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Weird new trick - anyone else's baby do this?

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GillL · 28/09/2005 14:10

DD (6 months) has just started doing something weird and I've never seen another baby do it before.

When she was able to get up on her hands and knees she started stretching 1 leg out to the side and lifting up the arm on the same side. Now she stretches both legs out (like she's standing) but with both hands on the floor. I said to dh that it looks like she's trying to copy the cat.

Is this what they normally do when learning to crawl/walk?

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Kelly1978 · 28/09/2005 14:16

I have heard of it, though it isn't common. DD used to do that when she wantedd to stand up. Maybe she is trying to stand?

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WigWamBam · 28/09/2005 14:20

Perhaps it's just one of those things that they discover they can do and it amuses them, so they do it over and over again?

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Lucycat · 28/09/2005 14:23

Yep cetainly sounds like she's copying the cat - good on her, try to video tape it - she'll be walking before you know it. I love their little idiosyncrasies!!

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GillL · 28/09/2005 14:24

It certainly amuses us WigWamBam. Perhaps she does it because it makes us laugh.

I think she does everything differently. My mum's been a childminder for about 20 years and has never seen a baby pull herself across the floor with her arms.

We stand her up quite a lot but she always goes up on her toes so we just assumed she wasn't ready.

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GillL · 28/09/2005 14:25

I think I'll get the video camera out tonight before she stops doing it!

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smellymelly · 28/09/2005 14:26

Yeah my ddt does this, she is just 9 months. It looks like she would topple over, but is defintely strengthening her muscles by balancing as well as she does!

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WigWamBam · 28/09/2005 14:27

My dd pulled herself along the floor with her arms too - it then developed into a sort of commando crawl, and she never did crawl on her hands and knees, just went from dragging herself along to walking.

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smellymelly · 28/09/2005 14:27

3 of my babies have 'commando'ed' across the floor in their time. My twins are doing it now!

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mumfor1sttime · 28/09/2005 14:30

Not sure if this is the same thing, but an 8 month old at mother and baby group I go to, pulls her whole body along with her hands. Its like her hands want to crawl - but not her legs!

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GillL · 28/09/2005 16:20

Lol, 'commando style' is a great way to describe it!

Thanks everyone for your posts. She's not so strange after all