9 Month Daughter Wont Crawl Sit up from Floor by Herself Stand Pull up or Try To

Just to be on the safe side, I would get a second opinion. Maybe there are some exercises that you could do with her to increase her strength.She needs to learn how to do these things for herself. Most babies instinctively know how to sit, etc. but it sounds like she needs extra help? Good luck!

I'm gonna say, what you describe is not abnormal for many children. Most of mine did not go from a laying position to a sitting one until they learned to crawl or walk, and for each kid that was different, it ranged from 10/11 months to just over a year old. None liked to be on their stomachs, ever, one couldn't roll off his back till he was 1 1/2, little turtle boy is what we called him. It varies widely in children. Milestones are only guidelines, not rules. Even with 8 kids the age of when they did things varied, buy a lot in some cases.

If you are really concerned, let her ped know you would like further test or a second opinion. Every child is different.

Me: I have a congenital displaced hip. When I was a baby I wasn't very mobile. The dr told my mom things to do and they seemed to work and she thought I was fine. In fact the problem was my hip and a simple test would have revealed the problem. I adapted but still have the problem. It was not a muscle tone issue. I will have to have my hip replaced. In fact I should have it done now, but I will keep it as long as I can.

My Daughter: B/c of what happened to me I was concerned when she wasn't crawling etc. Tests were done she was fine. She never crawled and wasn't walking until right before she turned one. She bounced on her knees to get around! I have no idea why. I truly hope she doesn't have knee issues when she is old :)

My son: I had them test him. His hips etc were fine. His muscle tone fine. He did not walk until his was 15 months old. He did crawl, but not for a long time.

I say all this to say it could be nothing. There are "norms" for when infants do things but doing them later or earlier doesn't mean that something is wrong. Trust your instinct. I really feel people ignore it way too often. Look at your family history, it may be that you were the same way. My bro was an early everything lol. My niece never crawled and was walking at 6 months!! It was amazing and funny to watch.

Every child is different. Good luck!!

I just posted a response to a very similar question -- I think all the responses to this one will apply for you as well: http://www.mamapedia.com/questions/17110027745322270721#r...

Just to give you some reassurance, in this era of "back to sleep," a lot of babies never crawl. And nine mos. is when only some babies START cruising (walking holding onto furniture). She's in no way behind if she hasn't picked that up yet.

I do recommend giving her "tummy time" and having her "stand," fully supported on your lap, but really, what's much more important is that you celebrate the wonderful baby she is. Play peek-a-boo with her, give her pots and pans to bang around, read to her, play her music and get her clapping and "drumming." She may or may not crawl, and she'll walk at the right time for HER.

My son DOES have low muscle tone and was late on many gross-motor milestones. What I really regret is that I wasted so much of his baby time stressing about this instead of appreciating the wonderful, gifted kid he's always been.

She's fine. Your ped assessed her muscle tone. She is fine.
This is not a contest. It's HER development not your wishes that will make her move. When all things align, brain development and physical development she will crawl or just stand up and walk. Enjoy her as she is and put your fears to rest.

I think you should listen to y our pediatrician at this point. leave her onthe floor where she is and when she wants something or wants to go somewhere she'll figure it out herself. My daughter walked at 7.5 months but didn't talk until she was almost 2. My neice who was 3 months younger was talking in full sentences at about 12 months but didn't walk and showed no interest until she was nearly 18 months old. Different kids do things at different times. Put her favorite toy abuot 2 feet out of reach and don't get it for her and she'll figure out how to get to it.

We mama's tend to project the worst case scenarios on our kids - needlessly. Don't go there mama! Dont go!

May I ask how much time you spend laying on the floor with her? Do you place her on your belly and rock back and forth? Or put her on your feet and play airplane? Or on your shins and go up and down?

One tip is to place the toys out of her reach, so she has to scooch and crawl towards them.

