9 Month Old Won't Roll Over, Crawl, or Put Any Weight on Feet

It may be something that a pediatrician needs to look at, but from experience it may be ok... My daughter is a big girl and was slow to develop as well... We put her in daycare at about nine months and she was not even sitting up really well... She would lose her balance and fall easily... She did not crawl and never pulled up on anything... She developed at her own pace according to her doc... Now she is almost two... She didnt start walking until about a month ago... Every child develops at their own stages... My boys walked before they were one years old... My daughter wasnt interested in that... She was perfectly content with what was in front of her... I hope this helped a little... Just keep working with him... You may try the stationary Gyms... They are like walkers that dont move... We moved my daughters low enough that she had to put her weight on her legs... It did help for her strength... I hope this helped a little bit... And good luck :)

my niece had physical therapy and one thing we did to get her legs stronger was get a big bouncy ball, hold onto her upper thighs and lay her on the ball on her back, she would strengthen her legs by trying to sit up on the ball and also strengthens torsoe muscles. It is hard to explain how to do this but if you figure it out this helped her a lot, she was crawling in no time after a few weeks of this exercise. The parents do need to check into getting his legs and feet checked and ask their pediatrician about seeing a physical therapist. If they are teaching them exercises to do for him it would probably be good for you to go to an appointment or 2 to see what to do for the exercises since you will probably be working with him as well.

I also thought my daughter was a slow walker, but when I read the baby books, the average time to walk was 15 months. Plus, she never really crawled. She just went straight to walking, so I REALLY thought she was slow.

One thing that I think really helped my daughter was the Jumparoo. Talk to the parents about purchasing one. She LOVED it. I would put it in front of the tv and play Baby Einstein and she would jump for quite some time. I also purchased a baby exerciser. I got the Baby Einstein one that she LOVED! Type in baby exerciser in Google and then choose images. You will find TONS of toys and equipment tha will help a baby with their walking.

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These are all things he should be doing, regardless of his weight. I am a pediatric physical therapist and I see children specifically for developmental delay. The program is called Early Intervention, and it means just that. The earlier delays like this are treated, the better off the child will be. Child and Family Connections is an agency that can help evaluate this child to see if he would benefit from Early Intervention. It depends on where the child lives as to which CFC he would be referred to. My email if ____@____.com, I'd be happy to answer any other questions or try to get you/Mom in touch with the right people.

Wait it out. That's between his parents and the doctor. My baby's a big guy and he didn't crawl until 12 months and now we are still waiting on him to walk and he's almost 18 months. The doctor isn't concerned in his case and unless his parents ask for specific excercises I really wouldn't worry about it.

My kids loved Johnny Jump up. It hangs from a doorway and will bounce with their jumping. And then I would put some things just out of his reach to see if he would try to move his legs to get to them.

We didn't have a doorway that worked well with it. So we put two pieces of wood - one on either side of the separation between the kitchen and living room and mounted it there. They could be right there with us instead of in a hall.

You didn't say what the doc says.

Sounds a lot like my daughter. She didn't start army crawling until she was 14 months. She took forever to sit up, roll over, and didn't start standing until she was 16 months. She's 20 months now and still not walking well on her own altho she's taken some steps (usually falls down). We have her in physical therapy which seems to have helped some. Doctors say she's okay until she's 2 and still not walking on her own so we have a few more months to not be worried. We had her hips x-rayed to make sure nothing was developmentally wrong with her and they were normal. She just prefers to crawl because it's faster so we continue to work with her. Do some leg/foot massage and physically roll him around. That also seemed to help some.

My second child never crawled until well into her 9th month. She was incredibly laid back and was content and happy just sitting. She was perfectly fine and although I worried a little, now she is way above average than most kids her age in all areas. My youngest child crawled at 5 months and I thought okay, she'll be walking soon, but no she crawled for 10 months so was 15 months before walking! I would say if the pediatrician isn't worried than I would just wait and hope that it comes soon.

