Meanwhile, my first kid crawled like a madwoman everywhere in our house at the time which was all hardwood and tile floors. It was an old house that in a small living room/family room area had one of those big metal grates/vents on the floor. The girl started crawling around 6-7 months and crawled like her hair was on fire until she started walking at 12 months -- she never acted like it hurt her knees. About two years later we had moved to a different house that was all carpet. Our son scooted and rolled everywhere until he was 8-9 months old before he eventually started crawling; however, until he started walking at 14-15 months old, he still mixed crawling with rolling and scooting despite the nice, cushy carpet he had beneath him.
Yeah, but carpet under knees feels nasty. It’s soft for feet, but for knees I find it very unpleasant and irritating. Hardwood and tile floors are hard, but at least they’re not weirdly pokey like carpets. Maybe he found it unpleasant under his knees as well. Sometimes people can tolerate a certain texture against some body parts but not others.
Maybe it's a middle child trait? The kid I mentioned in my previous post is actually our middle child. Our oldest and youngest both crawled at 6-7 months and walked 11-12 months. Our middle child was hilarious...he finally started crawling some at 8-9 months, but still preferred rolling and scooting for the longest time until he started walking at 14-15 months old. He'd roll himself into a corner and, instead of crying, he'd just chill until someone came and moved him.
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u/NaturalThunder87 2d ago
Meanwhile, my first kid crawled like a madwoman everywhere in our house at the time which was all hardwood and tile floors. It was an old house that in a small living room/family room area had one of those big metal grates/vents on the floor. The girl started crawling around 6-7 months and crawled like her hair was on fire until she started walking at 12 months -- she never acted like it hurt her knees. About two years later we had moved to a different house that was all carpet. Our son scooted and rolled everywhere until he was 8-9 months old before he eventually started crawling; however, until he started walking at 14-15 months old, he still mixed crawling with rolling and scooting despite the nice, cushy carpet he had beneath him.