She does seem a tad behind in terms of showing interest in being physical, or wanting to go somewhere on her own, or figuring it out.

Is she big or heavy? Or of normal weight? Is her head larger than normal? Sometimes when a baby is top heavy or their head is on the large size, it's harder for them to develop balance. It comes, just a little later.

Still can fall into the normal range.

is she around other children her age? i think sometimes it helps them to see other children ..

If she can sit up and hold her head up, get her a doorway jumpy..
Put on some great music and let her bounce away.. Our daughter loved that thing..

She also loved the walker, but you may want to borrow an exersaucer.. It is like a walker, but does not have wheels.. Again our daughter adored it.

Follow your mommy heart and brain. If you really feel there is something wrong, get a second opinion.

You could have her assessed with your State's early intervention services. It might give you peace of mind that everything is normal or may identify something that you can proactively improve.

No, it's not to early to have her evaluated. My son was not doing exactly all those things you mentioned at 9 mos. & he did qualify for therapy. Our pediatrician , at that time didn't suggest having him evaluated yet ,but I followed my gut. I think mothers intuition should be taken seriously & if your gut is telling you something's off, then it probably is. Probably, nothing horrible ( she's sitting), so she'll eventually do all those things. Obviously, she's pretty smart because she's manipulating you to get her toys.
I took my son to a chiro & that helped his gross motor immensely in a short time. Something to think about if you 're comfortable with chiropractic care. You can PM me, if you want more details about that.

I think it might help to think about if there is anything you can control in this situation that might help her learn these skills on her own. Does she have siblings that entertain her, bring her toys when she squaks/wants something, etc? Do you do those things? What is her child care situation? Are you home with her? Or is she with a babysitter or day care center that uses things (swing, bumbo, bouncer seat, high chair) rather than allowing her to play on the floor and build those skills?

If she is used to people catering to her every whim - bringing her toys, changing her position when she fusses, etc. she doesn't have a need to learn those things on her own. Does she play on the floor by herself? Or does she lay there and after a little while fuss because she is bored?

Just some things to think about before jumping to have her evaluated, etc.

BTW - she is 9 months - I wouldn't worry about walking so much if she isn't doing the pre-walking skills (sitting up, controlling her legs/trunk of her body, crawling) yet. Those skills happen in a specific order and require a certain amount of strength to do so. If a baby is not able to balance their trunk to push themselves to a sitting position, they won't be able to balance their upper body to walk yet. Babies develop motor skills from head down and from center of the body out. They need to be able to control their head/neck/trunk before controlling extremities. If she doesn't have opportunities (playing on the floor, tummy time, etc.) to use those muscles, they aren't going to develop.

If you have any questions, feel free to PM me...I teach Early Childhood at a local tech college. After reading your daughter's issues, my first concern was how she spends her time (always in a seat or being held or "put in position" like you stated you do) rather than something else being "wrong".

Good luck!!

My first child was a preemie and he didn't sit up until 9 months old but he did pull himself along on the floor, etc. Kids are all so different. Birth and delivery affect them, weight, personality, etc. all affect when they do things. I would try to make it fun for her. Prop her up with her back to a sofa and put a roll of blankets behind her that go all around her and you sit in front of her ( or you may have some newer version of the rolled blanket! ) and play with toys with her. Make it funny. Make the bounce, fall, talk, squeek, etc. and make it fun for her. If she gets tired then lay her down for a bit. The lay her on the floor on her back and roll her over gently from back to tummy and make it fun and not awful. Do it again the reverse. She just needs to be interested in moving more most likely. Some kids are not very motivated and most likely she'll be like that as she grows up too. I wouldn't worry yet but if you do see other signs or still feel worried take her back to the doctor or get her evaluated. Enjoy her in the meantime.

Years ago whe babies slept on their bellies, they learned to scoot around from day one. Babies crawled very early. Therefore learned to sit early too. I have noticed babies do things much later these days, unless you have a wild one. If muscle tone is ok, just keep encouraging.

