Crawling

No, Jake isn't crawling yet, but not to worry, he's already applied for college. I'm starting to think he's going to skip the crawling phase. We have imitated crawling. We have put him on his hands and knees. We have put toys out of his reach. We made the dogs sit out in front of him. He has no desire to actually do it, I guess. He pivots himself around in a full circle, on his belly, but won't pick his belly up so he can go forward. He also scoots backwards, which he's been doing for a long time. He just seems content with whatever he's got in front of him and has no desire to move. When we move his toys, he plays with the carpet. It's kinda funny.

I was starting to wonder about him but he's started trying to pull himself up. I tried explaining to him that he can't pull himself up on stuff if he doesn't crawl over to it. He uses us when we're sitting near him. We also caught him with his hands on the top of his crib the other night trying to pull himself up. We had to move the matress down. I can't remember when I started crawling but I started walking at 13 months. We have no information on when Daddy did stuff. Of course, all babies develop at their own pace. We've certainly learned that Jake does things when HE wants to do them and it has to be HIS idea.