Muaz will turn 9 months and 3 weeks next week. Till now he may sit on his bottom and move forward (we realized it when we were having our vacation in Langkawi last month). He's also becoming more social day by day. A few of his favourite new tricks are clapping, especially when pleased; waving bye-bye; pointing to indicate what he wants or when he sees something new and interesting; shrieking loudly to attract attention ( i remember yesterday he blabbered so loudly in the car and when we were almost arrived suddenly he silent...when i looked at him, he already felt asleep...hehe...so lovely); laughing at silly sounds and expressions; and crying in a specific tone to convey a particular "request."
But he isn't crawling yet. Sometimes i get worried but i heard so many friends telling me this "Just because other babies start crawling at 6 months doesn't mean that yours will too. Now if you get to 15 months or so and there still is no moving then u might get worried, but it is perfectly normal for a baby to not be crawling at 9 months." Some people say he will walk first then crawls..
Then i surf some info in the net. So i found this:
Is it normal that my baby isn't crawling?
Expert Answers
David Geller, pediatrician
To entice your child to crawl, put toys just out of her reach and see if she attempts to reach them. Her crawling style may be rough around the edges, but it doesn't matter as long as she gets around. And, although the average age for crawling is 8 months, many babies wait until later to crawl, or may skip this stage entirely. If your child has had no developmental problems up to this point (she sits without support, grabs objects with both hands, uses her arms and legs equally, rolls over both ways, stands on her legs if supported), you don't need to worry. Some infants forgo crawling and proceed directly into pulling themselves up to standing, cruising on furniture, walking with some help, and finally, walking on their own. Others get around just fine by rolling on the floor, bottom shuffling, or creeping.
"Put toys out of her reach" This is what my love and I did last night. Muaz was trying to grab his new toy...hehe
The sound and the lip lap lip lap lamp of the toy really attracted him ;)