushing up on his hands (not elbows) and then mashing his face into the floor/blankets and putting his booty up in the air so he is V shaped. He then pushes his legs to scoot himself forward.

Re: Crawling

sounds like he might be starting.

As with other things, I think it is different for all kids. Each one seems to have their own style.

Re: Crawling

I agree every baby is different - including the ones that never crawl & go straight to walking.

Here's my take on stages of crawling

-Startle reflex - flailing arms & leg movements are precursors to crawling.
-Reaching for things in front of them
-Rolling over first accidentally, than purposefully
- Lifting themselves up using their arms
- Pushing themselves backward using their arms
- Scooting their body forward to get a toy using flailing leg & arm movements
- Beginning to use their legs & arms together to produce backward crawl.
- Crawling in a wounded soldier crawl -
- Getting on their knees & pushing up with their arms, rocking back & forth (also falling on their face)
- Crawling by coordinating their left side & right side of their brain to produce alternating movement on both sides.