He shuffles around on his bottom and has no interest in crawling

ochre_sketch_522616 Jul 2026

Our son has found his own way of getting around: he sits up and scoots on his bottom, one hand pushing, surprisingly fast. At daycare the other babies his age are crawling and a couple are pulling up, and the teacher mentioned, kindly, that he 'prefers sitting'. His doctor wasn't worried at the last check-up and said some babies skip crawling. I believe her, mostly. But I'd love to hear from people whose babies did this. Did they go straight to walking, and when? ❤️

4 comments

juniper_badminton_811816 Jul 2026
Our daughter was a bottom shuffler too, with one leg tucked under, and very quick on tiled floors. She never crawled on hands and knees at all. She pulled up on furniture a little later than the crawlers in her group and then walked within a few weeks of that. Is he pulling up on anything yet, or still happy sitting?
silver_sketch_532416 Jul 2026
We saw the same with our daughter, a long time ago now. She shuffled until she walked. Your doctor has seen him and nothing you describe worried her, so I would go with that. The one thing I'd add from home: give him plenty of floor time and sturdy things to pull up on, rather than trying to teach him to crawl.
moss_sketch_943516 Jul 2026
Ours did this. Walked at 15 months. Wore out every pair of shorts first 😂
moss_veranda_829217 Jul 2026
My daughter crawled, so I can't speak to shuffling, but what I remember most is the comparing at daycare. Every week some baby was doing something ours wasn't. They all ended up walking within a few months of each other, and nobody asks about it now.