My son is 10 1/2 months old and doesn't..?

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really crawl. He army crawls has been for a few months now. He just recently made a few crawling "steps" but he will not really try he just army crawls. he doesn't try to pull himself up on things and doesn't really sit himself up either. He will just lay there and scream. He just learned how to wave bye bye and he still doesn't clap or anything. My daughter will be three here in less than a month and she was very early in everything. She walked at nine months and talked full sentences by the time she was two. she knows her abc's and 123's and is even learning basic math. but my son doesn't seen to want to do anything. He has been colicky since he was born. Very hard to handle. THere will be times where you can put him down with toys around him and he will play for a while but as soon as he sees me he will start crying and he doesn't like his crib. His only good naps is when we put him in the swing. (we do not leave him unattended in it.) He doesn't really even develop in his eating habits or sleeping habits. he has been taking naps every 2-3 hours since he was about 3 months. He has been taking 5-6 ounces of formula since he was about five months. Of course there was jar food added to the equation then too.. idk i could just be paranoid. I heard boys develop slower and your second can as well since you can't give them as much attention as the first. He also likes to scratch. I don't know if he knows what he is doing at this age or not. I have scratched all over my chest from he scratching and grabbing. He laughs and he plays and smiles and giggles like a normal baby though and he does progress just really really slow it seems and i'm nervous something is wrong or im doing something wrong. Any advice is helpful. Thank you.

Update:

Also, I do have the phone number for Wisconsin's 0-3 program and will be calling it after the holidays to have them take a look at his development.

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Crawling isn't a milestone. Babies don't need to crawl. 

At 10 1/2 months it's no abnormal that he isn't trying to walk either. 

My daughter was very early on everything as well and I'm terrified of having a 'normal' baby, I don't know what I'll do.

Honestly, I think you're comparing your daughter and your son and you can't. He doesn't seem delayed and I wouldn't be too worried. It doesn't hurt to have him checkout but I don't think they'll do anything. 

He seems fine. I wouldn't be too worried. Try working on him with things. And even being 2-3 month behind, can still be normal.

&lt;3 · Answer

All babies are different. My daighter "skipped" the crawling stage and jumpted atraight to walking. So, she was behind in crawling, but started walking at 12 mo. Maybe your little guy is the same way. Maybe he just doesn't want to crawl. Clapping is not a reqirement at this age. Your daughter was way too advanced.
Don't worry. Your pedi will let you know if there is something wrong.

Stacy W. · Answer

you can't compare your son to your very advanced daughter. some kids don't walk until 16-18 months or later and pediatritions STILL say that's normal. you have a long ways from starting to worry. he's probably just a lazy guy. my son was very proficient at walking at 10 months. running even. but 99% of the time he still crawled. I didn't even bother buying him shoes till he was 15 months. just cause the do t do something doesn't mean they aren't capable of it if they tried

? · Answer

As long as he is a healthy happy baby then don't worry, boys do tend to be a lot slower than girls, he'll do things when he's ready, I'd wait until he was about 1 and if he hasn't made any progress then speak to your gp or health visitor, I'm sure everythings fine, he may just be a lazy baby. Different babies develop different skills at different times, I'm sure you've got nothing to worry about

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