My son just turned 7 months and hes 19 lbs. He can roll over, sit up and just started crawling. In my opinion, its not the big baby thing, if anything I think my son is stronger because of it. But I work with him a lot, he gets a lot of tummy time and floor play. I wouldnt say its completely alarming, babies really do go at their own pace. Their pediatrician should be watching his milestones, mine does. Its great that you are working with him. Maybe keep doing it and it he will probably get it.

My daughter is almost 9 months -old and she doesn't crawl either and she weights 22 lbs.(she is breastfed, so I don't worry about her weight to much). I tell everyone she's curvey! Her 3 year-old sister only weighs 30 lbs. She does seem to move around by rolling over. She doesn't seem to interested in the walking part but she will bare weight. I have a jumper that she just loves though. She will jump & jump. When she get excited she wants to jumper if your trying to get her to stand. Maybe he might enjoy one of those and that would help build up his leg muscles. I don't think my little one is going to crawl at all just roll. But she isn't developmentaly slow. She just isn't into it yet.

Because my son has/had some delays of his own, my first thought is a visit with the pediatrician. The pediatrician may want to have him evaluated by a physical therapist and at least make sure he and his family are on the right track. It can be easier when things are caught as early as possible.

My son was slow at doing all of those things too, also because he was so big, its a lot harder to move 22lbs, than 14 lbs! He is now almost 3, thinned out, and definitely not delayed in anything he does! But I agree, I would have him evaluated by a pediatrician, just in case.

People often do not consider the importance of taking babies to the chiropractor. My nephew had problems when he was trying to walk. The pediatrician prescribed corrective shoes, which only made the child hate shoes. So his mother took him to the chiropractor and discovered he needed a very gentle adjustment in his low back and hip. He started walking perfectly on his own within a day or two.

I work with a variety of special needs children. From your description, I would not necessarily assume a developmental delay is the cause. I would first consider it to be either a simple structural issue which chiropractors can commonly correct with relative ease. I would also look for a chiropractor or a natural practitioner who is a good nutritionist. There may be a dietary issue afoot.

Our chiropractor is wonderful with children and offers a 'Kids Come First' day on the first Saturday of each month. Kids all come at the same time for a wellness check up for about $10. They are weighed, measured, seen by the doc, and adjusted if needed. The whole place is like a big party for the kids and they all have a great time. This can prevent the development of many structural imbalances in children that can result in neuromuscular difficulties. Ask around for a chiropractor that is really good with children. There don't seem to be any that are purely prediatric practitioners, but some are definately better with children.

My son is considered a big baby also. He was 9lbs 3oz at birth and almost 24lbs by 9 months. I was told when he was born that large babies tend to hit milestones faster (such as sleeping through the night, sitting, crawling and walking). This turned out to be true for my son who began walking right at 10 months. The important word is "TEND". Babies do things in their own time. I have a friend whose daughter is 6 weeks younger than my son and also a 'big' baby and she didn't crawl till after 8 months and she doesn't pick herself up or show a real interest in walking yet. All babies are different and there is really quite a range for most milestones. As long as the parents communicate with their doctor and work with him (and it's great that you do too) then the doc with let them know when and if they should worry. Hope this helps.

J.

My 10-month old just started crawling forward yesterday, which her pediatrician was not worried about at her last check-up because she was still moving around, scooting, etc. She said the crawling isn't a real milestone as long as they're getting around. But the not rolling or putting any weight on his feet seems a bit more unusual. I think an evaluation would be a good idea.

Hi J.. I had a son with similar troubles. He was eventually diagnosed with Motor Apraxia. I would highly recommend having First Steps evaluate him. As it is not your son, it would be something that you would have to decide to bring up. But the sooner that he is evaluated the sooner they can determine if he really is delayed due to weight or other issues that are beyond anything that we can really control without assistance. Worst case, they tell him nothing is wrong, best case, the child gets the physical therapy that is needed. Good luck.