I am very surprised to see all these people saying that if someone tests a person's muscle tone that "they are fine". There are other things that could be happening as well, not just muscle tone issues. 'How' did this doctor test muscle tone? How do you know that this child is not having pain when trying to use her muscles? Did he do extensive enzyme testing?

I have a 15 yr old daughter with adrenal disease (low adrenal hormones). Her muscles have slowly wasted. She cannot carry 10 pounds. She has sleep issues , chronic fatigue, low blood pressure,PAIN IN HER MUSCLE when she has used them a little, and much more. She is smart enough to know that certain actions cause pain, so she doesnt do them. As a baby,she met every milestone ahead of schedule. But she went into shock at 2 when she had a kidney infection, and now she would have probably been labeled ADD if I didnt have the medical research to push that her concentration issues are blood sugar related. She has seen at least 10 doctors in the past 5 years, ...a large majority told me she was fine. They take a blood test and tell me she is fine. When she runs, she passes out cold. That is not fine. Her glucose tests out "fine" on blood tests, yet I see her blood sugar drop so dramatically she looks like she is going comatose.

I guess the point I am trying to make here, is that you really don't know if that child is fine. She can't tell you. But behavior and symptoms speak volumes.

Fifty, sixty years ago, those milestones in the medical books were pretty much dead on for healthy, normal children. They hit them. The reason so many people say they aren't valid anymore is because most of our kids are so sick, and many kids don't hit the milestones like they used to. Rather than admit that we have an epidemic on our hands, we simply just rewrite the standards and push the milestones out farther. In just the past 40 years I have seen a huge change.... it use to be that one child in the entire school had a food allergy or health issue, now 1 out of 5 kids has some kind of health issue. Does it not seem that every family you know has a sick child in some sense? It just was NOT like that when I was younger.
My third child had some issues as a baby, First i will say I had a yeast overgrowth while pregant. Baby was born with a very large distened belly- in which they told me she was fine. I always worried about that. Not normal in my opinion. she didn't hold her bottle, when she finally tried, she would try to reach for it and knock it out of her mouth. She didn't babble. She didnt crawl. She never cruised furniture or used a walker. She finally started walking, late. She would not attempt any scentence longer than 2 words or would not attempt any word longer than 2 syllables....until she was 2 or 3 years past that milstone mark. At 8 months I told the doctor, and freinds, I was concerned about her. Hubby and freinds said she was fine, and the doc called her name, she turned and looked at him, and he said "she's fine". That is how he evaluated her.
Three or four yrs later, I was reading some medical literature for a freind, and realized in hindsight, that she had every single symptom for autism when she was a baby. I never pursued researching it because so many had told me she was 'fine'. She is 10 now. She still has some issues.....not very savy on social cues, hard of hearing, allergic to milk products, belly still distended, Keeps an illness for way longer than is normal, has a hard time writing without using large letters (that is nervous system issues still showing) , and is now showing signs of muscle problems. (Pain and weakness). She wakes with pain in her legs, arms. I am fearing that when puberty hits, she may show adrenal hormone issues as well just as my other did..

So I say, trust your instinct, stay on top of it, do your reasearch, the web is chock full of answers but it can take a long time to find them. Keep researching. The best specialists are very few and far between, but they do write books and medical literature,much of it online, and will know far more than most local 'specialists'.

I recommend you go on Yahoo and research HORMONE and ENZYME deficiencies in tandem with muscle pain or muscle weakness, which are at the heart of many, many illnesses today. Also research floppy baby syndrome. I know you said she doesn't seem floppy but she seems to be having muscle issues anyway, so do research it. I lent out my medical file to a friend but I think i remember floppy baby is an enzyme deficiency. Potassium is key to nerve and muscle tone as well. Potassium is an electrolyte and electrolytes are controlled by hormones (cortisol and aldosterone).