Types of Baby Crawls

Is your baby using any of these popular crawling methods?

By Denise Porretto

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Crawling Styles

Crawling is defined as any form of prone progression, any way of moving in which the tummy is toward the floor. In fact, in one of her many studies on crawling babies, Karen Adolph, PhD, associate professor of psychology at New York University, observed 25 unique combinations of body parts used to propel a baby forward. Here are some of the most common styles.

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Comments (5)

sofiapmail wrote:

My daughter only rolled, never crawled at all. Then switched to pulling herself up on furniture and holding on as she "walked" herself around. There is a problem with this tho...Regular crawling helps train the left/right eyes to track on near/far vision coordination. We learned about this a bit later when she was having some depth-perception related vision problems. So if your baby ONLY rolls around, get their vision checked early on.

3/14/2012 05:04:34 PM Report Abuse

nadiafhurst wrote:

Ours was not on there. He pushes off with one leg. Not like the crab one pictured. He does more of a one leg/half commando crawl.

3/14/2012 03:38:08 PM Report Abuse

Milynn72 wrote:

One of my daughters didn't crawl, but scooted on her bum. This technique helped her grab things on her way around the room and see where she was going more easily. A lady in her playschool told me she would never learn to read because of this, but at age 6, she reads perfectly at grade-level in English and French!

3/14/2012 04:05:59 AM Report Abuse

loobelle1114 wrote:

my child does 6 of the 8....LOL!!

9/16/2010 01:30:22 PM Report Abuse

plaintriciajane wrote:

Guess i shouldn't have argued with my wife that our baby girl wasn't crawing because it didn't look like crawling. Oh well she is usually right anyway.

8/18/2010 04:01:54 PM Report Abuse