Did your baby “crawl” backwards before they started really crawling?
ByQuestion by Austin and Ava’s Mom: Did your baby “crawl” backwards before they started really crawling?
When my daughter is on her belly, she kinda pushes herself backwards in a way that almost looks like a backwards crawl. I will put a toy in front of her just out of her reach, and when she reaches and can’t get it she starts that “crawling” backwards thing. Is this the start of real crawling? My son never crawled, so I have no idea. She is 6.5 months old.
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Answer by softspot100
Yes it’s quite normal don’t worry 
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February 5th, 2012 at 11:01 pm
My niece did that. She is trying to figure it out and she will.
February 5th, 2012 at 11:50 pm
My daughter started scooting backwards like that about a month before crawling. She was crawling at 9 months. I think most of the time it is easier for them to start crawling backwards first.
February 6th, 2012 at 12:12 am
yes my daughter crawled/ shuffled on her tummy backwards for sometime then one day she just went forward! and she never stopped after that! perfectly normal i think
February 6th, 2012 at 1:09 am
lol, my twin nieces do that and they are also 6.5 months old. its totally normal, all my other sisters kids did that too!
February 6th, 2012 at 1:10 am
my son did this for almost a month before he started going forward lol
February 6th, 2012 at 1:26 am
My daughter didn’t do this, but I have known several babies who have. I think it’s normal…I think it has something to do with figuring out “pushing” before “pulling” and how one comes easier than the other for some babies.
February 6th, 2012 at 1:59 am
my son did that for literally months before he figured out how to go forward. he also did this weird bridge thing where he would put his butt straight up in the air and try to crawl that way.
February 6th, 2012 at 2:05 am
My son was scooting backwards for about 2-3 weeks before he started crawling at 7 months.
February 6th, 2012 at 2:21 am
nope my son was army crawling at 4 1/2 months. he was allll over my house. he didnt get up on all 4s until about 7 months and started crawling at 8 months. never backwards he went straight to forward
February 6th, 2012 at 3:16 am
Yep, Angela did that at 5-1/2 months. I have a video of her scooting backwards, I’ll have to look for it. She had going forwards figured out in about a month. Good luck!!
February 6th, 2012 at 3:52 am
My son is 6 1/2 months old too and he’s been doing the same thing. He also rolls everywhere at the moment. But from what other people have told me, crawling forward is just a short time away.
February 6th, 2012 at 4:26 am
My girls are 8.5 months and they have both been doing this for the past couple of weeks. I think we’ll see crawling here pretty soon. Lilly is figuring out how to launch herself forward instead of back and she can get on all fours, but she hasn’t figured out the traditional crawl.