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Expert: Mary Pat, R.N. - 10/27/2009


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my 8mon daughter not starting crawling she can walk with walker forward and backward is it normal

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Most babies process through the developmental stage of crawling.  If she is seated in her walker and walks that doesn't count as walking.  I would talk to her doctor about her lack of crawling but I would give her another month to begin to crawl.

Also, we frown upon using a walker.  Too many babies are injured in walkers as they can easily topple over.


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